The Fed Raised Interest Rates for the First Time Since 2023 — Here’s What It Means for You
Rates rose for the first time in three years, and mortgages, car loans, credit cards and savings accounts will all feel it differently.
The Download: AI “mind-reading” and creative uses for small batteries
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. An AI “mind-reading” tool can reconstruct what you’re looking at based on a brain scan A new AI tool can guess what you’re looking at just by analyzing your brain scans—and…
Noise wants to help everyday people become paid content creators
Marketing platform Noise is on a mission to help anyone with a smart phone make money from their content.
Pulley, a Carta rival, is shutting down
Cap table management platform Pulley, backed by General Catalyst, Stripe, and Founders Fund, announced that it’s closing shop in December.
Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed safety evaluators. Will they really be independent?
Anthropic and OpenAI want to embed independent safety evaluators inside their AI labs. Researchers welcome the unprecedented access, but warn meaningful oversight requires transparency, independence, and eventually regulation.
How to Stop Solving the Same Problems Over and Over Again
If you’ve solved the same problem three times, you don’t have a work ethic problem — you have a missing system.
Everyone Has Access to AI Now. Here’s What Will Actually Make Your Brand Stand Out.
Entrepreneurs are discovering that the real challenge is no longer production speed—but standing out in a landscape where everything is starting to sound the same.
After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera
Can Meta dodge the “pervert glasses” accusations with a new camera-free product?
X will now let U.S. users trade via cashtags
The move closes the gap between the market discussions taking place on the timeline, and the market itself.
Automattic’s interim CEO and legal chief signed reciprocal severance deals during Mullenweg’s brief ouster
CFO Mark Davies and legal chief Andy Missan signed each other’s severance agreements while Matt Mullenweg was on leave, providing a year of salary and additional equity vesting if their departures qualify for the benefits.
Former Waymo CFO jumps to self-driving startup Wayve
Elisa de Martel, who left her position as chief financial officer at Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company Waymo in January, will be based out of Silicon Valley.