Amazon employees speak out about Jeff Bezos’s WaPo decision, with some supporting his call, leaked messages show
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos’s recent decision to stop presidential endorsements by the Washington Post sparked a backlash that lost the newspaper more than 250,000 subscriptions. The WaPo situation has also become a hot-button issue among some employees inside Amazon, the company Bezos founded and ran until 2021, according to dozens of internal Slack messages obtained…
OpenAI is taking a page out of Big Tech’s playbook by reportedly building its own chips
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Building custom AI chips has long been the preserve of a select few tech companies — but OpenAI might be about to join the party. The AI startup is in talks with semiconductor firms Broadcom and TSMC to design and produce its own AI chips, sources told Reuters on Wednesday. OpenAI…
Inside ‘Project Rodeo,’ the Tesla effort pushing the limits of self-driving technology
Test drivers said they sometimes navigated perilous scenarios, particularly those drivers on Project Rodeo’s “critical intervention” team, who say they’re trained to wait as long as possible before taking over the car’s controls. Since 2013, Elon Musk has promised that Tesla will have a self-driving car. To get there, the company has leaned on a…
The secret life of votersA new study shows that Americans agree on more than they’re willing to admit
Abartender at a high-end restaurant in south Brooklyn, Alessia Gonzalez doesn’t feel free to speak her mind at work, at least on political issues. The neighborhood, Bay Ridge, is a Republican stronghold, and customers are often decked out in MAGA hats. Gonzalez, 27, says that if she were to discuss her political views, particularly her…
This 5-year-old kid who dressed up as Jensen Huang for a festival has already won Halloween
A 5-year-old boy from Taipei dressed up as Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang. This Halloween, CEO costumes are in. At least, that’s the case for the 5-year-old boy from Taipei who dressed up as Nvidia’s Jensen Huang for the holiday. The boy’s costume, which features Huang’s signature black leather jacket look and some homemade Nvidia tech…
Microsoft’s new AI CEO rolled out his first big product update. Some staff and users say the previous version was better.
Mustafa Suleyman announced Microsoft is opening an AI hub in London Microsoft updated a Copilot tool for consumers earlier this month. It was the first major product release from Mustafa Suleyman’s new Microsoft AI group, and it’s had a mixed reception so far. Suleyman, who joined Microsoft from DeepMind earlier this year, described the Copilot…
Starbucks CEO set to announce strategy to fix the coffee chain
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol has said he wants to fix the long wait-times and impersonal atmosphere in cafés. Starbucks’ new CEO, Brian Niccol, says he has a plan to turn around the struggling coffee chain — but investors will need to wait a little longer. “It is clear we need to fundamentally change our strategy…
I travel with my mom every year. We’ve been around the world, but one activity is the glue to our trips.
My mom and I love attending food festivals during our travels. Every year, my mom and I take a trip together. We’ve traveled across the country and to various continents, but there’s one activity that serves as the glue to our trips — food festivals. Although it may seem odd at first, as a frequent…
Elon Musk’s xAI startup could soon be worth many times more than X
Elon Musk’s xAI raised $6 billion A new funding round in the works for xAI could value Elon Musk’s startup at more than four times what his social media network, X, is currently worth, according to recent Fidelity filings. The AI startup is reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $40 billion valuation, according…
