Immigration lawyers say the H-1B chaos is forcing tough business calls

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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order that imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas

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Nvidia's Groq deal rattled Silicon Valley. Here are 5 other AI startups split apart in Big Tech's new deals.

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Groq CEO and founder Jonathan Ross

Groq

These 13 creator economy startups pulled in about $2 billion in funding this year

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ShopMy founders Harry Rein, Tiffany Lopinsky, and Chris Tinsley
ShopMy founders Harry Rein, Tiffany Lopinsky, and Chris Tinsley.

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Hate your old Gmail address? Google is quietly letting some people change it without losing data

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A person with a phone

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TikTok is jumping into micro dramas, the surging bite-sized soaps that have caught Hollywood's eye

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Netshort's micro dramas revolve around soapy themes.

Netshort

Vote now: Would you rather have a $240K in-person job or a $120K remote one?

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12 executives, researchers, others who left OpenAI in 2025 — mostly to Meta Superintelligence Lab

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OpenAI lost at least 11 scientists and executives in 2025, including more than half a dozen researchers to Meta in the summer.

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5 AI advertising controversies that turned heads this year, from Meta's AI granny to Coca-Cola's shape-shifting trucks

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Coca-Cola's holiday ad, featuring AI, got mixed feedback.

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Some elite AI researchers say language is limiting. Here's the new kind of model they are building instead.

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Top AI researchers, such as Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun, are building world models, which they say have more potential than large language models.

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Scribe raised $75 million at a $1.3 billion valuation to fix how companies adopt AI. Read its pitch deck.

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Scribe cofounder and CEO Jennifer Smith.

Scribe

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