‘No Shoes and No Pants Culture’: There Are at Least 26 Tech Companies Where Shoes Are Left at the Office Door, Including a $9.9 Billion AI Startup
The front entrance of Cursor’s San Francisco office is full of employees’ shoes.
The Download: squeezing more metal out of aging mines, and AI’s truth crisis
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. Microbes could extract the metal needed for cleantech In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a…
Why a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Is Just What America Needs Right Now
The U.S. has released its most comprehensive digital-asset policy yet, the 160-page Crypto Playbook. The initiative holds promise and invites further discussion in the world of digital assets.
‘Will You Sign an Affidavit?’: Elon Musk and Sam Altman Are Still Engaged in a War of Words on X
Billionaire CEOs Elon Musk and Sam Altman have been trading insults and accusations on X this week over everything from Apple’s App Store to who is more trustworthy.
This CEO Took a Cult-Favorite Bagel Brand National. Here’s the Top Lesson He Learned.
The fast-growing bagel brand took off — but its CEO says even simple concepts need infrastructure ahead of demand.
Tony Robbins’ and Peter Diamandis’ longevity company Fountain Life raises $18M
The first principal of longevity is, “Don’t die of anything stupid,” CEO Dr. William Kapp says. New funding will support mulit-state expansion.
Amazon rolls out same-day delivery of perishable groceries in 1,000 US cities
Shoppers can now order fresh grocery items, including produce, dairy, meat, seafood, baked goods, and more, alongside everyday household products, electronics, and other items available for same-day delivery.
How we found TeaOnHer spilling users’ driver’s licenses in less than 10 minutes
Exclusive: A dating gossip app for men exposed thousands of users’ personal data, including scans of driver’s licenses. The app’s developer, Xavier Lampkin, won’t say if he plans to notify affected users about the app’s security lapse.
The road to artificial general intelligence
Artificial intelligence models that can discover drugs and write code still fail at puzzles a lay person can master in minutes. This phenomenon sits at the heart of the challenge of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Can today’s AI revolution produce models that rival or surpass human intelligence across all domains? If so, what underlying enablers—whether…
Hot Coffee, Zero Distractions: Ember Mug 2 Is Built for Focus
Because cold coffee and hot ideas shouldn’t clash.
Apple dismisses Elon Musk’s claims that App Store favors OpenAI over other AI apps
The response comes after Musk threatened to sue Apple via xAI, claiming the iPhone maker was “behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store.”