The case against Google, Nvidia's chip win, and Mark Zuckerberg's AI friends: Tech news roundupPlus, Facebook stole our reporter's book to train its AI. The insult wasn’t the money
Apple says tariffs will cost it a whopping $900 million this quarterCEO Tim Cook said Apple will buy more than 19 billion chips from U.S. manufacturers and continue to shift manufacturing from China to India
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang got his first raise in a decadeHuang's compensation now totals $49.9 million, according to a new filing
Amazon beats on earnings as ad sales surge. But Microsoft's cloud growth may steal the showNet sales rose 9% to $155.7 billion and net income hit $1.59 per share, blowing past expectations. Yet, the stock still slipped
Microsoft smashes Wall Street's earnings expectations — and the stock soarsThe software giant blew away expectations with revenue up 13% and net profit up 18%. It anticipates double-digit growth again next quarter
Nvidia and other chipmakers are getting a big win as Trump kills the 'AI diffusion rule'The Trump administration is reversing a Biden-era export control, boosting Nvidia and AMD stocks
Mark Zuckerberg wants you to have more friends — but AI friendsThe Meta founder recently plugged AI as both a companion and therapist
Apple wants to move to AI-powered search — and Google stock sinks 8%Apple is reportedly exploring deals with AI-driven search engines, leaving Google investors nervous
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says San Francisco is so back — thanks to AIHuang credited the technology with the fact that San Francisco is "thriving again"
Amazon says its new robot has a sense of touchTypical robots are "numb and dumb," but Amazon says this new one has "finesse"
Nvidia says it will build AI supercomputers in America for the first time everThe AI chip maker announced $500 billion in manufacturing commitments over the next four years
A Chinese brain chip company could soon surpass Elon Musk's NeuralinkThe state-owned brain chip company plans to implant its experimental device on at least 13 patients by the end of the year
10 states where data centers use the most electricityMore than a quarter of Virginia's electricity consumption is from data centers, according to an EPRI analysis
Now playing 08:15Nuclear will power AI data centers in the future, Northern Data exec saysRosanne Kincaid-Smith, COO of Northern Data Group, told Quartz that Northern Data will likely transition from hydro-electric to nuclear to power the AI future
AI is pushing data centers toward a nuclear-powered futureAmazon, Microsoft, and Google have announced partnerships with energy companies to set up small nuclear reactors
Amazon beats earnings expectations on strong cloud growthAmazon reported revenues of $158.9 billion in the third quarter, surpassing Wall Street's estimates
Amazon's SpaceX Starlink competitor was launched into space for the first timeThe launch for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a major step for the company if it wants to eventually catch up to Elon Musk's Starlink
The new space race is just getting startedBeyond some celebrity spectacle lies a more consequential story: There's a fortune to be made in the cosmos
Watch live: The Boeing Starliner astronauts return to Earth after 9 months stuck in spaceButch Wilmore and Suni Williams are coming home on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. They went to the ISS for an eight-day trip that turned into a long ordeal
The Boeing Starliner astronauts are finally coming home.Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams' eight-day trip to space turned into a nine-month stay
Gaming in your car? Google adds distractions while experts warn of hacked vehiclesThe introduction of games to vehicles brings a slew of potential hazards
The 7 best cities in America for cybersecurity and IT jobsThe list accounts for earnings, opportunities, and career trajectories
The 5 states where you're most vulnerable to identity theft and fraud — and the 5 states where you're safestAmericans lost an estimated $10 billion to fraud in 2023
Goldman Sachs CFO thinks geopolitics and cybersecurity are major market risksMarkets aren't sufficiently pricing in domestic and international political unrest, Denis Coleman said
Facebook stole my book to train its AI. The insult wasn't the moneyByCatherine BaabUpdatedWednesday 7:02AM
Amazon's robotaxi company Zoox recalls driverless software after crashByBen KesslenPublishedMay 6, 2025
First search, now ads: How Google could be forced to break up its empireByShannon CarrollUpdatedMonday 2:45PM
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Apple earnings takeaways: A rush to buy iPhones before tariffs, a $900 million hit, and moreByShannon CarrollPublishedMay 2, 2025
Apple earnings beat expectation as Americans rush to buy iPhones before tariffsByShannon CarrollUpdatedMay 1, 2025
