Two days after what appears to be voters rejecting data centers in town after town, OpenAI went shopping for something it can’t build: permission. On Thursday, the company published a National Community Compact, in which the company pledged to pay for the electricity and grid infrastructure of the data center campuses it owns and operates.
OpenAI is now valued at $1.25 trillion in a new round of funding that has raised another $11 billion, according to Bloomberg. That would make it one of the world’s most valuable companies, not long after raising $122 billion from investors in March at a valuation of $852 billion. Echoing FT and Wall Street Journal
The question plaguing Israelis now is what this means for Israel’s security and influence. The sense of staunch US military and diplomatic support had remained unshaken in Israel despite growing anger among US voters, President Donald Trump’s public insults to Netanyahu, and differences over Israel’s actions in Iran and Lebanon. Israel’s prime minister continually boasted
Miky Lee, vice chair of Korea’s CJ Group, was handed the Asian Hall of Fame’s Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement in Los Angeles. K-pop pioneer Lee Soo-man did the honors. Lee Soo-man, the SM Entertainment founder who is now key producer at A2O Entertainment, reminded the audience that Miky Lee had introduced him at the
Cable’s reign on popular culture might be winding down, but live TV streaming services are becoming more necessary than ever, especially for fans of network TV shows, sports, and news. While these packages can get pricey, YouTube TV is currently offering 18% off the first five months of service. YouTube TV normally costs $83 a
Tesla will end production of the Cybertruck at its Texas Gigafactory next year. It’s a uniquely toxic electric vehicle, between its divisive design and Elon Musk’s embrace of you name it. That toxicity certainly contributed to subpar sales, along with a number of recalls. But the end of the Cybertruck is also another sign that