Meta names Shengjia Zhao as chief scientist of AI superintelligence unit
Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta’s new AI lab.
The Download: a “God-driven” cryptocurrency and a solar engineering roadmap
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. God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hallucinating. According to Eli and his wife,…
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Intel Is Laying Off 33,000 Employees in Turnaround Plan: ‘Scale Back the Company’
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that the layoffs followed a “systematic review” of the company’s headcount and spending.
AI referrals to top websites were up 357% year-over-year in June, reaching 1.13B
AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.
Adopting This Mindset Can Protect Your Small Business From Costly Mistakes
Here’s how a “trust and verify” mindset benefits everyone.
How the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs Is Outpacing Us — and Why
Today’s founders are flipping the script and redefining how startups are built.
Cancel Culture Isn’t Going Anywhere — Here’s How Smart Leaders Respond
Cancel culture can derail B2C and B2B thought leadership efforts, as public scrutiny gets amplified by social media.
How to Earn Customer Trust and Boost Sales Without Big Ad Budgets
Use strategic PR to elevate your brand, generate measurable results and fuel successful launches and sustained growth.
The Fastest Way to Remove Bad Press (And What to Do If You Can’t)
Negative press can damage your reputation, but with a mix of legal tools, platform reporting and strategic content creation, you can often remove or bury harmful coverage and start rebuilding trust.
Sam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist
In response to a question about how AI works with today’s legal system, Altman said one of the problems of not yet having a legal or policy framework for AI is that there’s no legal confidentiality for users’ conversations.
Here’s Why I Tell Enterprise Companies to Make Time for Play
Playful, warm-up activities can foster team vulnerability and boost innovation in the workplace. Here’s how.