What to know about Elon Musk’s merger of SpaceX with his AI company

The merger of SpaceX and xAi will finance Elon Musk's artificial intelligence ambitions, including a futuristic plan to blast ...
Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

Sidhanth Mohanty Wins Best Paper Award at FOCS 2025

Mohanty and a multi-institution team demonstrated a fast, explicit approach to constructing lossless vertex expansion networks.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Musk merges SpaceX, xAI for orbital data centers. Starship is part of plan

Elon Musk is merging his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence startup xAI. The merger is part of Musk's long-term plan to build orbital data centers in space. Musk argues that ...
InfoQ

Expired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...
Morningstar

Structure details positive trial data for a weight-loss pill, and the stock rockets

Structure Therapeutics is developing a daily GLP-1 receptor pill called aleniglipron. Structure Therapeutics' stock soared toward an 18-month high in early Monday trading, after mid-stage data for its ...
Reuters

Google says it has developed landmark quantum computing algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...
SiliconANGLE

Data management providers Fivetran and dbt Labs to merge

Fivetran Inc. and dbt Labs Inc., two venture-backed developers of data management software, today announced plans to merge. The all-stock transaction is expected to create a company with nearly $600 ...
Reuters

a16z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock deal

Merger creates $600-million-revenue data infrastructure company Fivetran CEO Fraser to lead combined company Deal highlights AI-driven data infrastructure demand Oct 13 (Reuters) - Data startups ...
NPR

A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data

The Trump administration's unprecedented efforts to aggregate the personal data of Americans are facing a new legal challenge. A class action federal lawsuit filed Tuesday argues the Trump ...
Android

Oracle to Retrain TikTok's Algorithm with U.S. User Data

A deal to prevent a US TikTok ban is now in place. The app’s algorithm will be copied, overseen by Oracle, and retrained using only American user data. This new, separate system addresses national ...