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Elon Musk reportedly begins funding Republicans for 2026 midterms

Elon Musk has reportedly donated to help Republicans during the 2026 midterm elections, Axios reported, noting that he had ...

Twitter comeback bid draws lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X Corp

In its 43-page lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Delaware, X Corporation alleges trademark infringement, adding ...

Elon Musk is worth a record $648 billion — and his wealth gain this year exceeds Bernard Arnault's entire fortune

Elon Musk has grown $216 billion richer this year, thanks to Tesla stock hitting an all-time high and SpaceX doubling in ...

Elon Musk's X Sues to Block Startup From Acquiring Twitter Trademark

'A rebrand is not an abandonment of trademark rights,' X says in a lawsuit filed against Operation Bluebird, a startup that wants to revive the old Twitter.

Instacart’s AI-driven pricing tool attracted attention — now the FTC has questions

In an economy where everyone's feeling squeezed, AI-driven price testing of kitchen essentials was bound to attract attention.

Adobe hit with proposed class-action, accused of misusing authors’ work in AI training

The lawsuit is just the latest in a string of copyright-related legal complaints aimed at the AI industry.

Jared Isaacman confirmed as next head of NASA

Isaacman will run the space agency at a time when Trump is trying to both downsize it and task it with returning astronauts to the moon.

YouTube to pull music data from Billboard’s charts because it doesn’t like its ranking formula

YouTube takes its ball and goes home by pulling Billboard's access to its music data.

YouTube will stream the Oscars — exclusively — beginning in 2029

The news highlights YouTube's growing dominance in the television space and a major shift as streaming takes on more live events.

Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers

The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future.

Join SOSV at the 44th Annual JPM Healthcare Conference

As the healthcare industry gathers in San Francisco for the 44th Annual JPM Healthcare Conference on January 12th – 15th, SOSV is kicking off the year by convening founders, investors, and operators shaping the next generation of biotech and health innovation. Throughout the week, we’re hosting a series of curated events designed to spark real connection. Check them out:BiomixerSunday January 11th, 4pm – 7pm PTBiomixer is a dynamic networking event bringing together the brightest min

Gemini 3 Flash arrives with reduced costs and latency — a powerful combo for enterprises

Enterprises can now harness the power of a large language model that's near that of the state-of-the-art Google’s Gemini 3 Pro, but at a fraction of the cost and with increased speed, thanks to the newly released Gemini 3 Flash.The model joins the flagship Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and Gemini Agent, all of which were announced and released last month.Gemini 3 Flash, now available on Gemini Enterprise, Google Antigravity, Gemini CLI, AI Studio, and on preview in Vertex AI, processes

JP Morgan’s AI adoption hit 50% of employees. The secret? A connectivity-first architecture

When Derek Waldron and his technical team at JPMorgan Chase first launched an LLM suite with personal assistants two-and-a-half years ago, they weren’t sure what to expect. That wasn’t long after the game-changing emergence of ChatGPT, but in enterprise, skepticism was still high. Surprisingly, employees opted into the internal platform organically — and quickly. Within months, usage jumped from zero to 250,000 employees. Now, more than 60% of employees across sales, finance, technology, operati

Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day

Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company's most popular products.

Facebook is testing a link posting limit for professional accounts and pages

Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.

Amazon appoints longtime AWS exec Peter DeSantis to lead new AI org

DeSantis has spent 27 years at Amazon, including eight years as an SVP for AWS, the cloud provider that powers about one-third of the internet.

Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy and is looking to sell the business

It's the latest e-bike company to seek bankruptcy protection after pandemic-era excitement for the category wore off.

Radiant Nuclear raises $300M for its semi-sized 1 MW reactor

Radiant Nuclear is developing a small modular reactor to replace diesel generators. The startup previously raised $165 million in May.

Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app

Google is making Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and oAI model for Search

Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B

Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year.