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Staff writer at TechEchelon covering technology, markets, and policy. Jay reports on the deals, regulations, and breaking news that move the publication's core desks.

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  1. 127
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Introduces Age Prediction for ChatGPT Consumer Accounts

    The model uses a mix of account-level and behavioral signals, including usage patterns over time, account age, typical activity hours, and a user’s stated age, according to the company. OpenAI said the system is designed to flag accounts likely belonging to minors without requiring users to self-report.

    153 DAYS AGO

  2. 128
    Politics

    Intel Shares Surge After CEO Meets Trump as U.S. Stake Doubles in Value

    Following the meeting, Trump praised both Tan and the company in a post on Truth Social, writing that “the United States Government is proud to be a Shareholder of Intel.” He also highlighted the company’s latest processor as being “designed, built, and packaged right here in the U.S.A.”

    164 DAYS AGO

  3. 129
    Business & Finance

    San Francisco is Still #1 Despite Everything You’ve Heard

    *San Francisco, CA.*

    165 DAYS AGO

  4. 130
    Artificial Intelligence

    Gmail Adds AI Features as Google Pushes Email Toward a Personal Assistant

    The new capabilities, announced Thursday, are designed to help users write more effectively, surface information buried across years of email, and proactively generate daily to-do lists.

    165 DAYS AGO

  5. 131
    Cybersecurity

    Former Cybersecurity Professionals Plead Guilty in BlackCat Ransomware Scheme

    Ryan Clifford Goldberg, 33, of Watkinsville, Georgia, and Kevin Tyler Martin, 28, of Roanoke, Texas, admitted to conspiring to obstruct commerce by extortion. Both face sentences of up to 20 years in prison, with sentencing scheduled for March 12, 2026.

    173 DAYS AGO

  6. 132
    Business & Finance

    S&P 500 Ends 2025 With 17% Gain

    The S&P 500 hovered near flat in early trading and remains on track to finish the year up roughly 17%, marking its third consecutive year of double-digit gains.

    173 DAYS AGO

  7. 133
    Politics

    Senate Approves Deal to End Historic Shutdown, Puts Pressure on the House

    The funding measure — approved 60–40 with support from nearly all Republicans and a small group of centrist Democrats — would keep the government operating through January.

    223 DAYS AGO

  8. 134
    Business & Finance

    Snap Stock Surges 25% After $400M AI Deal and Strong Forecast

    For the third quarter, Snap posted revenue of $1.51 billion, slightly above Wall Street’s $1.49 billion estimate, and a net loss of $104 million, down from $153 million a year earlier.

    229 DAYS AGO

  9. 135
    Artificial Intelligence

    GUDEA Launches “The ABCs of Influence” to Reveal Who Drives Online Conversations

    GUDEA, the AI-powered narrative intelligence company, has unveiled _The ABCs of Influence_, a new behavioral analytics feature that classifies audience behavior to show who (and how) users shape online narratives in real time.

    229 DAYS AGO

  10. 136
    Politics

    Nvidia Chief Embraces Trump as Chipmaker Reaches Record Heights

    The partnership was on full display this week at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in Washington, D.C.—often dubbed the “Super Bowl of AI.

    231 DAYS AGO

  11. 137
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Compute Deal with Amazon, Breaking From Microsoft Exclusivity

    Shares of Amazon jumped roughly 5% Monday after the announcement, underscoring the significance of the partnership for both companies. The deal immediately allows OpenAI to run workloads on AWS infrastructure while Amazon builds additional dedicated capacity for the ChatGPT maker.

    231 DAYS AGO

  12. 138
    Business & Finance

    Trump Slaps 100% Tariff on Chinese Imports, Tightens Grip on Software Exports

    The White House framed the decision as retaliation for China’s latest export restrictions on rare earth minerals—materials essential to high-tech manufacturing, including electric vehicles, defense systems, and semiconductors.

    255 DAYS AGO

  13. 139
    Politics

    Deciphering the Decipherless: UNGA, U.S. Global Health, and the Seismic Shift

    In a new episode of Apinions, Michael “Dersh” Dershem, founder and CEO of Apierion, sat down with Hugh Dugan, a career diplomat who spent more than three decades at the State Department advising 11 U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations.

    255 DAYS AGO

  14. 140
    Business & Finance

    Markets Plunge as Trump Threatens Major Tariff Hike on China

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 878 points (1.9%) to close at 45,479.60, while the S&P 500 dropped 2.7% to 6,552.51, marking its steepest one-day decline since April. The Nasdaq Composite was hit hardest, plunging 3.6% to 22,204.43 after briefly touching a record high earlier in the session.

    255 DAYS AGO

  15. 141
    Artificial Intelligence

    Microsoft’s AI Chief Pushes Back on Consciousness Debate

    Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s chief executive of AI, argues that it should not. In a blog post this week, he dismissed ongoing research into “AI welfare”—the idea that machines might one day develop subjective experiences and deserve rights—as both premature and dangerous.

    304 DAYS AGO

  16. 142
    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI Launches Lightweight Reasoning Models Built for Personal Devices

    These models, referred to as "open-weight," allow developers full access to their trained parameters. While they stop short of being fully open-source — meaning the original training data and codebase are not included — they offer a high degree of flexibility for users who want to fine-tune the models or run them on private infrastructure.

    320 DAYS AGO

  17. 143
    Artificial Intelligence

    Sam Altman Envisions an Era of Abundant, Affordable Intelligence as AI Transforms the Global Economy

    Speaking at the Federal Reserve’s Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference, Altman emphasized the extraordinary pace at which AI capabilities and adoption have evolved since the debut of ChatGPT in late 2022.

    334 DAYS AGO

  18. 144
    Politics

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: U.S. Chip Restrictions Have Halved China Market Share

    Speaking at the Computex tech conference in Taiwan, Huang said the restrictions have slashed Nvidia’s market share in China from 95% to 50%. He warned that if U.S.

    397 DAYS AGO

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