Elon Musk visits CIA headquarters to discuss DOGE cuts
Tech billionaire and CEO Elon Musk stopped by CIA headquarters on Monday to meet with John Ratcliffe, the spy agency's ...
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Fresh From Defeat, Elon Musk Is On the Ballot in Virginia and New Jersey
Democratic candidates for governor in Virginia and New Jersey are preparing to make Musk's name—and his money—a central issue on the campaign trail.
Elon Musk didn’t fund a Neuralink implant procedure for a 7-year-old named ‘Lily Thompson’
A Facebook user shared a heartwarming story about billionaire businessman and Neuralink Corp. co-founder Elon Musk paying for a 7-year-old girl’s life-changing medical procedure ...
Lawsuit claims Elon Musk stiffed canvassers who helped his 2024 campaign efforts
A new lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses tech billionaire Elon Musk and his super PAC of failing to pay canvassers who helped his ...
When Will Elon Musk Step Down From DOGE? What He's Said
Though his time with DOGE could soon end, it remains unclear how Elon Musk's influence in the White House will change.
Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him
Two lower courts had already rejected the legal challenge by Democrat Josh Kaul, who argues that Musk's offer violates a ...
Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter Says One of Their Last Interactions Involved a ‘Cringe’ Sheep GIF
Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson is speaking out about one of the last times she communicated with her father.
Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources
Elon Musk appeared to boast of advance knowledge of a planned arrest related to Social Security fraud, frustrating law ...
Fox News Host Slams Elon Musk With Brutal Billion Dollar Question
The billionaire seemingly dodged Jessica Tarlov's question when asked to provide an "explanation" to the American people.
ZeniMax workers vote to strike over Microsoft negotiations
ZeniMax Workers United voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike over contract negotiations with parent company Microsoft.Read More
Discord says 1st year of Quests generated 70 campaigns and millions of gamer rewards
Discord announced that its first year of Quests generated 70 campaigns with advertising partners and millions of rewards that kept gamers engaged. Speaking at the ad-focused IAB Playfronts event, Peter Sellis, senior vice president of product at Discord, said that, in the first year of Quests, Discord had found a way to make game discovery and enga…Read More
Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books
OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog organization makes the serious accusation that the company increasingly relied on nonpublic books it didn’t license to train more sophisticated AI models. AI models are essentially complex prediction engines. Trained on […]
CaaStle board confirms financial distress, furloughing employees
CaaStle, a startup that launched in 2011 as a plus-sized clothing subscription service and later became an inventory monetization platform for clothing retailers, is facing financial difficulties, the company confirmed to TechCrunch following a report by Axios. Citing a letter from the board, Axios reported that the company is almost out of money, CEO Christine […]
An accounting startup has turned tax preparations into a Pokémon Showdown game
Accounting software company Open Ledger has launched a new product in time for tax day.  Meet PokéTax, a game that helps make tax filing quite fun. Instead of tax forms, users take on Tax Trainers — gym leaders — representing different parts of a tax form, such as income, deductions, and credits. Each leader asks […]
Andreessen Horowitz is trying to nab a piece of TikTok with Oracle, report says
The venture capital firm is reportedly in talks to invest in TikTok as part of a bid led by Oracle and other American investors looking to buy out TikTok from ByteDance, according to the Financial Times. TikTok is once again slated to be banned in the U.S. on April 5 unless its Chinese-based owner sells […]
Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
Rather than divide people into demographic buckets, Northwind Climate analyzes survey responses for behavioral clues.
Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry
Zelle is shutting down its stand-alone app on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. This news might be alarming if you’re one of the over 150 million customers in the U.S. who use Zelle for person-to-person payments. But only about 2% of transactions take place via Zelle’s app, which is why the company is […]
Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology
Skylight, a startup taking on TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of active development. The app, which is backed by Mark Cuban and others, is now one of many to build on top of the AT Protocol — the same technology […]
Roblox launches Rewarded Video Ads, expands ad partnership with Google
Roblox announced today that it's launching Rewarded Ads for advertisers, as well as adding Google's Ad Manager to its tech stack.Read More
I asked an AI swarm to fill out a March Madness bracket — here’s what happened
How 50 random sports fans created a highly-accurate March Madness bracket through real-time conversational deliberation.Read More