Elon Musk’s DOGE leadership likely violates constitution’s appointments clause, judge says

June 18, 2025

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March 18, 2025

Elon Musk’s role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency is likely a violation of the United States constitution’s appointments clause, a federal judge wrote Tuesday. Theodore Chuang, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, wrote in an opinion there is more than enough evidence — mostly from statements made by […]

New $5M deep tech fund aims to lure founders from universities

March 18, 2025

Critical Venture Partners is betting that young founders plucked fresh from universities can solve some of the world’s most intractable problems.

NASA astronauts return from long Space Station stay prompted by Boeing problems

March 18, 2025

Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have returned to Earth after a nine-month stay on the International Space Station — a trip that lasted far longer than originally planned thanks to leaks and thruster problems on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they used to get there. Williams and Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf of […]

What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit

March 18, 2025

Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle […]

Generative AI Is Creating Power Struggles and ‘Tearing Companies Apart,’ According to a New Survey

March 18, 2025

More than one out of three executives surveyed said they found the adoption of generative AI at their companies to be a major disappointment.

An AI model from over a decade ago sparked Nvidia’s investment in autonomous vehicles

March 18, 2025

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote Tuesday at the company’s GTC 2025 conference stuck with tradition and was chock full of announcements. But the company also snuck in a little history lesson. During the automotive portion of his speech, Huang referred to AlexNet, a neural network architecture that gained widespread attention in 2012 when it won […]

Nvidia announces two ‘personal AI supercomputers’

March 18, 2025

Nvidia at GTC 2025 announced a new lineup of “AI personal supercomputers” powered by the company’s Grace Blackwell chip platform. Jensen Huang, the semiconductor company’s founder and CEO, unveiled the two new machines, DGX Spark (previously called Project Digits) and DGX Station, during his keynote on Tuesday. The computers will allow users to prototype, fine-tune, […]

A Teen With Cerebral Palsy Pitched a Creative Product in School. He Got a B- — Then Grew the Business to $5 Million a Year Anyway.

March 18, 2025

Drew Davis, founder of Crippling Hot Sauce, uses humor and business to make a major impact.

Bank of America Is Cracking Down on Overwork for Junior Bankers. Here’s How Many Hours They’re Now Allowed to Put In.

March 18, 2025

The bank is making changes after reports suggested managers pressured junior bankers to lie about their working hours.

FTC removes posts critical of big tech from its website

March 18, 2025

The FTC has removed over 300 blog posts published during the agency’s leadership under former chair Lina Khan, Wired reports. These include posts that are critical of companies like Amazon and Microsoft for their handling of customer data. The FTC did not respond to a request for comment. As FTC chair during the Biden years, […]

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