YouTube sees a rise in ad revenue to reach nearly $10 billion
YouTube continues to lead in the streaming market, with ad revenue increasing by 13% to $9.8 billion.
PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people
PayPal is partnering with global fintech companies to let users pay to different wallet systems cross border.
Apple alerted Iranians to iPhone spyware attacks, say researchers
Researchers say Apple sent out threat notifications to several Iranians in recent months, saying their iPhones had been hacked. Iran is likely behind the attacks.
Amazon acquires Bee, the AI wearable that records everything you say
Amazon has acquired the AI wearables startup Bee, which makes a bracelet and an Apple Watch app that record your day-to-day life to function as an AI assistant.
OpenAI agreed to pay Oracle $30B a year for data center services
OpenAI was the customer that signed the huge deal that Oracle disclosed last month.
Rocket Lab’s first hurdle to flying its new rocket is getting it to the pad
Rocket Lab is asking regulators to approve a temporary method to transport hardware to its new spaceport.
Tesla’s retro-futuristic diner officially opens as Elon Musk hints at more locations
The Tesla Diner & Drive-In officially opened Monday and it seems Elon Musk is planning for more.
OpenAI and Google outdo the mathletes, but not each other
OpenAI and Google’s AI models achieved impressive results in a difficult math competition, but disputed how the other got their score.
Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry
The spyware maker was banned from the surveillance industry in 2021, but was caught flouting the ban less than a year later. Now the founder wants the ban lifted altogether.
ChatGPT users send 2.5 billion prompts a day
ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from global users every day.