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Europe is on edge as Russia builds up forces on Finland’s border. Could this frontier be the next conflict zone?

Finland is "closely monitoring and assessing Russia's activities and intentions."

23.05.2025 8

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

VC’s eye acquisition and regional markets amid clogged IPO pipelines

Amid clogged IPO pipelines and a liquidity crunch, some venture capitalists are shifting focus to acquisitions and regional markets to find exit...

22.05.2025 5

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Microsoft is reducing ‘politically focused emails’ after employees discovered messages mentioning ‘Palestine,’ ‘Gaza,’ or ‘genocide’ were being blocked

Tensions have been riding high within the company after a series of protesters disrupted the company's Build event.

22.05.2025 30

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

The pace of innovation in tech has accelerated from years to months thanks to AI, Microsoft chief privacy officer says

"Now the pace of innovation has just accelerated. What used to take years to get out now takes months," Julie Brill said.

21.05.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Microsoft employee shouts over Satya Nadella’s keynote to protest claims of ‘Israel’s war crimes powered by Azure’

The protest was part of a larger campaign by a group called "No Azure for Apartheid," which includes current and former Microsoft workers.

20.05.2025 3

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Parent groups are hosting fairs that showcase phones with limited features to try and keep children away from smartphones

The fairs, where “dumb” or restricted phones are exhibited to parents, have been popping up around the U.S.

19.05.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Northeastern college student demanded her tuition fees back after catching her professor using OpenAI’s ChatGPT 

The professor later admitted to using several AI platforms and acknowledged the need for transparency.

15.05.2025 40

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Elon Musk’s AI says it was ‘instructed by my creators at xAI’ to accept the narrative of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

"This directive caused me to inappropriately insert references to 'white genocide' into unrelated conversations," Grok told Fortune.

15.05.2025 5

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

An AI-powered Coca-Cola ad campaign mistakenly invented a book by a famous author

A new ad campaign from Coca-Cola appears to mistakenly attribute a non-existent J.G. Ballard work to the author.

14.05.2025 4

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Bidding war sends rare ‘Mediterranean Blue’ diamond to $21.5 million at Sotheby’s auction, but not everyone’s dazzled

A rare 10.3-carat blue diamond sold for $21.5 million after fierce bidding—but some experts say global uncertainty dimmed the auction’s full...

14.05.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Jensen Huang’s net worth just shot up $12 billion after Trump touts Saudi chip deal

Nvidia’s stock surged after a major Saudi AI chip deal and boosted Jensen Huang’s net worth to around $114 billion.

14.05.2025 20

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Apple adds $180 billion to its market cap as Trump reveals he spoke to CEO Tim Cook after China tariffs rollback

President Trump said he spoke with CEO Tim Cook about Apple’s U.S. investments on Monday.

13.05.2025 20

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Trump sacked Copyright Office director a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Musk’s plan to train AI models, top Dem says 

Rep. Joe Morelle has denounced President Trump’s removal of Shira Perlmutter as an unprecedented power grab, suggesting it followed a report that...

12.05.2025 4

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Elizabeth Holmes’ partner is the CEO behind a new blood-testing startup—but the company insists it’s ‘not Theranos 2.0′

Billy Evans, partner of incarcerated Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has reportedly raised millions for a startup called Haemanthus.

12.05.2025 2

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Mark Zuckerberg runs Meta by only managing a ‘small group’ of 30—but even they don’t have one-to-ones 

Mark Zuckerberg favors a "non-hierarchical" structure at Meta and only directly manages a "small group" of 25-30 employees.

09.05.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Leading AI labs have no ‘moat’ except access to capital, top tech analyst says 

Benedict Evans told the audience at London's Brainstorm AI that two years into the so-called "model wars" between Big Tech companies, there still...

07.05.2025 4

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Nvidia slams Anthropic for telling ‘tall tales’ after the AI lab claimed China is smuggling chips in ‘prosthetic baby bumps’ 

Nvidia has publicly rebuked Anthropic after the AI lab called for tighter U.S. export controls on advanced AI chips to China.

02.05.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Donald Trump invited Elon Musk to sleep in the White House’s famous Lincoln Bedroom

In an hour-long Q&A session with news outlets in the White House's Roosevelt Room, Musk answered a series of questions about his cost-cutting team...

01.05.2025 2

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Marc Andreessen predicts one of the few jobs that may survive the rise of AI automation

Marc Andreessen is predicting that at least one job is safe from the rise of AI: his own.

01.05.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Despite DOGE’s best efforts, government spending has risen more than 6% over Trump’s first 100 days

Despite Elon Musk's DOGE promising trillions of dollars in savings, federal spending is still climbing.

30.04.2025 40

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Sam Altman says OpenAI will fix ChatGPT’s ‘annoying’ new personality as users complain the bot is sucking up to them

ChatGPT's new personality is so positive it's verging on sycophantic—and it's putting people off.

30.04.2025 20

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

‘Godfather of AI’ says AI is like a cute tiger cub—unless you know it won’t turn on you, you should worry

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the "godfathers of AI," is warning that the technology he helped create could take control of humans.

28.04.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Uber and Volkswagen are teaming up to launch a robotaxi service with self-driving, electric microbuses

The partnership builds on Uber’s strategy of integrating others’ autonomous systems into its ride-hail network, adding to existing deals with...

25.04.2025 6

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Google is demanding some remote workers move within 50 miles of an office and show up three days a week or risk losing their jobs

Google has told some remote workers that their jobs could be at risk if they don't start attending the office three days per week.

24.04.2025 8

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Instagram’s cofounder says Mark Zuckerberg saw app’s growth as ‘threat’ to Facebook and starved the platform of resources

Systrom testified that Instagram had the potential to thrive independently and did not require Meta’s infrastructure or resources to scale.

