What does it mean when Uncle Sam is one of your biggest shareholders? Chip startup xLight is about to find out
You can imagine how this is all going over in Silicon Valley, where the libertarian ethos runs deep.
Welcome to Kenya’s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change
The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still. Ash from nearby Mount Longonot, which erupted as recently as the 1860s, remains in the ground. Obsidian caves and jagged stone towers preside over the steam that spurts out of fissures in the soil and…
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Apple just named a new AI chief with Google and Microsoft expertise, as John Giannandrea steps down
The move is being characterized as a shake-up, but was seemingly inevitable in retrospect.
One of Google’s biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you
The promise is AI that’s uniquely helpful because it knows you. But the risk is AI that feels more like surveillance than service.
Zillow drops climate risk scores after agents complained of lost sales
The move is a loss for homebuyers, who through Zillow had ready access to a property’s climate risks scores from First Street.
Shopify resolves outage disrupting merchants on Cyber Monday
Shopify was down for many merchants this morning. preventing them from processing transactions. It appears to be fixed now.
Nvidia announces new open AI models and tools for autonomous driving research
Nvidia continues its push into physical AI with the release of a new reasoning world model and other tools for physical AI.
AWS re:Invent 2025: How to watch and follow along live
Amazon Web Services’ big annual event, re:Invent 2025, is getting into full swing in Las Vegas this week, and you can follow the keynotes live right here.
MKBHD’s wallpaper app Panels is shutting down
“We knew it was niche… and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the vision I had,” Marques Brownlee said.
Employees Are Secretly Using This Hack to Do Less Work — And It Can Lead to Disaster
One employee claims he cut his workweek in half.
Steve Jobs’ 7 Rules For Success — That Still Apply Today
Anyonw can adopt these principles to unleash their “inner Steve Jobs.”