OpenAI Backs Down on Restructuring Amid Pushback

The newly proposed structure keeps the nonprofit in control, though Monday’s blog post didn’t go into…

Shein Bet Big on Donald Trump. It Lost Big, Too

Ahead of the November US presidential election, Donald Tang, an East-West dealmaker who previously failed to…

The Dream of the Metaverse Is Dying. Manufacturing Is Keeping It Alive

It used to be that when BMW would refit a factory to build a new car,…

Bryan Johnson wants to start a new religion in which “the body is God”

I sat down with Johnson at an event for people interested in longevity in Berkeley, California,…

Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again

Automakers that nest key controls deep in touchscreen menus—forcing motorists to drive eyes-down rather than concentrate…

Not everything needs an LLM: A framework for evaluating when AI makes sense

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Small Packages From Shein and Temu Are Now Subject to US Tariffs. Here’s What to Know

We have been talking to US retailers who don’t sell on ecommerce websites, meaning they have…

RSAC 2025: Why the AI agent era means more demand for CISOS

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Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store

At the storefront event, a man waiting outside told me he’d booked an appointment for 11:30,…

Roblox breaks ground on data center in Brazil for early 2026

At Gamescom Latam, Roblox announced it has broken ground on a new data center in Brazil —…

A DOGE Recruiter Is Staffing a Project to Deploy AI Agents Across the US Government

According to sources with direct knowledge, Jancso disclosed that AccelerateX had signed a partnership agreement with…

As Trump’s Family Crypto Business Gains Steam, Ethical Concerns Mount

As the leaders of World Liberty Financial, a crypto company part-owned by US president Donald Trump…

Brendan Carr Is Turning the FCC Into MAGA’s Censoring Machine

The formal agenda of the Federal Communications Commission’s open meeting this week seemed well in line…

The Download: Foreign disinformation intel, and gene-edited pork

A previously unreported document distributed by senior US State Department official Darren Beattie reveals a sweeping…

The Climate Crisis Threatens Supply Chains. Manufacturers Hope AI Can Help

Abhi Ghadge, associate professor of supply chain management at Cranfield University in the UK, says there…

Inside the Battle Over OpenAI’s Corporate Restructuring

Late last year, Bell, Blackwell, and Aguilar decided to dust off the old playbook. They commissioned…

The US has approved CRISPR pigs for food

What’s certain is that the pig project was technically impressive and scientifically clever. Genus edited pig…

Temu Blocks US Shoppers From Seeing Products Shipped From China

The change has also confused Temu sellers in China, who apparently weren’t notified ahead of time…

A Judge Says Meta’s AI Copyright Case Is About ‘the Next Taylor Swift’

Meta’s copyright battle with a group of authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, will turn…

Hidden costs in AI deployment: Why Claude models may be 20-30% more expensive than GPT in enterprise settings

It is a well-known fact that different model families can use different tokenizers. However, there has…

Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics

The document also seeks all staff communications that merely reference Trump or people in his orbit,…

Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure

At the start of April, an influx of action figure started appearing on social media sites…