Could two NASA astronauts be stuck at space station until next year?
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been up there since early June, their planned eight-day mission at the two-month mark and possibly heading toward eight months.
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New High Alpha startup offers financial services to fellow startups
Topo Advisors was founded by its CEO, Tim Page, who formerly helped advise High Alpha portfolio companies when he worked as finance manager at the venture studio.
Six ways the Google antitrust ruling could change the internet
What new ideas could flourish, which new companies might get off the ground or what products might be cheaper if Google were handcuffed from flexing its monopoly power over search?
SK Hynix lands $450M in federal CHIPS Act funding for Indiana facility
The funding is in addition to the $700 million the company will receive through an incentive agreement with the Indiana Economic Development Corp.—one of the the largest economic development deals in Indiana history.
Tech startup Arrive recruits former Carmel mayor, Elevance CFO
The two additions could help Arrive AI—a maker of smart mailboxes with security and temperature-control features—to gain more traction with municipalities and health care providers.
Teenager sues Meta over ‘addictive’ Instagram features
The legal action adds to a growing swarm of suits against the company from state attorneys general and school districts aiming to tie America’s teen mental health crisis to social media.
Outages hit Schwab, Fidelity, other online trading brokerages during market sell-off
Several online brokerage firms appeared to be down for thousands of users early Monday during one of the biggest stock markets sell-offs of 2024.
Nvidia facing antitrust probe from regulators amid competitor complaints
Nvidia’s has cemented itself as a poster child for the artificial intelligence boom—and in the process become one of the most valuable companies in the world.
Justice Department sues TikTok, accuses it of illegally collecting children’s data
The latest lawsuit focuses on allegations that TikTok violated federal law that requires kid-oriented apps to get parental consent before collecting personal information of children under 13.
Push for microchips could reshape Indiana’s economy
Indiana’s economic development conversations are becoming increasingly centered on a high-tech manufacturing industry in which few current Hoosier workers have experience: semiconductors.
Conexus launching network aimed at hardtech innovators
In a switch from its original focus, the Hardtech Innovators Network will seek to help those who actually do the hands-on design, engineering and innovation work at Indiana companies.
Chipmaker Intel, eyed for billions in U.S. grants, set to fire 15,000 workers
The layoffs are a troubling sign for the Biden administration’s multibillion-dollar plan to rebuild the U.S. chip manufacturing industry.
Delta CEO says airline is facing $500M in costs from global tech outage
Among airlines, Delta was by far the hardest hit hard by the outage, having to cancel thousands of flights, because key systems were crippled by the incident.
Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition
Filed in 2022, the Texas lawsuit alleged that Meta was in violation of a state law that prohibits capturing or selling a resident’s biometric information, such as their face or fingerprint, without their consent.
Purdue gives students leg up in chip-making through summer program
An intensive, eight-week training program is devoted to the understanding of semiconductors, the crystalline solids that conduct electricity and power computer microchips.
State AGs ramp up scrutiny of alleged price-fixing in rental housing
In the past two years, more than 30 lawsuits have been filed in federal and state courts alleging that companies such as RealPage and Yardi are equipping corporate landlords with software algorithms that allow competitors to collude on rental housing prices.
Venture capital investment in Indiana’s tech sector continued to swell in 2Q
According to TechPoint’s second-quarter Indiana Tech Venture Report, last quarter’s deal value rose to more than $216 million, towering over the $47 million posted in the second quarter of 2023.
OpenAI testing web search features for ChatGPT, challenging Google
OpenAI’s push into search comes after Google in May jumped heavily into using generative AI in search.
Video game performers to go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns
The move comes after nearly two years of negotiations with gaming giants, including divisions of Activision, Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Co., over a new interactive media agreement.
Big Tech says AI is booming, but Wall Street is starting to see a bubble
A growing number of Wall Street analysts and tech investors are beginning to sound the alarm about the immense amount of money that is being poured into artificial intelligence by Big Tech companies, stock market investors and venture-capital firms.