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Native Forward receives a $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott, one of the largest-ever donations to a Native nonprofit, aimed at boosting...
OpenAI is now the world’s most valuable startup at $500 billion, surpassing Elon Musk’s SpaceX following a major secondary share sale.
Tesla posts record deliveries as U.S. tax credits expire, but long-term risks persist.
With key economic data releases stalled, the shutdown complicates the Fed’s next rate-cut decision amid high inflation and a softening labor market.
Backed by top investors, Periodic Labs aims to create an A.I. scientist by combining machine learning with real-world experiments in the physical...
Spotify embraces a co-CEO model as Daniel Ek transitions to executive chairman, splitting leadership between Gustav Söderström and Alex Norström.
The Freiburg, Germany-based startup is making waves across Silicon Valley thanks to its offerings in A.I. image generation and editing.
Jony Ive’s design firm LoveFrom debuts a limited-run $4,800 lantern made for sailors, showcasing durability, style and Ive’s lifelong passion.
The Walmart heir’s record-breaking gift will establish the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures at ASU.
Chatbot romances are no longer sci-fi. MIT researchers say the growing trend poses risks like grief, dependency and loneliness that need safeguards.
Baseball embraces robo umps with a new challenge system, balancing technology with tradition to improve accuracy and cut disputes.
MacKenzie Scott’s latest gift gives UNCF’s $1 billion campaign a powerful lift toward long-term stability for HBCUs.
Virginia philanthropist John Kluge’s Thistlerock Meadery leads a global push to protect pollinators and biodiversity through honey wine.
The Toronto-based A.I. firm is betting on enterprise and government demand to fuel growth.
At the Concordia Summit, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi pitched autonomy as the spark EVs need.
Oracle has appointed not just one, but two new CEOs to guide the software giant through the A.I. revolution.
Bill Gates says global health faces a paradox: historic breakthroughs risk being undone by U.S. aid cuts unless funding is sustained.
The former Salesforce and Facebook executive sees agentic A.I. as tech’s next big wave.
Expedia is ramping up investment outside America as the U.S. travel market cools.
Airbnb is doubling down on services, experiences, hotels and A.I. to accelerate growth.
Booking Holdings is using A.I. to revive the ease of travel agents with its "connected trip" strategy.
The $10 billion Texas startup says a breakthrough in pigeon germ cells brings the dodo closer to revival.
Data annotation—labeling text, images, and video for training—is central to A.I. Grok maker xAI is shifting from generalists to domain experts.
After Spanx reshaped shapewear, Blakely now wants to redefine what heels can feel like.
The philanthropist is launching a $100 million effort to close long-standing gaps in women’s health research.
Peter Thiel led a $400 million round into the startup that develops the popular A.I. assistant Devin.
Apple’s iPhone 17 debuts slimmer and India-made, reflecting its push to shift production from China and sidestep Trump’s tariffs.
The startup looks for a new researcher to help explore the moral status of A.I.
The French A.I. startup is less interested in chasing the AGI hype than in helping Europe build an independent A.I. ecosystem.
Elon Musk’s A.I. startup loses its CFO and other key executives as turnover mounts at the young company.
The Caribbean island of Anguilla generates record revenue from its ".ai" domain as A.I. firms register for web addresses en masse.
Cohere’s Nick Frosst says OpenAI’s AGI hype is “damaging,” urging focus on business-driven A.I. instead.
Hugo Larochelle, ex-Google A.I. researcher, succeeds Yoshua Bengio at Quebec's Mila A.I. Institute.
Several new hires and longtime staffers have left Meta’s Superintelligence Labs, raising questions about retention at Zuckerberg’s A.I. push.
A new Harvard study found that A.I. adoption has hurt junior hiring, especially in retail and trade, while senior jobs remain secure.
Buffett may be worth $149 billion, but his meals are humble: steak, hash browns, cherry Coke, McDonald’s and plenty of Dairy Queen.
With rising engagement and originality, Bluesky is fast becoming a go-to platform for science communication and scholarly exchange.
Nvidia beats estimates, but regulatory risks weigh on China chip sales.
After multiple test failures, SpaceX’s Starship rocket achieved a successful 10th flight.
Recent data from Stanford reveals that generative A.I. is disproportionately displacing early-career employees in coding and service roles.
Japan’s leading newspapers join a growing wave of media lawsuits targeting A.I. firms.
Huang says robotics is the next wave of A.I., as Nvidia rolls out its Jetson Thor kits to power humanoids, autonomous machines and more.
A Burning Man light show sparked a high-flying partnership between two unlikely figures.
Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech pointed to a possible Fed policy shift as the jobs market weakens amid persistent inflation.
Walmart, Target, Home Depot and Lowe’s earnings reveal how tariffs are raising costs, reshaping pricing and pressuring profits in 2025.
A once-academic forum in Jackson Hole is now a bellwether for monetary policy and markets.
Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman urges caution as A.I. systems approach human-like consciousness and societal risks rise.
Brian Cornell has been with Target since 2014. Photo by Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via Getty Images Brian Cornell, longtime CEO of Target, is stepping...
SoftBank is investing $2 billion in Intel, giving it a 2 percent stake.
This isn’t the first time Bill Gates has poured money into Alzheimer’s research. Arun Sankar/AFP via Getty Images More than 7 million Americans are...