FIFA Is Selling Pieces of the World Cup Field for $450. Not Everyone’s Thrilled
From record concession sales to cut up pieces of turf as souvenirs, the 2026 World Cup found plenty of ways to cash in.
The Download: NASA’s new space telescope and OpenAI’s autonomous hacker
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. Shape-shifting mirrors on NASA’s new space telescope could unveil Jupiters like our own When NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches, as early as the end of next month, it will…
Costco Ran Out of Room for Gas Pumps, So It’s Building Entire Gas Stations Without a Store
The first stand-alone Costco gas station opened on a former Bed Bath & Beyond site in Southern California.
Hugging Face confirms breach affected internal datasets and credentials, urges users to take action
Hugging Face is urging users to rotate any access tokens stored on the platform and review account activity.
The Download: AI hiring biases, and weather data sabotage
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. AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s…
StrictlyVC returns to New York City September 10 to celebrate a huge year for the city’s startup community
For the first time since 2024, StrictlyVC is coming back to New York City — and we’re bringing the kind of access you’d expect from an under-wraps event to the whole startup, VC, and dealmaking community.
AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring
The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up human biases from their training data. New research suggests that LLMs can also develop their own biases from…
Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup
Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck.
What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit
Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan’s entire tech ecosystem.
AI Is Changing How Businesses Are Found Online. That’s Why You Need to Rebuild Your Search Strategy.
Search engines no longer reward the loudest voice. They reward the most trusted one. Here’s how to make sure your business is keeping up.
Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?
On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple’s lawsuit will cast over OpenAi’s much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public.