A Movie About Sam Altman’s Ouster and Wild Week at OpenAI Is Currently Filming. Here’s Who’s Portraying the Tech CEO (and His Nemesis, Elon Musk).
Andrew Garfield is playing OpenAI cofounder and CEO Sam Altman.
The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again
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. The State of AI: Welcome to the economic singularity —David Rotman and Richard Waters Any far-reaching new technology is always uneven in its adoption, but few have been more uneven than generative AI.…
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Roblox expands use of age estimation tech and introduces standardized ratings
Roblox says it’s expanding its use of age estimation technology and entering a partnership with the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) to standardize its game ratings.
Take Your Business Online With This $50 Hosting Platform
This convenient platform makes lifetime website hosting simple for entrepreneurs.
The Hardest Parts of Being a Solopreneur (and How I’ve Learned to Handle Them)
Solopreneurship is on the rise, offering us freedom and independence — but lasting success depends on tackling its unique challenges with strategy.
Google’s Antitrust Penalty Has Been Determined. Here’s What the Tech Giant Has Been Ordered to Give Up.
The judge denied the DOJ’s request for Google to sell its Chrome web browser to resolve allegations of anticompetitive behavior.
Venezuela’s president thinks American spies can’t hack Huawei phones
Huawei phones, given their custom hardware and operating system, may actually be easier to hack than other brands.
How to watch Apple announce the iPhone 17
Apple is debuting the iPhone 17 at its annual hardware event on September 9.
You’re Sabotaging Your Startup By Doing Everything Alone — Here’s Why You Need Founder Friends
For founders, especially solo founders, having someone who understands the unique pressure of building something from scratch can make all the difference.
I Didn’t Just Monetize My Hobby. I Scaled It Into a Startup That Empowers Writers Worldwide — Here’s How.
Making money from your passion sounds like a dream. However, most entrepreneurs think rationally and prefer ‘promising’ ideas instead of following their hobbies. Nevertheless, I took a chance.
These 20- and 22-year-olds raised $5M from YC, General Catalyst to study online behavior using vision AI
Amogh Chaturvedi is running on little sleep but plenty of conviction at 6 a.m. He’s groggy, apologetic for rescheduling, and still reeling from a recent scare involving a family member and an electric scooter. Within minutes, though, the 20-year-old Stanford dropout snaps into focus, walking me through how he and his co-founders sold one startup […]