YouTube’s latest experiment brings its conversational AI tool to TVs
YouTube is testing conversational AI on smart TVs, allowing viewers to ask the assistant questions related to the video they’re watching on the big screen.
The Download: how America lost its lead in the hunt for alien life, and ambitious battery claims
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. America was winning the race to find Martian life. Then China jumped in. In July 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover came across a peculiar rocky outcrop on Mars covered in strange spots. On Earth,…
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Toyota hires seven Agility humanoid robots for Canadian factory
The robots will be unloading totes full of auto parts from an automated warehouse tugger.
This 60-Minute Founder Ritual Prevented Me From Burning Out
Every quarter, I take one hour to write down what truly matters — and that simple ritual guides my decisions, focus and sanity.
I Quit My High-Powered Banking Job to Chase a Different Version of the American Dream — Now I’ve Helped 80,000+ Do the Same
I walked away from my career at Goldman Sachs to find fulfillment. I found my calling helping others build their dreams.
The boys’ club no one was supposed to write about
Reporter Zoë Bernard spent months talking to 51 people (31 of them gay men) to map out a subculture that’s been an open secret in Silicon Valley for years: gay men, at the upper echelons of tech, quietly raising up their own networks the way powerful people have always done.
SpaceX’s Starbase city is getting its own court
Elon Musk’s company town already has a volunteer fire department, and is forming a Starbase Police Department. Now it wants its own court, too.
This Dad’s Side Hustle Led to $80 Million a Year: ‘My Only Startup Costs Were a Laptop and Internet’
Ted Raad, 37, drew on his negotiation skills to start a business.
How ‘Hidden Entrepreneurs’ Are Quietly Revolutionizing Real Estate, One Building at a Time
Discover why some of the most impactful entrepreneurs don’t have “founder” titles, but are already on your payroll.
CEO of The World’s Largest Investment Firm Managing $14 Trillion Says You Haven’t Saved Enough for Retirement: ‘No One Is Close’
A new BlackRock survey found that Americans think they need $2.1 million to comfortably retire.
6 in 10 People Regret Their Careers — and This Legendary Investor Spent a Decade Finding the Fix
Venture capital icon Bill Gurley on finding your dream job and avoiding a career you’ll regret.