Reid Hoffman is walking away from one of tech’s most prestigious board seats. The LinkedIn co-founder and legendary venture capitalist just announced he’s leaving Microsoft’s board after a decade to go full founder mode with Manus, his AI-powered drug discovery startup. The move marks a rare reversal for the 57-year-old investor, who’s stepping back from […]

What you need to know NotebookLM is now powered by Gemini 3, replacing the Gemini 2.5 Flash model. The switch adds Google’s “most intelligent model” to the note-taking and studying tool. Google says the change “brings significant improvements to NotebookLM’s reasoning and multimodal understanding.” Google is rapidly rolling out features for NotebookLM, the company’s AI-powered […]

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his company’s political engagement as scrutiny intensifies over how much influence artificial intelligence firms wield in Washington through lobbying and campaign spending. OpenAI CEO Responds To Questions About AI Lobbying Efforts […]

Microsoft Corporation has officially announced that Reid Hoffman is stepping down from the company’s board of directors after a decade of effective service. Hoffman joined the board in 2016 after Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, the network he founded, for $26.2 billion. According to Techcrunch.com reports . Significant changes occurred in the tech world during Hoffman’s tenure […]

You’d think Google’s Gemini API is one of those tools that only unlocks after you hand over a credit card and brace for a future invoice. But that’s not really how it plays out. Google offers a free tier of its Gemini API that requires no billing setup, running on a platform called Google AI […]