This Unexpected Tech Founder Is Now Richer Than Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang
This CEO is now one of the richest people in the world, with a fortune greater than $200 billion.
The Download: failed social media bans, and extending pets’ lives
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. Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That’s not a problem we need to solve. —Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd Social media bans are stacking up. In July, France joined…
Arena, the AI leaderboard everyone uses, is now a $100M business
The startup, which runs a popular free AI leaderboard, launched its commercial service just last September.
Cursor now has a mobile app for guiding your coding agent on the go
Cursor has launched a new mobile app for remote oversight over coding agents.
Trump administration threatens 92 GW of new electricity supply with red tape
The Trump administration’s moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.
TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
TIDAL’s new policy will prevent AI-generated music from making money on its service.
Universities Spent Years Missing the AI Warning Signs. Now They Pay a Machine to Find Them.
AI is transforming every corner of higher education — from admissions to advising — faster than universities can write the rules to govern it.
The First 30 Seconds of Customer Contact Have a Bigger Impact on Revenue Than Most Leaders Realize. Here’s Why.
Discover why the first moments of customer contact can have an outsized impact on trust, conversions and business growth.
Comcast Paid $23 Billion for NBCUniversal. Now It’s Spinning It Off Because the Strategy ‘Was Not Working.’
The spinoff announcement sent Comcast’s stock up 23% — and may have turned NBCUniversal into a takeover target.
The President of a $159 Billion Startup Says College Students Should Use This Strategy to Stand Out in a Competitive Job Market
He says the strategy is “not that hard” to enact.
In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights
The Supreme Court’s decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban.