Their Family Business Went From Bankruptcy to a $4 Billion Snack Empire: Inside Jack Link’s Wild Entrepreneurial Ride
Meat, risk, and NASCAR — here’s how Jack Link’s CEO Troy Link has grown his family business into a global phenomenon.
AI for science needs reasoning, not just data
Every few decades, someone announces that science has reached its end. In 1903, the revered physicist Albert Michelson wrote that the “facts of physical science have all been discovered.” In the 1980s, Stephen Hawking predicted that theoretical physics might be finished by the end of the century. With the explosive arrival of artificial intelligence, the…
New Cars Cost Too Much. Jeff Bezos Is Backing a $24,950 EV Truck With Hand-Crank Windows to Fix That.
The Slate has hand-crank windows, no radio and no paint job. It also costs half the price of the average new car in America.
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Trump admin proposes axing brake pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla
The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles “designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.”
Forget Forty Thieves — Anthropic Says Alibaba Used 25,000 Fake Accounts to Steal Its AI
Anthropic sent a letter to Congress accusing Alibaba of running 28.8 million fake conversations with Claude to train a competing AI for free.
Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs
Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs’ tools across its apps.
How Entrepreneurs Apply AI Speed Breakthroughs to Cut Costs (and Scale Smarter)
Custom AI models can now be built 357 times faster, but with 60% of AI projects set to fail by 2026, success hinges on strategy — not technology.
When Good Deals Get Rejected — And the Overlooked Factor That Derails Them
Strong deals are often passed not because the fundamentals fail, but because timing, structure and context quietly reshape how risk is perceived at the moment of decision.
Restaurant Franchises Have Found One Ingredient That Makes Customers Switch Brands. New Data Proves It Works.
McDonald’s, Arby’s and Zaxbys are all piling on the protein in a market where customers just can’t get enough.
The Download: Europe’s heat wave hits the grid, and IBM’s chip targets Moore’s Law
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. Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down power plants Europe is in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave, and the grid is being pushed to its limits as people turn to…