How Solo Founders Can Compete With AI-Powered Giants
As AI makes it easier than ever to build a business, an unexpected advantage is emerging for founders willing to think smaller, move faster and play a different game.
The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could point out that Musk’s and Luckey’s companies already sell the kinds of technology the study is likely to recommend.
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Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents
The lawsuit, led by a Detroit pension fund, alleges Uber’s board and management has cut too many compliance corners, resulting in thousands of lawsuits.
The AI world is getting ‘loopy’
The loop takes agentic AI a step further, by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly.
Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
AI chipmaker Groq confirms $650M raise, re-staffs after Nvidia’s $20B not-acqui-hire deal
What does an AI company do after one of those not-acqui-hire deals? Groq raised money, is leaning into its neocloud business, and hiring new execs.
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI’s biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
I Built a 7-Figure Business Teaching People How to Engineer AI Prompts. My Advice Usually Boils Down to 3 Sentences.
Mark Kashef’s Fiverr post paved the way for a successful agency.
Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach
The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.
A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak
European offensive cybersecurity company Paradigm Shift released details of a flaw and a technique to exploit it that opens the door for hackers to unlock and break into older iPhones.
Google DeepMind bets $75M on AI’s future in Hollywood with A24 deal
Google DeepMind and A24 are teaming up to build AI filmmaking tools.