Want to Save $1,000 This Month? A Personal Finance Expert Who Paid Off $460,000 in Debt Shares How to Do It
Here are the short-term changes that make a lasting impact.
Disney’s first CTO led an AI startup it once accused of copying its characters
The former CEO of Character.AI, which Disney previously sent a cease-and-desist letter to, will serve as the company’s first-ever chief technology officer.
Matt Mullenweg tells Automattic staff in Slack he’s back in control after CEO ouster
In a Slack message seen by TechCrunch, Matt Mullenweg told Automattic employees he’s back in control of the company, days after its board put him on leave. Automattic has not yet confirmed the apparent reversal.
What Scaling a Payments Company Taught Me About the Problems Success Creates
The systems that carry you to your first ten thousand customers are the same ones that quietly give out at a hundred thousand, and most teams don’t notice until the failure is already costing them money.
Why So Many Franchises Are Saying ‘Cheese’ This Fall
Cheese is having a moment at drive-thrus and sit-down chains like Freddy’s and Golden Chick.
People Are Using AI Agents to Manage Their Investments ‘Without Lifting a Finger’: Is it Safe?
AI agents named Alex, Sarah and Elena are managing real money now. Not everyone thinks that’s a good idea.
Scammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider
This is the second data breach affecting a company that hardware crypto wallet maker Trezor relies on.
AI Has Killed an Entire Industry — People Who Got Paid to Do Homework for College Kids
Thousands of college-educated Kenyans built real careers ghostwriting essays for students overseas. ChatGPT ended it almost instantly
The Download: biotech’s future and cheaper, cleaner steel
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. Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together our 35 Innovators Under 35, a list of some of the brightest and best young minds…
Meet the under-35s shaping the future of biotech
Every year, MIT Technology Review puts together a list of some of the brightest and best young minds working across science and technology. Our 35 Innovators Under 35 are the ones to watch—people whose research and technical work stands to shape the future of their fields. This year, the list includes nine people who are…
Thrive Capital led VCs into pro sports ownership; Collaborative Fund just upped that play
Collaborative Fund just bought into D.C. United and its stadium, with firm founder Craig Shapiro pitching it as a way to showcase for the firm’s startups.