Sam Bankman-Fried pushed for his dad to get cast in FTX’s Larry David Super Bowl ad: report
Sam Bankman-Fried pushed for his dad to get cast in an FTX commercial featuring Larry Davif that aired during the …
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Battery-free flying robots use origami to change shape in midair
These could be the stuff of nightmares — if they weren’t so damn cute. Scientists at the University of Washington …
Google wanted to ‘manipulate choices’ to become default search engine, behavioral expert testifies at antitrust trial
Google fought hard to be the default search engine on smartphones and browsers so it “can manipulate your choices,” an …
Elon Musk biographer Walter Isaacson says mogul ‘can flame out and burn’
Walter Isaacson, who has authored bestselling biographies of Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albert Einstein, speaks with On The …
Elon Musk to meet Benjamin Netanyahu in Silicon Valley to discuss AI as X faces antisemitism controversy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet X owner Elon Musk on Monday in Silicon Valley, an official in Netanyahu’s office said Thursday, and Musk said their …
Caesars Entertainment paid about $15M to hackers who stole customer Social Security numbers, other info: report
Caesars Entertainment reportedly paid roughly $15 million in an attempt to placate hackers who threatened to leak the sensitive customer …
Elon Musk appears to ‘make nice’ with Bill Gates at AI summit following 18-month feud: sources
Is Elon Musk finally trying to make nice with Bill Gates? That may be the hottest speculation coming out of …
Elon Musk blew out disc in his neck after trying to ‘judo throw’ 350-pound sumo wrestler: book
Elon Musk blew out a disc in his neck after trying to perform a “judo throw” on a 350-pound sumo …
Apple climate film with Octavia Spencer is slammed: ‘This is greenwashing’
A short film by Apple that cast Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer as Mother Nature in which she scolds CEO Tim Cook …
Arm smashes expectations in eye-popping Nasdaq stock debut
Shares of SoftBank’s Arm Holdings opened 10% above their offer price in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, giving the chip designer …
Salesforce’s Marc Benioff claims San Francisco ‘looks great’ after demanding city clean up
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff took credit for San Francisco’s effort to clean up the streets ahead of his company’s biggest …
Taiwan slams Elon Musk, says it’s ‘not for sale’ after he defends China’s policy
Billionaire Elon Musk was shredded by a top Taiwanese government official after the Tesla boss described the self-ruled island nation …
Google’s Sergey Brin ‘tried to avoid’ selfie with Elon Musk after alleged affair: book
Google co-founder Sergey Brin “tried to avoid” a selfie photo that Elon Musk snapped of the two of them at …
Gen Z trusts AI way more than Boomers, poll finds
Americans fear AI and big corporations taking their data, but a new survey found 87% are admittedly likely to provide …
Elon Musk calls for artificial intelligence ‘referee’ at closed-door Senate AI summit
Billionaire Elon Musk called for an artificial intelligence “referee” on Wednesday as tech tycoons and lawmakers met for a closed-door …
Ex-Google exec said tech giant pushed for default status in search engine deals at antitrust trial
A former Google honcho testified Wednesday that the number of executives working to win default status with mobile carriers grew dramatically …
Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds — first Big Tech firm to cut jobs this quarter
Google parent Alphabet is laying off employees from its global recruiting team as the tech giant continues to slow hiring, it …
How Peter Thiel, ‘PayPal Mafia’ ousted Elon Musk from CEO job — and saved SpaceX
The “PayPal Mafia” that ousted Elon Musk as CEO of the peer-to-peer payments site also helped save his rocket-launching company …
Chuck Schumer urges bipartisan AI policy at summit with Musk, Zuckerberg: ‘Congress must play a role’
American technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai met with lawmakers at Capitol Hill …
‘Cryptoqueen’ Ruji Ignatova remains a fugitive as her partner in $4B OneCoin fraud gets 20 years
The infamous “Cryptoqueen,” the mastermind of a $4 billion Ponzi scheme, remained on the loose six years after her arrest …