Elon Musk reveals the ‘Art Deco’ design inspiration behind Tesla’s Robovan
Elon Musk said the look of Tesla’s Robovan was inspired by Art Deco trains, like the New York Central Railroad’s Mercury steam engine. Tesla looked to the past for design inspiration for its futuristic Robovan. Elon Musk finally revealed the long-awaited Robotaxi at Tesla’s “We Robot” event on Thursday — but the bigger surprise was…
It will be awhile before OpenAI turns a profit. In the meantime, Microsoft gets a cut of revenue.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Investors will likely be waiting awhile before OpenAI starts making a profit. A new report from The Information, which analyzed the company’s financial documents, said that while OpenAI was burning less cash than previously thought, it’s still years away from turning a profit. The report said the company didn’t expect to…
Top GOP donor Ken Griffin is heading to the polls but ‘not with a smile’ on his face
Citadel’s billionaire boss Ken Griffin is a Republican megadonor who has declined to support Donald Trump. Citadel’s Ken Griffin is a top Republican megadonor this election cycle, but the CEO said in a Thursday interview that he hasn’t supported Donald Trump. That said, the billionaire declined to say whether he would vote for Trump or…
I inherited my parents’ small business even though I didn’t want it. I vowed not to do the same thing to my son.
Some of my earliest memories are connected to my family’s business, Mott’s Miniatures, in Buena Park, California. It was a museum that depicted the history of America in miniature. We even had displays that were featured in the Guinness Book of World Records. As a young boy, not even 10, I remember getting a rag…
I can’t afford a babysitter to watch my kids while I work. I rely on their grandmother and my partner for childcare.
As a teenager in the 90s, I might have gotten paid $20 for babysitting kids for the whole day. I remember thinking it was awesome to get paid at all for eating pizza and watching TV with kids. When I look for a babysitter now, I can’t find anyone who charges less than $20 an…
Russia’s drive in one battlefront has cost it a staggering 1,800 combat vehicles
Russia’s offensive in the Pokrovsk region has come at a cost of over 1,800 combat vehicles. Russian forces have reportedly lost nearly 2,000 armored vehicles, tanks, and heavy equipment since launching its offensive in eastern Ukraine last October, an open-source researcher found. In February, Russia seized the town of Avdiivka, a longtime Ukrainian stronghold, after…
I toured a $65 million Gulfstream G650ER private jet like the one bought by Michael Jordan to see how the ultra-rich travel
Michael Jordan appears to have purchased a $65 million Gulfstream G650ER— the same type of jet owned by billionaire business tycoons like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. According to a TikTok video posted Monday, the flashy new metal with a Jumpman logo was on the tarmac of Palm Beach International Airport. The jet’s tail number,…
Rare satellite image shows China’s only two operational aircraft carriers together at a base in the South China Sea
The Liaoning and Shandong are China’s only operational aircraft carriers. Another, the Fujian, is undergoing sea trials. A rare satellite image captured China’s two fully operational aircraft carriers sitting pier-side together in the South China Sea earlier this week. The carriers arrived at the naval base after several weeks of exercises in the region. B-17…
Ukraine is eroding Russia’s military advantage with strikes on its ammo depots
A satellite image of Tikhoretsk, the major Russian ammunition storage facility Ukraine attacked, on September 22. Ukraine is reducing Russia’s artillery advantage on the battlefield, and recent attacks on ammo depots have likely sped that up. Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, Ivan Havryliuk, told Ukrainian television last week that Russian forces were now firing three times…
