Warner Bros. Discovery Files Lawsuit Against the NBA
The media giant argues that the NBA violated its existing sports rights contract by rejecting its bid to match Amazon's new deal with the league.
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Coinbase Adds Three Board Members, Including OpenAI Executive
Chris Lehane, Paul Clement, and Christa Davies are joining the board
Musk Considers $5 Billion Tesla Investment in xAI
Money could potentially help Tesla's self-driving ambitions
OpenAI Announces AI-Powered Search Engine, SearchGPT
The search engine product will only be available for a small group of early testers and publishers for now.
Influencer Beauty Brand Summer Fridays Lands PE Investment
The brand was part of a larger group of beauty startups working with bankers, but dealmaking has been slow this year.
Lawmakers Urge Meta CEO to Delay Closure of CrowdTangle
The tool, which Meta plans to shutter in August, has previously been used to track the spread of election-related misinformation.
Silicon Valley Law Firm Cooley Hires Its First Chief Innovation Officer
“Generative AI has changed the conversation for so many industries."
ServiceNow Raises Outlook; President Resigns
The company said contributions from its generative AI business exceeded expectations in the second quarter.
NBA Rejects Warner Bros. Discovery’s Proposal for Sports Rights Deal
The NBA said Warner Bros. Discovery was unable to match what Amazon is offering with Prime Video, setting the stage for a potential legal dispute.
NBA Announces $77 Billion TV and Streaming Deals with Amazon, Disney and NBCU
The deals make Amazon the first ever streaming video giant to exclusively stream live NBA games in the U.S.
Anthropic Projected to Burn More Than $2.7 Billion in Cash This Year
The figures suggest that Anthropic is less efficient than OpenAI, which is also on track to lose billions of dollars this year.
Nvidia to Start Using Samsung’s Advanced Memory for AI chips
Nvidia will have sufficient memory components to increase the production of its AI chips as Samsung has begun supplying the advanced memory to the U.S. company.
Tesla Reports 45% Drop in Second-Quarter Profit
EV deliveries fall for a second consecutive quarter
Spotify Reports Record Revenue in Second Quarter
The audio streaming company also added 7 million new subscribers.
Zuckerberg Defends Meta’s Open-Source AI Strategy
Some have questioned Meta's strategy with releasing free, open-source AI models.
Google’s Ad Revenue Growth Softens Slightly in Q2
Google's cloud business strengthened slightly while ad revenues, particularly in YouTube, weakened.
Meta Releases Largest Version of Llama 3 to Date
Unlike other recently released models, this version of Llama 3 will not be able to handle images, video or speech, despite expectations that it would.
Peacock’s Losses Fall Sharply
NBCU's Peacock is expected to get a boost in the next year from the addition of NBA games.
Kids Online Safety Bills to Advance in Senate
Two children-online safety bills will be brought to a vote in the Senate this week.
Wiz and Google End $23 Billion Deal Talks
The cybersecurity startup now plans to pursue an initial public offering.
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