Warren Buffett Just Made His Largest Deal in 3 Years, Likely His Last as CEO
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, 95, led a $9.7 billion deal to buy OxyChem, a petrochemical unit within Occidental Petroleum.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
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Elon Musk Is the First Person Ever to Reach a Net Worth of $500 Billion
Tesla’s CEO is still the richest man in the world.
Threads takes on X with new communities feature
Threads officially debuts communities, dedicated spaces to have casual chats around a topic.
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Being an entrepreneur is not defined by credentials, business plans or funding — it’s a mindset rooted in a specific set of internal qualities.
This Dad Blended Video Games With Basketball — and Built a Business the NBA Couldn’t Ignore
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This 14-Year-Old’s Business Could Save Your Life. ChatGPT Helped Her Build It.
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How startups could be affected by a prolonged government shutdown
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Department of Energy cancels $7.5B of clean energy projects in Harris-voting states
The Trump administration canceled over 300 awards related to clean energy on October 1. The states with affected projects all voted for Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT’s delusional spirals
A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities