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Jackie Snow

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Tesla is racing to a robotaxi future. Waymo is already there

Tesla's long-promised robotaxi is raising questions about how far behind it is compared to rivals like Google’s Waymo

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Robotaxis to nowhere

Tesla's long-promised robotaxi is raising questions about how far behind it is compared to rivals like Google’s Waymo.

28.06.2025 40

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AI data centers could need 30 times more power by 2035, Deloitte warns

While there is plenty of focus on what tech giants are spending on AI data centers this year, companies also need to think much further ahead

24.06.2025 10

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VR's killer app

Virtual reality is poised to transform the battlefield.

23.06.2025 4

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VR finally finds its killer app: war

Virtual reality is poised to transform the battlefield, as defense contractors race to put mixed reality headsets on soldiers’ heads

23.06.2025 2

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How Big Tech learned to love America's military

Silicon Valley companies are abandoning safety policies to win Pentagon contracts, turning everyday AI into weapons systems

20.06.2025 2

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AI has a huge power problem. Solving it won't be easy

As AI pushes chips to consume dramatically more electricity, data centers are racing to squeeze more computing power from every watt

19.06.2025 10

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Apple WWDC starts today. Can it catch up in the AI race?

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09.06.2025 10

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America's housing market is cracking

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02.06.2025 7

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The AI data center race is getting way more complicated

When Microsoft (MSFT) pulled the plug on planned data centers in Ohio last month and a Wells Fargo (WFC) report suggested Amazon (AMZN) Web Services...

28.05.2025 10

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American tourism faces a 'perfect storm'

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26.05.2025 10

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Wearables have flopped. Can Jony Ive and OpenAI change that?

For more than a decade, Silicon Valley has been trying to convince us that the next big thing would be something you wear. The pitch was always slick:...

22.05.2025 6

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America's airport meltdown is coming at the worst possible time

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19.05.2025 9

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Europe's startup scene sees an opening against Silicon Valley

VIENNA — Alexander Schwartz wasn’t expecting two veteran innovation investors to show up at his Klosterneuburg office this spring, asking how to...

14.05.2025 10

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Apple's brutal year keeps getting worse

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12.05.2025 10

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What the case against Google is really about

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05.05.2025 7

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The AI data center race is slowing down as Amazon and Microsoft catch their breath

For the past two years, tech giants have been racing to build the digital backbone of the artificial intelligence boom, spending tens of billions of...

28.04.2025 4

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BYD is coming for Tesla's lunch

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28.04.2025 30

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Luxury yacht owners are throwing scientists a lifeline

22.04.2025 10

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The new space race is just getting started

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21.04.2025 8

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TikTok is now caught in the trade war. Here's why it matters

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14.04.2025 7

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The trade war is about to get petty

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07.04.2025 4

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Microsoft has adapted to change for 50 years. What's next?

In the spring of 1975, a college dropout and his childhood friend launched a tiny software company in Albuquerque with a singular mission: put a...

03.04.2025 10

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Microsoft is turning 50. Is it ready for the next technological frontier?

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31.03.2025 8

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This watchdog is tracking how AI firms are quietly backing off their safety pledges

26.03.2025 4

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The AI robots are coming. The world is not ready

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24.03.2025 10

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An airline built a hotel. It crashed and burned

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17.03.2025 10

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Is AI a bubble? It's complicated

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10.03.2025 10

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South by Southwest starts tomorrow. Here's what to watch

As South by Southwest returns to Austin from March 7-15, 2025, the festival once again promises to be the nexus of technology, creativity, and...

06.03.2025 7

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The dot-com bubble burst 25 years ago. What does that history say about stocks today?

On March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq Composite index peaked at 5,048.62, more than double its value from just a year earlier. Internet startups with...

06.03.2025 7

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The truth about Apple's $500 billion promise

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03.03.2025 10

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Silicon Valley is facing a new AI threat

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24.02.2025 5

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Supersonic flight is back. But can it make money?

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18.02.2025 9

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Are you ‘AI literate’? Schools and jobs are insisting on it—and now it’s EU law

12.02.2025 10

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Trump's new trade war could be very different

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10.02.2025 8

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DeepSeek ended Silicon Valley's AI advantage. That's a good thing

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03.02.2025 9

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LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman on our AI future — and reaching out to Trump

Reid Hoffman wants you to stop worrying and learn to love AI — just not too much. The LinkedIn (MSFT) co-founder and venture capitalist’s new book...

27.01.2025 6

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What we learned in Davos

Welcome back to this year’s final Need to Know: Davos newsletter!Read more...

24.01.2025 3

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That's a wrap for Davos 2025. Here's what we learned

A version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s Need to Know: Davos newsletter. To get updates on the World Economic Forum delivered...

24.01.2025 2

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Trump does Davos

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23.01.2025 3

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Donald Trump does Davos

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23.01.2025 4

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Tackling Trump tariffs in Davos

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22.01.2025 6

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Trump's tariff threats take center stage in Davos

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22.01.2025 3

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Trump's world in Davos

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21.01.2025 3

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It's already Donald Trump's world in Davos

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21.01.2025 5

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Welcome back to our annual Need to Know: Davos newsletter!Read more...

20.01.2025 10

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Davos 2025 starts today. Here's what we're watching at the World Economic Forum

A version of this article originally appeared in Quartz’s Need to Know: Davos newsletter. To get updates on the World Economic Forum delivered...

20.01.2025 10

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Big Alcohol's next big fight is here

Almost a century after Prohibition ended, alcohol faces a new reckoning.Read more...

13.01.2025 20

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Delta wants AI to fix your terrible airport experience

Delta Air Lines (DAL) has a message for the tech world: AI isn’t just for Silicon Valley.Read more...

08.01.2025 10

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AI takes over CES 2025, one smart gadget at a time

Just when you thought your toaster couldn’t get any smarter, CES 2025 is about to prove you wrong. The world’s biggest tech show returns to Las...

03.01.2025 4

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