Sam Altman slams Iyo lawsuit after OpenAI pulls weblog publish on Ive deal

Sam Altman slams Iyo lawsuit after OpenAI pulls weblog publish on Ive deal

OpenAI Co-Founder and CEO Sam Altman speaks at Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday criticized a lawsuit filed by hardware startup Iyo, which accused his company of trademark infringement. Altman said, in response to the suit, that … Read more

Meta approached Perplexity earlier than huge Scale AI deal

Meta approached Perplexity earlier than huge Scale AI deal

Meta approached artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI about a potential takeover bid before ultimately investing $14.3 billion into Scale AI, CNBC confirmed on Friday. The two companies did not finalize a deal, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because of the confidential nature of the negotiations. One … Read more

These are the sticking factors holding up a U.S.-EU commerce deal

These are the sticking factors holding up a U.S.-EU commerce deal

The EU and US flags flutter next to the military hub for Ukraine, in Jasionka, south-east Poland on March 6, 2025. Sergei Gapon | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. and European Union are running out of time to strike a deal on trade tariffs — and analysts say several key sticking points could make … Read more

Purple Sox commerce three-time All-Star Rafael Devers to Giants in blockbuster deal

Purple Sox commerce three-time All-Star Rafael Devers to Giants in blockbuster deal

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox traded Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a deal that could shake up pennant races on both coasts. Devers’ agent, Nelson Montes de Oca, confirmed the deal to The Associated Press. ESPN reported that the Giants are sending Boston a package of players that includes … Read more

Trump says nationwide safety considerations in Nippon-U.S. Metal deal could be resolved

Trump says nationwide safety considerations in Nippon-U.S. Metal deal could be resolved

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that concerns over national security risks posed by Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel can be resolved if the companies fulfill certain conditions that his administration has laid out, paving the way for the deal’s approval. Shares of U.S. Steel rose 3.5% on the news in … Read more

Trump urges Iran to achieve nuclear deal ‘earlier than there’s nothing left’

Trump urges Iran to achieve nuclear deal ‘earlier than there’s nothing left’

President Donald Trump looks on during a National Economic Council meeting in the Oval Office at the White House March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning urged Tehran to reach a nuclear deal “before there is nothing left,” hours after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes against … Read more

Scale AI founder Wang pronounces exit for Meta a part of $14 billion deal

Scale AI founder Wang pronounces exit for Meta a part of  billion deal

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC’s Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Gerry Miller | CNBC Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he’s leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large … Read more

Trump wished an Iran nuclear deal quick. Now he might get navy confrontation

Trump wished an Iran nuclear deal quick. Now he might get navy confrontation

The IRGC Navy Martyr Hassan Bagheri warship and an IRGC speed boat are sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade, which is commemorating the Persian Gulf National Day, near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in the seaport city of Bushehr, Bushehr province, in the south of Iran, on April 29, 2024. Morteza … Read more

Online game actors’ strike ends after tentative deal is reached

Online game actors’ strike ends after tentative deal is reached

The video game actors’ strike was suspended on Wednesday after a tentative deal with game publishers was announced, bringing an end to the union’s nearly year-long strike. The previous Interactive Media Agreement between the actors and video game companies expired in July 2022, and did not have any protections for artificial intelligence, according to the … Read more

Trump says China will provide uncommon earths in ‘accomplished’ deal

Trump says China will provide uncommon earths in ‘accomplished’ deal

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump Wednesday said that China will supply rare earths upfront to the U.S. as part of a trade agreement. The relationship between the world’s two largest economies is … Read more