OpenAI Backtracks on Plans to Drop Nonprofit Control

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OpenAI said on Monday that it was restructuring as a public benefit corporation, allowing the nonprofit that controls OpenAI to retain its grip on the company. The decision is a victory for OpenAI’s critics, including one of its founders, Elon Musk, who complained that the company was too focused on profits and had abandoned its […]


SpaceX employees were elected to run new company town Starbase, Texas

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The SpaceX Starship sits on a launch pad at Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 12, 2024, ahead of the Starship Flight 5 test. The test will involve the return of Starship’s Super Heavy Booster to the launch site. Sergio Flores | Afp | Getty Images Over the weekend, Elon Musk got his new […]


A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful

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Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several customers about a change in company policy. It said they were no longer allowed to use Cursor on more than just one computer. In angry posts to internet message boards, the customers complained. Some canceled their […]


Block (XYZ) earnings Q1 2025

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Block reported first-quarter results that missed Wall Street expectations on Thursday and issued a disappointing outlook. The stock tumbled 15% in extended trading. Here is how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG. Earnings per share: 56 cents adjusted. That figure may not be comparable to estimates. Revenue: $5.77 billion vs. $6.2 […]


Voters Approve Incorporation of SpaceX Hub as Starbase, Texas

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Members of a South Texas community that has served as the hub of Elon Musk’s rocket launch company, SpaceX, voted on Saturday to formally establish a new city called Starbase, fulfilling one of Mr. Musk’s long-held dreams. All but six of the 218 people who voted supported incorporating the city of Starbase, according to Cameron […]


Venmo gaining ground in payments as Cash App struggles

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In the increasingly crowded market for peer-to-peer payments, Venmo is showing momentum while Cash App has hit a rough patch. The parents of both businesses reported quarterly results this week. PayPal, which owns Venmo, reported an earnings beat and kept its forecast for the year. Block, meanwhile, plummeted in extended trading on Thursday after the […]


Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.

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Spend enough time in San Francisco, peering into the cyberpunk future, and you may find that weird things start seeming normal. Fleets of self-driving cars? Yawn. A start-up trying to resurrect the woolly mammoth? Sure, why not. Summoning a godlike artificial intelligence that could wipe out humanity? Ho-hum. You may even find yourself, as I […]


Temu halts shipments direct from China as de minimis tariff rule ends

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A package from Temu is seen in front of a screen with the Temu logo. (Photo by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bargain Chinese retailer Temu changed its business model in the U.S. as the Trump administration’s new rules on low-value shipments took effect on Friday. In recent days, […]


Amazon’s Mixed Earnings Report Sends Share Prices Down

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As much as Amazon may have wanted to dodge the spotlight in President Trump’s trade war, there was no avoiding it for America’s largest online retailer. First, the e-commerce company was entangled in the fleeting spat Tuesday with the White House over a faulty report that Amazon was going to show shoppers the costs of […]


Trump rewrites crypto rules first 100 days, industry sees ‘180 pivot’

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People walk past an advertisement feature Donald Trump with Bitcoin in Hong Kong.  May James | Lightrocket | Getty Images As President Donald Trump hit the 100-day mark this week for his second term in office, his approval numbers were lower than for any administration at this point in over seven decades. Don’t tell that […]