A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight
Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom.
The Download: Google’s AI shake-up and Meta’s rogue model
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. Google’s AI empire is being reshaped. Here’s what’s changed. After a wave of painful losses in the tech talent wars, delays to its next flagship model, and murmurings of poor morale,…
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Why This AI Tool Is the Game-Changer Small Business Owners Have Been Waiting For
Entrepreneurs need to learn how to use AI-powered digital agents so they can personalize service, automate tasks and reach more customers.
How This Canadian Founder Made a $5,000 Bet on Recovery Tech and Created a Brand Used by Pro Athletes and Sold at Costco
At 23, with just $5,000, Cam Stajer bet on recovery tech. Now, Kala Therapy supplies NHL stars and Olympians — and sits on Costco shelves
Why Regulation Rarely Destroys Durable Companies — It Exposes the Fragile Ones
Regulation doesn’t destroy strong companies — it exposes weak ones. Here’s how businesses built on trust, compliance, and operational discipline are better positioned to survive as industries mature and scrutiny increases.
Why Culture Now Trades Like an Asset, Not a Soft Skill
In a world where AI is commoditizing execution, the way a team behaves on its worst day is quietly setting recruiting costs, pricing power and partnership leverage long before any of it shows up in a spreadsheet.
Snap Has Lost Money Every Year It’s Been Public. Now the Company’s Betting on Specs, Its New $2,195 ‘Wearable Computer.’
CEO Evan Spiegel thinks people are so sick of staring at phones they’ll pay $2,195 for AR glasses. Wall Street isn’t convinced.
Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live
Spotify is launching “Reserved,” a new system that will hold two concert tickets for an artist’s superfans before they’re on sale to the public.
The Next iPhone Pro Could Cost $1,299 — Here’s Why Tim Cook Says It’s ‘Unavoidable’
Tim Cook says the AI boom has made memory chips so scarce and expensive that jacking up the prices has become necessary for Apple.
Allbirds Used to Make Viral Wool Sneakers. Now It’s an AI Company Called ‘Smartbird.’
The company behind the once-viral wool sneaker sold off the shoe brand entirely, changed its name and has become an AI service.
Adobe adds its AI assistant to Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign
Adobe is updating its Firefly AI assistant with new chops, and adding it to Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign and Frame.io.