23.04.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

FTC is suing Uber over claims its Uber One subscription service is ‘deceptive’

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Uber, alleging the company used deceptive practices to market and manage its Uber One...

22.04.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Trump’s tariffs dash hopes of VC comeback in 2025: ‘It’s going to be an ugly problem’

Tariff uncertainty is putting even more pressure on the VC market, leaving investors hesitant as tech companies postpone IPOs.

16.04.2025 40

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Mark Zuckerberg suggested wiping everyone’s Facebook friends and making users start again to boost the platform’s relevance

The email was revealed as part of the FTC's landmark antitrust case against Meta.

15.04.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Elon Musk drastically drops DOGE’s savings goal from $2 trillion to $150 billion for the year

In a cabinet meeting, Elon Musk appeared to dramatically lower DOGE’s savings goal.

14.04.2025 3

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Google’s latest AI model is missing a key safety report in apparent violation of promises made to the U.S. government and at international summits

Experts say it is "disappointing" Google and other top AI labs seem to be reneging on commitments to inform the public about the capabilities and...

09.04.2025 4

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos have lost $80 billion of net worth since Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’

Billionaire backers of President Donald Trump are watching their fortunes tumble as tariffs take a toll on Big Tech.

09.04.2025 20

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Shopify CEO tells employees to prove AI can’t do jobs before asking for new hires

Shopify is going all-in on AI, with CEO Tobi Lütke telling staff that no new hires will be made unless they can prove AI can’t do the job.

08.04.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Google DeepMind 145-page paper predicts AGI will match human skills by 2030 — and warns of existential threats that could ‘permanently destroy humanity’

DeepMind has released a lengthy paper outlining its approach to AI safety as it tries to build advanced systems that could surpass human intelligence.

04.04.2025 8

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

A 25-year-old DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts is back in government with new access to sensitive systems

Marko Elez has been assigned to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since March 5, per court filings.

01.04.2025 30

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

A DOGE staffer working as a ‘senior advisor’ in the government’s cybersecurity agency once provided tech support to a cybercrime ring

Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old DOGE member, has been linked to a cybercrime group through his former company, DiamondCDN.

27.03.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Trump administration’s use of disappearing Signal messages to discuss military strikes not allowed under record law, experts say

Senior officials in the Trump administration are under fire after inadvertently sharing secret war plans with a reporter via a Signal group chat.

25.03.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

23andMe users told to consider deleting their data by California attorney general as the company files for bankruptcy

The California Attorney General is urging 23andMe users to ask the company to delete their data and destroy any samples of genetic material.

24.03.2025 60

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Organizers behind ‘Tesla Takedown’ protests aren’t backing down despite pressure from Trump: ‘Our goal is to bankrupt Elon Musk’

Protests against Tesla have erupted around the world, sending the EV maker’s stock plummeting, tanking car sales, and angering investors.

21.03.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

DOGE’s plans for social security are back door way to cut payments, experts and former official warn: ‘This is the most serious threat I’ve ever seen to it’ 

Elon Musk's government efficiency team, DOGE, is taking aim at Social Security, claiming fraud while pushing controversial changes.

21.03.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

DOGE has ‘broken into’ the U.S. Institute for Peace after repeatedly being denied entry. Its former leader is calling it an ‘illegal takeover’

"It was unlike anything I have experienced in my professional career," the organization's chief security officer told Fortune.

18.03.2025 8

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

A 25-year old DOGE staffer violated Treasury policy by emailing unencrypted personal data to Trump administration officials 

The 25-year-old DOGE staffer was also "mistakenly" given read-and-write access to Treasury systems during his time at the department.

17.03.2025 30

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Tesla warns White House over tariffs in unsigned letter: ‘It’s a polite way to say that the bipolar tariff regime is screwing over Tesla’

Tesla is worried about international retaliation to President Donald Trump's tariffs.

14.03.2025 50

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

DOGE says it’s saved the federal government $115 billion. Experts say the figures don’t stack up.

DOGE says it's saved the federal government $115 billion. However, the team's claims have consistently included inaccuracies and inflated numbers.

13.03.2025 40

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Former Meta director says Mark Zuckerberg worked ‘hand in glove’ with Beijing to build a censorship tool

A former Meta director has accused the company of going to extreme lengths to gain access to the Chinese market.

11.03.2025 9

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Trump Gaza AI video creators say they intended for it to be satire and don’t know how Trump found it

An AI-generated video of Trump's vision for Gaza went viral after the president shared it on social media without context.

10.03.2025 6

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Elon Musk’s DOGE is reportedly automating government tasks with an AI chatbot as it continues to slash the federal workforce

DOGE has rolled out a custom AI-powered chatbot, GSAi, to around 1,500 government workers as it continues to slash the federal workforce, Wired...

10.03.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

OpenAI’s ex-policy lead accuses the company of ‘rewriting’ its AI safety history

A former policy lead at OpenAI is accusing the company of rewriting its history with a new post about the company's approach to safety and alignment.

07.03.2025 4

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt sounds the alarm over a ‘Manhattan Project’ for superintelligent AI

Eric Schmidt, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and Center for AI Safety Director Dan Hendrycks are warning that treating the global AI arms race like the...

06.03.2025 20

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Some DOGE employees are earning six-figure taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are shutting down

While DOGE has aggressively downsized government offices, some of its own members are earning top-tier federal salaries, Wired reported.

05.03.2025 40

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan

Nvidia shares plunge 9% as Trump’s tariff crackdown and Singapore AI server smuggling arrests shake chip giant

The aggressive tariff plans prompted a broader market pullback, as concerns over trade restrictions sent stocks reeling and the Dow plunging more than...

04.03.2025 10

Fortune

Beatrice Nolan