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OpenAI Just Raised a Record-Breaking $122 Billion to Build an ‘AI Superapp.’ Here’s What That Means.
The AI company pulled in $122B, making its valuation $852 billion as it generates $2 billion in revenue per month.
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Oracle’s Stock Has Plummeted 25%. Now It’s Cutting Thousands of Jobs.
The tech company is dealing with a plummeting stock price, and analysts say the mass layoffs could free up $10 billion in cash.
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Elon Musk Just Filed for Space X IPO That Could Make Him the World’s First Trillionaire
The confidential filing tees up a June blockbuster that could make SpaceX one of the most valuable companies ever — and Musk a 13-zero hero.
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It Took Thieves 3 Minutes to Steal $10 Million in Art. Here’s Why Museum Heists Are Becoming More Common.
Thieves broke into the Magnani-Rocca Foundation outside Parma, Italy, and made off with works by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse.
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Many Employees Are Complaining That Work Has Been ‘Stripped of Fun’ — Here’s Why
Something has shifted in American office culture, and employees say work has never felt harder and less enjoyable.
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People Are Charging $1,200 to Stand in Historically Long TSA Lines for Fed-Up Travelers
Airport security lines have gotten so bad that a new cottage industry has emerged around trying to avoid them.
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Thieves Break Off 400,000 Pieces of KitKat Bars in a Major Heist. Nestlé’s Reaction Was Surprising.
Twelve tons of chocolate bars vanished after leaving a factory in Italy, but Nestlé had a good sense of humor about it.
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Air Canada’s CEO Will Resign After Making One Critical Mistake Following a Fatal Crash
Michael Rousseau released a condolence video after a fatal runway collision that was almost entirely in English.
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Pharma Giant Eli Lilly Is Paying $2.75 Billion for Drugs Designed by AI – Here’s What It Gets Them
The company says using AI cuts years off of research time.
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A Helium Shortage Is About to Hit the Chip Industry. Here’s Why That’s a Huge Problem.
The war in Iran halted helium production in Qatar, threatening semiconductor manufacturing and rippling through the tech industry.
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Apple Just Fixed an iPhone Problem That’s Been Driving Fast Typers Crazy. But There Are Still Issues.
The latest iPhone update fixes a typing bug that made autocorrect worse for fast typers, but other frustrating keyboard issues remain.
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JetBlue Is Shopping Itself to Rivals. Here Are the Airlines That Might Buy It.
The airline has tapped advisers to explore a sale after its shares dropped more than 40% and it lost billions trying to turn around.
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Park a Tesla In This Company’s Lot and You Might Get a Ticket — Or Worse
At automaker Stellantis, security guards are on the lookout for employees who park their Teslas and Hyundais in the wrong spots.
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Want to Charge Higher Rates for Your Services? New Data Shows Exactly How Much Writing a Book Can Add to Your Value.
Published authors get higher fees, win more clients, and earn more trust than non-authors. But first you have to write the book.
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The Number of Americans Worth Tens of Millions Has Exploded. And They’re Not Who You Think.
The ultra-wealthy class has grown faster than the general population, driving up demand for everything from jets to penthouses.
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Sony and Honda Just Hit the Brakes on Their $90,000 Electric Car. Here’s What Went Wrong.
The Afeela 1 is dead on arrival after Honda's massive strategy shift left the venture without a path to market.
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A Jury Just Found Meta and YouTube Liable in Addiction Case. They Must Pay $3 Million — and It’s Just the Beginning.
Meta and YouTube must pay $3 million in compensatory damages after a jury ruled their addictive app features caused mental health harm to a young user.
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City Officials Forced This Restaurant to Remove Its ‘Stinky’ Signature Dish. Now It’s Fighting Back.
The Golden Leaf restaurant had to stop selling stinky tofu after neighbors complained. The dish accounted for 20% of the restaurant's revenue.
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Nintendo Is Slashing Switch 2 Production by 33% — Here’s Why
Nintendo planned to produce 6 million Switch 2 consoles this quarter but had to scale back after U.S. demand weakened.
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You Can Now Let Claude Take Over Your Computer. Here’s Why That’s Both Exciting and Terrifying.
Anthropic's Claude can now click, scroll and navigate your computer like a human, performing tasks while you're away.
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Estée Lauder’s Makeover Isn’t Working. Now It’s Considering a Major Merger.
The beauty giant is in talks to join forces with Spanish company Puig, which owns Charlotte Tilbury and other major brands.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is Building an ‘AI Chief of Staff’ to Be His Right-Hand Robot
In his race to make the company "AI native," Zuckerberg is leading by example.
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Amazon Is Making Another Smartphone — More Than a Decade After Its Fire Phone Flopped
The Fire Phone was scrapped barely a year after its 2014 launch, but now the company is developing the "Transformer."
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Elon Musk Just Announced Plans to Build Chip Factories That Will Produce Double What the Entire U.S. Makes Today
SpaceX and Tesla will build "Terafab," two advanced chip factories in Austin, Texas — one for cars and humanoid robots, another for AI satellites.
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Sam Altman Issued a ‘Code Red’ After Anthropic Started Dominating the Business Market. Now OpenAI Is Doubling Its Workforce.
Sam Altman issued his "code red" memo late last year, and now OpenAI plans to double its workforce to 8,000 by year-end.
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These Are the Jobs Young People Are Choosing to Protect Themselves from AI
From electricians to firefighters to açai bowl entrepreneurs, young Americans are pivoting careers based on one fear: AI taking their jobs.
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Amazon Just Bought a Company That Makes Four-Legged Robots. Here’s What This Means for Your Next Delivery.
The e-commerce giant acquired Rivr, a Swiss robot startup, as part of a company-wide push into automation.
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Young Founders Are Using AI Agents to Run Their Entire Lives. Some Worry They’re Losing Control.
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are obsessed with AI agents that code, text, and manage their business around the clock.
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Co-Founder of Super Micro Arrested for Smuggling $2.5 Billion Worth of Nvidia Chips to China
Prosecutors say Wally Liaw and two associates used a "tangled web of lies" to smuggle banned AI chips through a Southeast Asian middleman.
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Stanford Researchers Analyzed 391,562 AI Chatbot Messages. What They Found Is Disturbing.
A new study examined nearly 400,000 messages between users and AI chatbots, revealing many people fell into "delusional spirals."
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