European search engines Qwant and Ecosia are teaming up to develop their own search index, aiming to reduce reliance on Bing and Google. Other updates include Canoo testing its electric delivery vans for Walmart without airbags, Joshua Kushner investing $1.3 billion in OpenAI, and Baidu promising its smart glasses will become a private assistant. The article also mentions Vietnam's demand for real IDs for social networking, Softbank Vision Fund co-CEO Rajeev Misra stepping back, and Glassdoor CEO's insights on the hottest jobs in the AI boom.
Key takeaways:
- Seven of the top 10 tech CEOs are involved with large, healthy businesses that are innovative, influential, and impactful.
- President-elect Donald Trump is expected to block a potential TikTok ban, marking a significant shift from his previous stance.
- Netflix's ad-supported tier, launched in 2022, has been successful with 70 million monthly active users and over half of new sign-ups opting for this plan.
- French newspapers, including Le Monde and Le Figaro, have sued Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) over refusal to engage in ancillary copyright payments.