A record $80bn payout that investors found underwhelming
The Next Webby Cristian Dina·9h ago
Samsung Electronics approved the largest shareholder return in South Korean corporate history on Friday. Its shares then fell as much as 2.6% in post-market trading.
Ex-SpaceX founders raised $1bn to out-produce Lockheed
The Next Webby Cristian Dina·10h ago
Castelion has raised $1bn at a $13bn valuation. Three SpaceX executives founded the company in 2022 to build missiles.
Adobe Firefly sells the one thing Suno cannot
The Next Webby Ana Maria Constantin·11h ago
Adobe Firefly’s audio tools became generally available on Thursday. Generate Music, Generate Speech and Generate Sound Effects now sit beside the image, video and design tools in its creative AI...
Trump signs a memo to clear the regulatory path to three launches a day
The Next Webby Ana-Maria Stanciuc·11h ago
The United States conducted 178 orbital launches and re-entries last year, but the White House now wants at least a thousand a year by 2030.
Brazil is building two AI supercomputers, one Chinese and one American
The Next Webby Ana-Maria Stanciuc·12h ago
Brazil is spending 2.3bn reais, about $444m, on two AI supercomputers. One will be built with Huawei, the other is expected to go to Nvidia, and that is the entire point.
Ex-Google engineer’s espionage convictions overturned, theft convictions stand
The Next Webby Ana-Maria Stanciuc·12h ago
A federal judge has thrown out seven economic espionage convictions against the former Google engineer Linwei Ding, on the grounds that prosecutors never proved he was working for China.
DOJ opposes an emergency hearing over the FCC’s review of ABC’s licences
The Next Webby Ana-Maria Stanciuc·12h ago
Disney asked a federal judge to hold an emergency hearing by Tuesday over the Federal Communications Commission’s move to review the licences of its eight ABC-owned stations.
New Jersey teen drops claims against Meta, Google, and Snap weeks before trial
The Next Webby Ana-Maria Stanciuc·14h ago
A 15-year-old from New Jersey has dropped her case against Meta, Google, and Snap seven weeks before it was due to be heard in Los Angeles. Her lawyer said she wanted to get on with her life.
OpenAI ships a Messages plugin that summarises who you talk to and what about
The Next Webby Ana Maria Constantin·14h ago
The ChatGPT desktop app can now read your iMessage history and send messages on your behalf. OpenAI shipped the integration this week for Macs running Apple silicon, and Apple, a company it is...
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