Thrive’s Kushner defends involvement in FIFA mess, hires Elon’s go-to lawyer
New York’s prestigious-yet-secretive venture firm Thrive Capital finally speaks out about its involvement in the messy drama upending international soccer.
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…
How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri
A nonprofit organization called the Fermi Explorer Mission announced today that it intends to launch a spacecraft to our nearest star system by the end of 2029. It’s a hugely ambitious mission—if all goes well, the spacecraft could take up to 80,000 years to arrive at Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light-years away. And the…
I Returned as CEO Just as AI Took Off. These 4 Lessons Kept Our My Spending Honest
Here’s what I’ve learned about striking the right balance between fiscal responsibility and creating real value with AI.
The Content Creators Who Don’t Burn Out Have This 1 Thing in Common
The creators who last aren’t the most talented or the most consistent. They’re the ones who figured out, usually the hard way, that a one-person operation has a ceiling.
Google’s answer to Canva is an AI tool where you prompt instead of design
With Google Pics, Google is pushing deeper into the creative software market dominated by Canva and Adobe, but with a distinctly AI-first approach.
This Family Has Been in the Hospitality Business for 100 Years. They Say One Piece of Common Workplace Advice Is Dead Wrong.
For three generations, the Spiteri family has run their business on one rule — and it’s the opposite of what most managers preach.
Why 7-Figure Founders Become the Biggest Block to Business Growth
You’ve hired the team. Built the systems. Crossed seven figures. So why does your business still feel like it can’t function without you?
I Quit My VP Marketing Role to Build a Travel-Lover’s Dream Business. I Hit $1.3 Million in Sales in Year 1.
Ryan Ali followed his passion for travel into business.
ChatGPT Health adds Epic integration for clinicians to import patient data
OpenAI said that the integration provides read-only access to health records for clinicians.
Waymo goes on offense ahead of Tesla’s Cybercab launch
Waymo argued that fully autonomous vehicles aren’t possible without using a mix of sensors and warned that pure end-to-end AI systems aren’t safe enough.