Blue Origin’s All-Female Crew with Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, and Gayle King Just Went to Space: ‘Surrender to the Unknown’
It’s the first time an all-woman crew has been to space since 1963.
The Download: plastic’s problem with fuel prices, and SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO
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. Fuel prices are soaring. Plastic could be next. As the war in Iran continues, one of the most visible global economic ripple effects has been fossil-fuel prices. But looking ahead, further consequences could…
Your Business Is Personal — Pretending It’s Not Could Sabotage Your Exit
Make these three mindset shifts and embrace the personal nature of your business.
Interested in Franchising? Here’s Why You Can’t Afford to Miss the 2025 IFA World Franchise Show.
Franchise buyers, multi-unit operators and growth-minded entrepreneurs will gather in Miami this May. Here’s why this event should be on your radar.
Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup
AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for an undisclosed amount. Wired reports that Hugging Face plans to sell Pollen’s humanoid robot, Reachy 2, and let developers download and suggest improvements to its code. Pollen Robotics, which aims to bring affordable humanoid robots to the home, was […]
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery — Until It Isn’t. Here’s How I Stopped Impersonators From Ruining My Company’s Reputation.
Don’t let the industry’s bad apples steal from you. Here’s how to protect your brand name.
Watch Blue Origin’s All-Female Crew with Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, and Gayle King Fly to Space
It’s the first time an all-woman crew has been to space since 1963.
Autonomous trucking startup Kodiak Robotics to go public via SPAC
Self-driving truck startup Kodiak Robotics plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation II. The transaction values Kodiak, which has raised around $243 million to date, at about $2.5 billion pre-money. New and existing Kodiak institutional investors, like Soros Fund Management, ARK Investments, and Ares, have funded or […]
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
The crosswalk buttons, which include audio alerts, were hacked over the weekend.
A vision for the future of automation
The manufacturing industry is at a crossroads: Geopolitical instability is fracturing supply chains from the Suez to Shenzhen, impacting the flow of materials. Businesses are battling rising costs and inflation, coupled with a shrinking labor force, with more than half a million unfilled manufacturing jobs in the U.S. alone. And climate change is further intensifying…
DOGE’s tech takeover threatens the safety and stability of our critical data
Tech buzzwords are clanging through the halls of Washington, DC. The Trump administration has promised to “leverage blockchain technology” to reorganize the US Agency for International Development, and Elon Musk’s DOGE has already unleashed an internal chatbot to automate agency tasks—with bigger plans on the horizon to take over for laid-off employees. The executive order…