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What does Big Tech hope to gain from warming up to Trump?

Dec. 17, 2024 18:55 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — In a string of visits, dinners, calls, monetary pledges and social media overtures, big tech chiefs — including Apple's Tim Cook, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos — have joined a parade of business and world...

Trump is named Time's Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell

Dec. 12, 2024 11:49 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized for the second time by Time magazine as its person of the year. The honors for the businessman-turned-politician are a measure of Trump's remarkable...

Microsoft pitches AI 'agents' that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024

Nov. 19, 2024 14:04 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told customers at a conference in Chicago on Tuesday that the company is teaching a new set of artificial intelligence tools how to "act on our behalf across our work and life.” AI developers are increasingly pitching the next wave of...