AT&T Has Been Hit With an Unexpected Crime Wave. The AI Boom Has Something To Do With It.
The AI boom is making one old-school commodity more valuable. Now companies are dealing with the costly consequences.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
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. The US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
Elon Musk Has Made $992 Every Second of His Career — Here’s How the Numbers Break Down
The Wall Street Journal has put Elon Musk’s $970 billion fortune into human terms, and the math is impossible to wrap your head around.
SpaceX Is About to Break the Biggest IPO Record in History With a $1.77 Trillion Valuation: ‘More Than Every U.S. IPO Combined in the Last Two Years’
Trading begins on the Nasdaq next week under the ticker SPCX, and Anthropic and OpenAI are already warming up in the on-deck circle.
Too Many Business Owners Have Forgotten the Basics. Here Are 3 You Can’t Ignore
Making a good first impression, promoting yourself in your community and staying positive help lay the foundation on which successful businesses are built.
Apple touts $1.4 trillion in App Store billings and sales, 90% without a commission
Apple’s App Store generated $1.4 trillion in sales, up from $1.3 trillion last year, with $149 billion in sales for digital goods.
The Download: AI-generated lawsuits and virtual power plants for data centers
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. How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by…
Oura Ring 5 review: Thinner, lighter, better
The Ring 5, which Oura describes as the world’s smallest smart ring, is 40% smaller than its predecessor and starts at $399.
How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits
Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal magistrate judge in Colorado, sifts through stacks of documents written by people without a lawyer. Many of them can’t afford to hire a lawyer, and others have cases too weak or too small to interest one. She reads each one carefully, mindful of how daunting…
Benchmark raises its first-ever growth fund as part of $2B capital raise
The legendary abandons its more than 20 year tradition of keeping its funds to about $425 million.
Quick commerce FirstClub doubles valuation to $255M in nine months
The Bengaluru startup has crossed 1 million orders and reached a $50 million annualized GMV run rate within a year of launch.