Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony.ai — and Uber might help
Uber is reportedly in talks to help fund Travis Kalanick’s potential acquisition of Pony.ai, which has a market cap of around $4.5 billion.
The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker
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. Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, as early as the end of next month, it will…
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Windows killed the Blue Screen of Death
Why change the blue screen to black now? Did the viral images of Times Square rendered useless by the BSOD cause that much reputational harm?
How to Beat Your Deadlines and Reach Goals Faster — Without Burning Out
Try these 5 “Voluntary Force Functions”, which are designed to push you towards action
Her Show Was Canceled – But the Setback Taught Busy Philipps a Powerful Lesson for Creators and Entrepreneurs
Learn how Busy Philipps built a trusted personal brand by embracing unfiltered honesty, turning vulnerability into influence and redefining what authentic connection looks like in the world of celebrity entrepreneurship and digital marketing.
Kickstarter Campaign Raises Record $44M With New 3D Printer Designed for Entrepreneurs: ‘Overwhelming Support’
The Kickstarter campaign is the most funded project in the history of the crowdfunding site, with pledges from 17,220 individual backers.
4 Things Every B2B Brand Should Be Doing to Earn Trust in 2025
These four strategies help brands show up more authentically and earn buyer confidence where it matters most.
Jeff Bezos’ Venice Wedding Weekend Is Underway. Here Are the Celebrities Who Have Arrived and Who Is Expected.
The nuptial festivities of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez have kicked off in Venice.
In just 3 months, CoreWeave CEO, once a crypto-mining bro, becomes a deca-billionaire
CoreWeave remains a symbol of the AI industry in 2025: Massive revenue, investor enthusiasm built on an insatiable need for more.
Threads now lets you manage Hidden Words separately from Instagram, set time limits
Threads, Meta’s competitor to X, now has its own Hidden Words settings that operates separately from Instagram.
Google Photos merges classic search with AI to speed up results
The AI feature, first introduced at Google’s I/O developer conference last year, allows users to search across their collection of digital photos using natural language queries.