What No One Tells You About Becoming CEO — Or Guiding One
Leadership is hard, and transitions to CEO are even harder. Even great CEOs stumble if not supported by the board during their psychologically difficult transition.
Exclusive eBook: We did the math on AI’s energy footprint.
In this exclusive subscirber-only ebook you’ll learn how the emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next. by James O’Donnell and Casey Crownhart May 20, 2025 Table of contents Related stories:
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Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push
The company already has more than 12 gigawatts of capacity in its renewable power portfolio.
Anthropic’s new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps
During its inaugural developer conference Thursday, Anthropic launched two new AI models that the startup claims are among the industry’s best, at least in terms of how they score on popular benchmarks. Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, part of Anthropic’s new family of models, Claude 4, can analyze large data sets, execute long-horizon […]
SpaceX’s Starship cleared to return to flight with expanded ‘hazard areas’
The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared SpaceX to perform the ninth test flight of its Starship rocket system, following back-to-back explosions earlier this year. The agency said Thursday it is “expanding the size of hazard areas both in the U.S. and other countries” for the flight based on an updated safety analysis provided by SpaceX. […]
Here’s How Tariffs Are Affecting Amazon’s Prices, According to CEO Andy Jassy
Amazon’s CEO spoke at the company’s annual shareholder meeting this week.
Why Dubai Is the Next Global Haven for Entrepreneurs and the Ultra-Wealthy
I moved to Dubai 16 years ago to build something real. Here’s my journey and the city’s role in shaping my success.
Walmart Is Laying Off 1,500 Corporate Employees: ‘Reshaping Our Structure’
The layoffs affect Walmart’s global technology, advertising, and e-commerce teams.
Vercel debuts an AI model optimized for web development
The team behind Vercel’s V0, an AI-powered platform for web creation, has developed an AI model it claims excels at certain website development tasks. Available through an API, the model, called “v0-1.0-md,” can be prompted with text or images, and was “optimized for front-end and full-stack web development,” the Vercel team says. Currently in beta, […]
RevenueCat raises $50M as it expands beyond mobile app monetization
Key to the company’s growth are the next products RevenueCat has on its roadmap, the company’s founder says.
Bitcoin Just Hit an Eye-Popping Record. Here’s How High Experts Think It Could Go: ‘Get Ready for a Wild Ride’
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s price has reached record highs, surging past $111,000.