April 22, 2025

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence reportedly valued at $32B

Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI startup led by OpenAI’s co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has raised an additional $2 billion in funding at a $32 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times. The startup had already raised $1 billion, and there were reports that an additional $1 billion round was in the works.

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Trump’s new tariff plan spares some smartphones, laptops

The specifics of President Donald Trump’s tariffs have changed quite a bit over the past few days. Now, it looks like a whole host of electronics, including most smartphones, will be excluded from the new tariffs. According to guidelines released Friday from Customs and Border Protection, there are 20 products that are exempt from the 125

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The Best Pixel 9 Cases, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

The world of Pixel accessories grows every year. Here are a few other cases I’ve tried and liked, just not as much as the ones above. OtterBox Defender Series for $65: This is arguably the most protective case for the Pixel 9 series. It has a hard shell that splits into two pieces, wrapping around

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The xAI–X merger is a good deal — if you’re betting on Musk’s empire

When Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), in an all-stock deal, it raised some eyebrows. But in many ways, the deal made sense. xAI’s chatbot, Grok, was already deeply integrated with X, X was floundering financially, and Musk needed a way to

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Meta continues its submission to Trump with new advisor on its board

In a move unsurprising to those following Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s political affiliations, the tech billionaire has added former Trump advisor Dina Powell McCormick to its board, further cementing Zuckerberg’s alliance with the Republican president. According to Axios, which first reported McCormick’s placement, the move serves two purposes: Meta’s board’s expansion into more global business

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Asus Vivobook 14 Copilot+ PC Review: A Budget Windows Laptop

Everything changed last year for Windows laptops. For the first time, Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon processors brought all the efficiency Mac users love to Windows, resulting in some of the fastest and longest-lasting laptops we’ve ever seen, like the Surface Laptop 7. But if all that goodness is only reserved for expensive, high-end laptops, it’ll never

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38 consumer startup founders lobby over Trump tariffs: One faces a surprise $200K bill

Small businesses could be crushed under President Trump’s increased tariffs, according to an open letter by 38 female consumer product founders. While Trump paused his tariff increases for 90 days for various countries — setting the rate at 10% for now — China’s was raised to 145%, which includes the previous 20% levy. In the letter,

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Is ‘Nickel Boys’ streaming anywhere? Here’s where to watch it.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsWhat is Nickel Boys about?Is Nickel Boys worth watching?How to watch Nickel Boys at homeIs Nickel Boys streaming?Can I get MGM+ for free?The best MGM+ streaming dealsCan I get Prime Video for free?The best Prime Video streaming deals UPDATE: Apr. 12, 2025, 6:00 a.m. EDT This article

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China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure

The Israeli spyware maker NSO Group has been on the US Department of Commerce “blacklist” since 2021 over its business of selling targeted hacking tools. But a WIRED investigation has found that the company now appears to be working to stage a comeback in Trump’s America, hiring a lobbying firm with the ties to the

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Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case

A group of professors specializing in copyright law has filed an amicus brief in support of authors suing Meta for allegedly training its Llama AI models on e-books without permission. The brief, filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, calls Meta’s fair use defense “a

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