ByteDance quietly makes $4bn a year from AI. It just broke up an app to make more.
ByteDance quietly makes $4bn a year from AI. It just broke up an app to make more.

ByteDance is quietly winning a race in China that most people are watching in America. The company behind TikTok now makes about $4bn a year from artificial intelligence. That is the largest figure any Chinese firm has publicly claimed, the South China…

EY built an ‘AI router’ to stop its own AI bills from spiralling
EY built an ‘AI router’ to stop its own AI bills from spiralling

EY has built what it calls an “AI router,” a system that steers each task to the cheapest model that can handle it, in an effort to keep its own soaring AI bills under control. The tool, reported by Business Insider, is the Big Four firm’s answer to a …

DOGE Veterans Are Landing Big Jobs at Prediction Markets

Polymarket and Novig have both recently brought ex-DOGE affiliates onboard as scrutiny of the industry intensifies.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Ties An MCU Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Record

Enough people have seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day to start scoring the film online, and as it stands, the movie has tied an MCU Rotten Tomatoes score record.

San Jose Plans $13B BART Subway Extension. How About <$1B?

BART is failing, but the plan to expand it involves extravagant cost to duplicate its almost 70 year old design. New technology might serve riders for far less

Disney’s new CEO wants to turn Disney+ into a ‘super app’ to take on Netflix
Disney’s new CEO wants to turn Disney+ into a ‘super app’ to take on Netflix

Disney’s new chief executive wants to rebuild its streaming service into something bigger than a place to watch films. Josh D’Amaro, who took over from Bob Iger in March, is exploring turning Disney+ into a “super app” that would fold streaming togethe…

Procore’s AI could read the blueprints. For $845M, it just bought eyes on the site.
Procore’s AI could read the blueprints. For $845M, it just bought eyes on the site.

Procore’s AI can read a construction project’s paperwork. Now it is paying $845m to give that AI eyes on the actual site. The construction-software company said it will buy DroneDeploy, a reality-capture and robotics firm, for about $845m in cash, Proc…

AI-Powered Collaboration Platforms Are Transforming Workplace Communication— Here’s How

AI-powered collaboration tools are changing how teams communicate and work together. Explore practical use cases, benefits, and the platforms leading the shift.

LinkedIn Won’t Be Expanding Its Data Centers in the Next Year

Despite the ongoing AI boom, LinkedIn is holding the line on compute spending. Instead, it’s challenging engineers to make every GPU count.

As New CEO Takes Charge, Cigna Reports $1.7 Billion Quarterly Profit

The Cigna Group reported second quarter net income of nearly $1.7 billion despite continued elevated medical costs dogging the entire health insurance industry.