New Xbox Boss Says 'We Know We Have Work to Do' as Console Revenue Continues to Plummet

"Player and revenue growth has not yet met our ambition." ...

Xbox Boss Asha Sharma Announces Leadership Reshuffle in Bid to 'Move Faster,' Bringing in Former Microsoft AI Colleagues

: Xbox boss Asha Sharma has confirmed that Microsoft has stopped development of Copilot on console. In a tweet, Sharma said ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Stanford Professor Targets $1 Billion Valuation For AI-for-Physiology Startup

Stanford University professor James Zou is raising money at a roughly $1 billion valuation to build artificial intelligence models to improve research about the human body, according to sources ...
CNBC

Former Google DeepMind researcher's AI startup raises record $1.1 billion seed funding to pursue superintelligence

A former Google DeepMind researcher announced on Monday a record $1.1 billion for his new AI lab. Ineffable Intelligence garnered backing from Sequoia, Lightspeed, Nvidia and Google, and emerged from ...
National Review

Teachers’ Unions Contribute a Combined $1 Billion Toward Left-Leaning Political Activism

Arcadia Mayor Agrees to Plead Guilty over Role as Chinese Foreign Agent Kristof’s Extraordinary Claims About Israeli Rape Require Extraordinary Evidence. The Times Doesn’t Have It Felon Who Allegedly ...
Reuters

UK-based AI startup Ineffable raises $1.1 billion in Europe's largest seed financing

LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) - UK-based Ineffable Intelligence, founded by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in a seed funding round led by U.S. ‌venture capital firms ...
cnycentral

Alzheimer's Association says we have a $1.3 billion problem in NYS

A longtime Camillus landmark is getting a new life as a wedding destination. Gillibrand blames Iran tensions, inflation as New York gas prices climb As gas prices continue to climb in New York, the ...
TechCrunch

DeepMind’s David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data

Ineffable Intelligence, a British AI lab founded a mere few months ago by former DeepMind researcher David Silver, has raised $1.1 billion in funding at a valuation of $5.1 billion to join the race ...
The New York Times

Ford Reports Higher Profit Thanks Partly to Tariff Refund

Ford Motor said it expected the federal government to refund $1.3 billion the company paid in tariffs that the Supreme Court later struck down. By Neal E. Boudette Ford Motor reported a rebound in ...
The New York Times

A.I. Spending Sets a Record, With No End in Sight

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come. By Karen Weise Reporting from ...
Reuters

Space investment in first quarter hits record as SpaceX IPO buzz lifts sector

Average deal size nearly doubles, led by Saronic's $1.75 billion funding round North America dominates funding, Europe and Asia also see strong investment growth Capital increasingly targets in-space ...
CoinDesk

Aave sees $6 billion deposit drop as Kelp hack exposes structural risk for DeFi lender

Aave just watched $6.6 billion walk out the door, and it's not because anyone hacked Aave. The protocol's total value locked dropped from $26.4 billion on April 18 to nearly $20 billion in U.S.