He Went From Pro Athlete to Power Broker. Here’s Donnie McGrath’s Playbook for Winning in Business.
Donnie McGrath talks about his transition from player to co-founder of LIFT Sports Management.
OpenAI’s new LLM exposes the secrets of how AI really works
ChatGPT maker OpenAI has built an experimental large language model that is far easier to understand than typical models. That’s a big deal, because today’s LLMs are black boxes: Nobody fully understands how they do what they do. Building a model that is more transparent sheds light on how LLMs work in general, helping researchers…
Knicks player Miles McBride launches a location-sharing friendship app to rival Snap Map
Mmotion is a new friendship app that combines elements of location sharing with social discovery features to find nearby users with shared interests.
Amazon Music allows users in Canada to chat and stream music with each other
Amazon Music now lets users in Canada create and join groups based on their favorite genres and artists.
Sapphire Sport spins out, rebrands as 359 Capital with $300M AUM
The newly independent 359 Capital is half-way through investing from $181 million second fund.
Reimagining cybersecurity in the era of AI and quantum
AI and quantum technologies are dramatically reconfiguring how cybersecurity functions, redefining the speed and scale with which digital defenders and their adversaries can operate. The weaponization of AI tools for cyberattacks is already proving a worthy opponent to current defenses. From reconnaissance to ransomware, cybercriminals can automate attacks faster than ever before with AI. This…
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Remote driving startup Vay could grab up to $410M from Singapore’s Grab
Vay, a German startup offering remote-controlled rental cars, will get an investment of up to $410M from Singaporean super-app company Grab.
The Download: busting weather myths, and AI heart attack prediction
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. Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory It was October 2024, and Hurricane Helene had just devastated the US Southeast. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia found an abstract…
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly difficult to justify, given the broad range of victims — journalists, activists, and now political consultants — that have come forward.
6Sense founder Amanda Kahlow raises $30 million for new human-replacement AI sales startup 1Mind
Amanda Kahlow has been quietly been back in sales and marketing tech for about a year with agentic startup 1Mind.