OpenAI CFO says AI hardware boost ChatGPT in ‘new era of computing’

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OpenAI is betting a new “era” of computing will justify the company’s decision to spend billions of dollars on bespoke hardware to go with it, Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar said. The artificial intelligence startup, best known for the ChatGPT chatbot, announced plans on Wednesday to buy iPhone designer Jony Ive’s devices startup io for […]


Bitcoin price hits new record high above $111,000

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Romain Costaseca | Afp | Getty Images Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000. Bitcoin hit $111,886.41 in early trading hours in London, according to Coin Metrics, before paring some of those gains to trade at around $111,012.00 at 07:03 a.m. London. Bitcoin’s move has been “driven by a mix of positive […]


Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says tariffs haven’t dented consumer spending

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Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said Wednesday that the company hasn’t seen any signs of consumers tightening their wallets in the face of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Jassy’s comments came during […]


DOJ charges Armenian crime ring in Amazon theft worth over $83 million

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The Amazon Prime logo is displayed on Amazon delivery trucks in Richmond, California, June 21, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Department of Justice officials on Tuesday charged members or associates of an Armenian organized crime ring with stealing more than $83 million worth of cargo from Amazon by posing as legitimate truck drivers and […]


Justin Sun Trump dinner

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Justin Sun, founder of blockchain platform Tron, poses for a photograph in Hong Kong, May 8, 2020. Calvin Sit | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese-born crypto mogul Justin Sun says he’s the top holder of the $TRUMP meme token and will be having dinner with President Donald Trump. The dinner competition — a sweepstakes offering […]


Alphabet Waymo approval to expand driverless ride-hailing to San Jose

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A Waymo autonomous vehicle drives along Masonic Avenue on April 11, 2022 in San Francisco, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alphabet’s Waymo unit has received approval to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to more parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose. In March, the company submitted a […]


E-commerce logistics startup Stord acquires UPS subsidiary

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Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images Logistics startup Stord said Monday that it’s buying UPS subsidiary Ware2Go as it looks to expand its footprint in the e-commerce space. The company declined to provide specifics on the purchase price of the deal. The Atlanta-based company founded by former Thiel Fellow Sean Henry said the acquisition will […]


Trump coin dinner to include mostly non-Americans based on top holders

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Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images With President Donald Trump’s private dinner for top meme coin holders less than a week away, the leaderboard is awash with crypto wallets that are effectively anonymous. On May 22, the top 220 $TRUMP holders are invited to a dinner with the president at his Virginia golf club […]


Nine Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything

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Science seldom works in straight lines. Sometimes it’s “applied” to solve specific problems: Let’s put people on the moon; we need a Covid vaccine. Much of the time it’s “basic,” aimed at understanding, say, cell division or the physics of cloud formation, with the hope that — somehow, someday — the knowledge will prove useful. […]


Challenges face Elon Musk and NASA in sending people to Mars

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President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, want to make living on Mars a reality.  Musk has said that his company, SpaceX, can get humans to Mars as early as 2029. Meanwhile, NASA officials have said that sending humans to Mars even by 2040 would be an “audacious” goal. China also has […]