Nvidia Has Just Surpassed Apple as the World’s Second Most Valuable Company
Business and EconomicsIn the peak of AI fever, it overtook Apple and is now second only to Microsoft.
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Elon Musk Diverted Thousands of NVIDIA GPUs From Tesla to X. His Argument: They Would Have Collected Dust at Tesla
Business and EconomicsThe billionaire's decision could delay the development of the autonomous driving system for Tesla's cars.
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This Startup Wanted to Revolutionize Mortgages With AI. Now, It’s Facing a Barrage of Lawsuits
Business and EconomicsBeware of startups claiming they're going to change the world with AI. This one, backed by Richard Branson, just got evicted.
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Microsoft Lays Off 1,500 Workers in Its Azure and HoloLens Divisions, the Latest Casualty of its Alliance With OpenAI
Business and EconomicsWith the reported layoffs, Microsoft is essentially leaving the HoloLens 2 team on the edge of death.
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Elon Musk's X Is Now Rated 'XXX'. New Twitter Openly Embraces Porn
Business and EconomicsElon Musk welcomes porn on X, making the platform's long-held tolerance for the XXX content official.
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In the AI Era, Microsoft Will Need Those Who Turned Their Backs on It in the Mobile Era: Developers
Business and EconomicsPoor developer support doomed the Windows Phone. Microsoft can’t afford to let the same thing happen again with AI.
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‘Silent Vacations’: 40% of Millennials and Gen Z Have Used Remote Work to Take a Break Without Permission
Business and EconomicsThe posturing involved in the “culture of effort” is one of the reasons that millennials and Gen Z hide their breaks.
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28,000 Samsung Employees in South Korea Are Preparing to Strike for the First Time in the Company's History
Business and EconomicsSamsung has never faced a union strike in its 55-year history.
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‘We Learned About ChatGPT on Twitter:’ Former OpenAI Board Member Reveals Another Possible Reason for Feud Between Board and Sam Altman
Business and EconomicsHelen Toner, a former Open AI board member, discussed the launch of ChatGPT on a recent podcast.
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Sam Altman Will Lead the OpenAI Security Committee That Oversees Sam Altman’s Work. It Doesn’t Sound Like a Great Idea
Robotics and AIOpenAI has made Altman the supervisor of the team at the company in charge of responsible AI development, which was disbanded.
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An Error in a Quantum Physics Calculation Led Jeff Bezos to Found Amazon. That Wouldn’t Have Happened to Bill Gates
Business and EconomicsSome years ago, Jeff Bezos shared an anecdote about how a quantum physics problem made him realize that physics wasn’t his thing.
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Russia Strikes Back: Against All Odds, Its First EUV Photolithography Machine Is Ready
Business and EconomicsAt a cost of approximately $55,000, the country's 350 nm EUV lithography machine is considerably inexpensive.
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Google’s Search Engine Is Undergoing Its Most Important Revolution Ever. So Far, It’s Been a Disaster
Robotics and AIAI-generated results are causing problems for a search engine that's trying to renew itself.
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The U.S. Wants to End Its Dependency on Chinese Gallium. Environmentalists Aren't Having It
ComputersA U.S. mining company has found a high-purity gallium deposit in Bitterroot National Forest in Montana and Idaho.
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I Went to an Apple Store at 3 a.m. on a Tuesday to Find Out Who Buys Apple Products at 3 a.m. on a Tuesday
Business and EconomicsAmong the more than 500 Apple Stores worldwide, there’s one that never sleeps. Who buys Apple products in the late hours of the night?
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Amazon Had to Meet Its Internal Employee Turnover Goals, So It Hired People to Fire Them
Business and EconomicsFor years, Amazon has used the so-called “hire to fire” practice.
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The OpenAI Crisis Six Months Later: The Board May Have Been Right About Sam Altman's Dishonesty
Business and EconomicsGPT-4o's release was overshadowed by Scarlett Johansson’s allegations and a pattern of dishonesty that coincides with the company's crisis last year.
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The Digital Nomad Paradox: What Happens When the Country That Give You a Visa Wants You to Stop Being a Nomad
Business and EconomicsAbout 60 countries offer visas for digital nomads. They all want the same thing: to attract and keep those visitors.
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“They Deserve It”: Emirates Is Making So Much Money That It’s Giving Workers a Five-Month-Salary as a Gift
Business and EconomicsThe airline increased its profits by 71% last year.
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Someone Thought of Turning Disneyland Into a Remote Office. Now It’s One of Gen Z’s Favorite Places to Work
Business and EconomicsWorking from Walt Disney World Resort is cheaper than renting an office in a coworking space.
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