Activision Blizzard
Microsoft to lay off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox staff
Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week.
BYD
Tesla set to erase $70 billion in valuation after Musk’s sales warning
Tesla tumbled nearly 11% on Thursday after CEO Elon Musk warned sales growth would slow this year despite price cuts.
architecture
Exclusive: Tesla plans to build new electric vehicles in mid-2025
Tesla has told suppliers it wants to start production of a new mass market electric vehicle codenamed “Redwood.”
architecture
Exclusive: Tesla plans to build new electric vehicles in mid-2025
Tesla has told suppliers it wants to start production of a new mass market electric vehicle codenamed “Redwood.”
AI Speech Classifier
Voice AI startup ElevenLabs gains unicorn status after latest fundraising -source
AI startup ElevenLabs gained unicorn status as surging investor interest for generative AI technology sends startup valuations soaring.
Alphabet
Wall Street ends down as US retail sales data crimps rate cut bets
Stocks finished lower after upbeat December U.S. retail sales data eroded expectations the Federal Reserve will kick off its rate-cut campaign as early as March.
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AI buzzes Davos, but CEOs wrestle with how to make it pay
Executives at the WEF say they are grappling with how to turn early demos into money-makers.
19.4% share
Apple overtakes Samsung as top seller of smartphones
Apple ended Samsung Electronics’ 12-year run as the largest seller of smartphones in the world.
accusations
Google faces multibillion-dollar US patent trial over AI technology
Google is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday over accusations that its processors infringe a computer scientist’s patents.
AI applications
Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by authors over AI training
OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued in Manhattan federal court by a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies misused their work to train the AI models behind AI-based services.