‘We Can’t Get to Our Hotel’: Flash Floods and Heavy Rain Wreak Havoc on Las Vegas Strip and Casinos
The streets of Sin City felt the effects of tropical storm Hilary on Wednesday.
LLMs are stuck in a groupthink rut. This startup is trying to get them out.
Let’s start with a game. Open up your chatbot of choice—Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini—and type “Give me a random number between 1 and 10.” You’re going to get 7. Almost always. Now type “Another” and you’ll get 3 or 4. Type “Another” again and you’ll get 8 or 9. That won’t work every time—but if it…
‘Egg Crack Challenge’ on TikTok Puts Children at Risk of Emotional Harm, Experts Warn
Why are parents cracking eggs on their children’s heads for clicks?
The mugshot that launched a thousand memes
Memes can happen in the blink of an eye, like a Jeopardy! contestant who accidentally makes a sexual innuendo under the pressure of stage lights, or a kid who randomly gets interviewed on a playground and professes his undying love for America’s most plentiful crop, corn. But as soon as we knew former President Donald […]
Five takeaways from Instacart’s S-1 filing
After so long an IPO drought, what does Instacart have in store for its existing investors and those perhaps looking to snap up some of its shares?
Bitcoin startups remain undercapitalized as funding drought drags on
Bitcoin-focused companies are falling behind as fewer checks are being written, according to Erik Svenson, co-founder and CFO of Blockstream.
The Top 3 Business Opportunities of the Next Decade (and How to Capitalize on Them)
The biggest business opportunities in the coming years lie within these three industries.
6 Game-Changing Mindset Shifts I Wish I’d Known About Sooner
Here are six mindset strategies and practices to help you achieve success in business and in life.
‘Low-key Embarrassed’: Influencer Goes Viral for Eating Groceries While Shopping, Sparks Internet Debate
Cecily Bauchmann couldn’t resist a spicy salmon sushi roll while grocery shopping for her family.
How founders raised money so far in 2023
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. For TC+, I did a deep dive into the trends that are starting to show up. Subscribe for the full […]
VFX artists show that Hollywood can use AI to create, not exploit
Hollywood may be embroiled in ongoing labor disputes that involve AI, but the technology infiltrated film and TV long, long ago. At SIGGRAPH in LA, algorithmic and generative tools were on display in countless talks and announcements. We may not know where the likes of GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion fit in yet, but the creative […]