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Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Perplexity AI officially made a play for TikTok on Saturday, submitting a bid to its parent company, ByteDance, to create a new merged entity combining Perplexity, TikTok U.S. and new capital partners, CNBC has learned. The new structure would allow for most of ByteDance’s existing investors to retain…
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok by Sunday or face an effective ban of the popular social video app in the U.S. ByteDance has so far refused to sell TikTok, meaning many U.S. users could lose access to the app this weekend. The app…
Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s competition watchdog on Tuesday opened an investigation into Google search services, marking its first major probe under the country’s tough new competition rules. The Competition and Markets Authority said that it’s looking to assess whether Google has “strategic market status” (SMS) under the new U.K. Digital…
Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s founder, president and CEO, speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia revealed new chips for desktop and laptop PCs on Monday that use the same Blackwell…
Pedestrians shelter from the rain under umbrellas as they pass the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the clock’s bell, Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster, home to the Houses of Parliament, in London on Feb. 22, 2024. Henry Nicholls | AFP | Getty Images If you’re traveling to the U.K. as…