Britain’s Best-Paid Woman Made Over $300 Million Last Year, Outearning All the CEOs of S&P 500 Companies
Denise Coates is the CEO and majority shareholder of Bet365, a privately held gambling business.
The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects
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. This battery recycling company is now cleaning up AI data centers In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small…
3 Major Time Wasters for Leaders — and How to Overcome Them
Here’s how you can reclaim your time and maximize your value as a leader.
The Sweet Side Hustle She Started ‘On a Whim’ Turned Into a $20,000-a-Month Income Stream: ‘It’s Simple, It’s Affordable and It’s Fun’
It was the summer of 2015 when Katherine O’Brien, founder of Cream Cruiser and Bike Business University, decided to launch her own business.
Boeing Takes a hit after 737 Max grounding
Boeing is navigating a critical situation with its 737 Max, addressing safety concerns and market repercussions to rebuild trust and ensure future stability.
A Shopaholic Found Her Dream Home in Miami — An Apartment with a Hidden Door Leading Into a Mall That’s Always Unlocked
“It blows my mind that people think this is so wild and that people are so excited about it,” she said.
Gen AI could make KYC effectively useless
KYC, or “Know Your Customer,” is a process intended to help financial institutions, fintech startups and banks verify the identity of their customers. Not uncommonly, KYC authentication involves “ID images,” or cross-checked selfies used to confirm a person is who they say they are. Wise, Revolut and cryptocurrency platforms Gemini and LiteBit are among those […]
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OpenAI claims NY Times copyright lawsuit is without merit
In late December, The New York Times sued OpenAI and its close collaborator and investor, Microsoft, for allegedly violating copyright law by training generative AI models on Times’ content. Today, OpenAI published a public response in which the startup — unsurprisingly — claims that the case is without merit. In the response, posted this afternoon […]
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Jeff Lawson’s legacy at Twilio is about more than a few rough quarters
When we consider Lawson’s tenure, the bulk of the the company’s life so far is far more telling of the real story than the past few quarters.
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Timekettle’s $699 translation hardware handles multiple languages at once
Personal translation devices have had a hugely transformative decade. Improvements to processing power, machine learning and cloud platforms have all played key roles in this development. The technology is increasingly becoming a mainstay of wireless earbuds, and the recent explosion of generative AI platforms will only serve to further these impressive results. It’s easy to […]
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Neoplants shows off its Neo P1 bio-engineered air-purifying plant
At CES 2024, French startup Neoplants is showing off its progress with its houseplants that work as air purifiers designed for the home. The bio-engineered plants can, according to the company, replace 20 “regular” houseplants, as measured by how many pollutants the plants can remove from the air. Neoplants bioengineers houseplants to use them as […]
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