Elon Musk’s xAI is spending at least $400 million building its supercomputer in Memphis. It’s short on electricity.
Elon Musk has said his artificial intelligence startup xAI is building the world’s largest supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, and documents viewed by B-17 show the company is putting hundreds of millions of dollars toward it. Fourteen construction permit applications have been filed with a local planning and development agency since June 2024, when the deal…
BYD is piling on the pain for Tesla. These 5 charts break down how the rivals compare.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has faced criticism for his work outside the company. The Chinese EV maker BYD is piling the pain on Tesla. It has reported soaring sales and revenue even as Tesla has been battered by plunging sales in China, a diving stock price, and public backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s work for…
Adobe’s HR chief tells staff: We’re done with DEI hiring goals
Adobe’s human resources chief, Gloria Chen. Another tech giant — Adobe — is scaling back its diversity hiring goals. At an internal all-hands meeting on Monday, Adobe’s chief people officer, Gloria Chen, said Adobe would no longer have diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring targets, internally dubbed “Aspirational Goals,” according to a recording of the meeting…
Cambridge’s housing solution Building more high-density apartment buildings can lower home prices across a city. The home of Harvard is doing just that.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, may seem like an unlikely site for a YIMBY revolution. The historic Boston suburb is home to both Harvard University and a bevy of affluent homeowners opposed to any new development. The city even features prominently in the book “Neighborhood Defenders,” a seminal work about anti-building, not-in-my-backyarders. Despite all that, the city recently…
Luigi Mangione lawyer says feds are defending ‘murderous healthcare industry’ by seeking death penalty
US Attorney General Pam Bondi wants Luigi Mangione dead. An attorney for Luigi Mangione accused the Justice Department of backing a “murderous healthcare industry that continues to terrorize the American people.” The comment came after Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered prosecutors to seek the death penalty for the accused killer. “While claiming to protect against…
The pain Trump said Americans will feel is already here
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are already straining Americans’ finances. Companies have warned of rising prices. Markets have plunged. Bad vibes are back. President Donald Trump’s tariff plans might not be in full force yet — but Americans are feeling the strain. Ahead of Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” on April 2, when he plans to unveil…
My name is Ariel, but I wasn’t named after the Disney character. I don’t even like swimming, and I’m allergic to fish.
Lots of people associate my name with a popular Disney movie. I wasn’t named after a mermaid though. I was born a little more than a year after the world’s favorite human-loving sea creature made a splash in movie theaters throughout the US. Yes, my name is Ariel, but I was not named after the…
An active couple in their 80s shared their tips for staying healthy and happy, including pilates and the Mediterranean diet
Bill and Jackie Friedewald have been married for 57 years. When two employees of the National Institutes of Health met at a work party in 1965, it was love at first sight. “We talked about cars. I told him I drove a Mustang and I didn’t care what kind of car he had, I just…
Mark Cuban says he’d have to pass on potential tariff costs to pharmacy customers
Cost Plus Drugs could get more expensive. Cost Plus Drugs shoppers could feel the effects of future tariffs in their wallets. Although the pharmaceutical company is safe from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China, cofounder Mark Cuban said any potential tariff on goods imported from India would force Cost Plus Drugs to raise the price…
