Apple may try to increase revenue by doing…something with third-party AI apps

Apple’s services business remains at record levels, but it’s facing growing pressure. The central part of that business, Apple’s App Store, has faced regulatory pressure and a slump in mobile gaming, which have hurt services growth. However, on Monday’s earnings call, Apple signaled that it may look to boost services revenue through third-party apps. What … Read more

SpaceX reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile to compete with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon

SpaceX is looking to buy Boost Mobile from EchoStar, according to a report from The Washington Post. If the deal goes through, it would help the Elon Musk-owned company build a hybrid cellular-satellite network that could help catapult it into fourth place among the top U.S. wireless providers. The space-launch company has been dabbling in … Read more

OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else? Axios reports that OpenAI is preparing a “PR blitz” for after the midterm elections on Tuesday, as Democrats seem likely to win back the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate, too. The company’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told Axios … Read more

How to Become Scary Good

How to Become Scary Good The vampire at my doctor’s office loves Halloween. She has a full-length bloody Halloween poster on her door. She’s scary good at her job. She finds a vein, sucks my blood, and I don’t feel a thing. Halloween is more than a holiday for her. It’s a family reunion. Become … Read more

Nvidia weighs playing the cosigner for Nscale’s AI data center in West Virginia

Nvidia is in talks to guarantee billions in debt financing for AI cloud provider Nscale’s planned Anthropic data center in West Virginia, The Information reported Thursday. Bloomberg later corroborated the report. Anthropic has signed a $44.6 billion contract for the project’s first building alone, according to Nscale’s IPO filing. In essence, the chipmaker would be … Read more