Meta has reserved generating capacity from Overview Energy, a startup that hopes to deploy satellites that direct solar energy to the ground round-the-clock.
Why it matters: Monday's announcement shows how AI giants are pushing the tech envelope in their quest for electricity.
AI is changing how people decide what to buy, raising the stakes for physical stores.
Why it matters: More of the shopping journey is happening before consumers ever enter a physical store, a new report shows — pushing retailers to rethink what brick-and-mortar is really for.
Businesses are rushing to adopt AI, but many deployments are creating more complexity than value.
On April 6, business and technology leaders gathered at an Expert Voices roundtable in San Francisco to discuss the challenges and opportunities that come with implementing AI in the workplace.
Chinese regulators have ordered Meta to unwind its $2.5 billion acquisition of Manus AI, developer of a general AI agent that it claims can complete real-world tasks
Why it matters: It's an escalation of AI tensions between Beijing and D.C.
Adobe on Monday began public testing of an agentic AI assistant inside Firefly and is building a lighter-weight version that can work inside chatbots, starting with Anthropic's Claude, company executives told Axios.
Why it matters: The move comes as chatbots are increasingly able to automate tasks that once required dedicated design tools.
Spotify is pushing deeper into wellness, launching guided workouts and teaming up with Peloton to bring more than 1,400 classes to its platform, the companies announced Monday.
Why it matters: Spotify is pushing beyond audio to become a daily habit, while Peloton gains global distribution as it looks to grow beyond hardware.
Comebacks in the tech industry are rare, but Intel is in the middle of an all-time turnaround: The chipmaker's stock is up 110% for the year, and it reached a new all-time high Friday, 25 years after hitting the last one.
Why it matters: The AI transition is creating clear winners and losers in the tech industry, and right now, pick-and-shovel hardware companies are slaying, while software and services firms are suffering.
