Tech
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James Murdoch vows ‘ambitious journalism and agenda-setting conversations’ as he takes over New York, Vox brands
Promising a commitment to “ambitious journalism and agenda-setting conversations,” media scion James Murdoch has struck a deal with the Vox Media digital company to acquire New York magazine, the Vox Media Podcast Network and the Vox editorial brand. The deal with Vox, widely seen as liberal-leaning, represents a major move toward his own media empire…
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Elon Musk’s proposed pay package in SpaceX’s IPO filing reveals what the company actually is: a $1 trillion monster built to colonize Mars
Elon Musk’s new pay package at SpaceX, the largest in corporate history, comes with one little catch: He doesn’t get the money until one million people live on Mars. The SpaceX board granted Musk one billion restricted shares of Class B common stock on top of his existing stake of roughly 5 billion shares, worth…
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SpaceX finally files IPO prospectus, reveals revenue is up–but losses are too
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has, at long last, filed its prospectus for what’s expected to be the largest initial public stock offering ever. In a S-1 filing brimming with glossy color photos of rockets and space on Wednesday, the company disclosed plans to list its shares on the Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas under the ticker “SPCX.”…
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Nvidia gets tepid reaction to forecast, boosts investor rewards
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, delivered a sales forecast that drew a tepid reaction from investors, even as revenue from data center operators continued to surge. Sales in the three months ending in July will be $91 billion, the company said in a statement late Wednesday. Though analysts estimated $87 billion on average, projections…
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A senior comms exec says your AI notetaker could be your company’s biggest liability
They’ve become a staple of the virtual call. But the AI notetaker—the one you or a coworker uses to transcribe the call and highlight key points—could spell trouble for organizations. That’s according to Arielle Patrick, a managing partner at Upland Workshop, a strategic advisory firm. Patrick works with high-profile clients, many of whom she said…
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San Francisco thinks AI can save the whales. Here’s how
Ferries, cargo ships and tankers cut through choppy waters in the San Francisco Bay Tuesday as a whale surfaced nearby, its spout barely visible against the white caps. Until now, whales could easily go unnoticed by mariners, but an AI-powered detection network launched this week is designed to track them day and night. The system,…
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Jurassic Park isn’t just a movie anymore as de-extinction startup hatches live chicks
A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission. Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a…
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3 reasons kids hate AI—especially the ones who refuse to even try it
Picture a pretty typical 16-year-old today. Her teacher assigns an AI-assisted research project. She doesn’t open ChatGPT. She doesn’t even Google it. She already knows her answer: no. The vibe: I don’t want AI to do my thinking for me. That’s the whole point of being a person. There are millions and millions of teenagers…
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The sound of graduating from college in the AI summer of 2026: boo!
As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates have interrupted speakers with stadium-wide boos when the topic turned to AI. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt faced repeated jeers over the weekend during his keynote address to about 10,000 University…
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America’s new AI map shows something surprising: ‘A lot of normal people are adopting AI’
When technologists and investors imagine where artificial intelligence is taking root in America, they picture the usual suspects: San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Boston. The places with the venture capital, the university research labs, the engineering talent pipelines. Microsoft’s U.S. AI Diffusion Report, released Tuesday, suggests that picture is badly incomplete. Juan Lavista Ferres, Microsoft’s…