Anne Wojcicki new offer to take 23andMe private for $74.7 million

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Anne Wojcicki attends the WSJ Magazine Style & Tech Dinner in Atherton, California, on March 15, 2023. Kelly Sullivan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki and New Mountain Capital have submitted a proposal to take the embattled genetic testing company private, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities […]


How ‘Based’ Is Grok 3? + Robinhood C.E.O. Vlad Tenev on Markets for Everything + Vibecoding 101

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Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, Elon Musk brought a new chatbot into the crowded A.I. universe — Grok 3, the latest model from his company xAI. We break down how it compares with other leading models and what it reveals about Musk’s larger ambitions. […]


Meta approves plan for bigger executives bonuses following 5% layoffs

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks on before the luncheon on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump’s second Presidential term in Washington, U.S., Jan. 20, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Executives at Meta stand to get bigger bonuses this year.  The company said in a corporate filing Thursday that it had approved “an increase […]


With Truth Social, Trump Has Official Mouthpiece and a Channel for Revenue

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Anyone who wants to keep up with President Trump’s views knows to go to his Truth Social account. There, one finds his reasoning on a panoply of issues, including military strikes in Somalia, tariffs on Canada and Mexico, relations with Russia, the causes of a deadly aircraft collision, American ownership of the Gaza Strip and […]


Etsy stock tumbles on revenue miss, company reports drop in goods sold

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An employee walks past a quilt displaying Etsy Inc. signage at the company’s headquarters in the Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Etsy missed on revenue and gross merchandise sales for the fourth quarter, with the company citing “significant headwinds,” including a pullback in consumer spending. The stock closed down 10% on Wednesday. Here’s […]


Mira Murati, OpenAI’s Former Chief Technology Officer, Starts Her Own Company

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Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of OpenAI who unexpectedly left the company in September, has helped found a new artificial intelligence start-up called Thinking Machines Lab, adding to the wave of young companies that have been formed in the race to lead A.I. Thinking Machines Lab aims to “make A.I. systems more widely […]


Intel shares pop 12% on report of Broadcom and Taiwan Semi deals

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Intel shares rallied 12% on Tuesday following a Wall Street Journal report that both Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing are potentially weighing bids that could result in splitting the embattled chipmaker. The stock was on pace for its best day since March 2020. The Wall Street Journal reported that Broadcom may consider a play for […]


Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

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With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010. “I’ve discovered — I’ve led a team that has discovered — something that I’ve been thinking about for many years,” Dr. Wolfe-Simon said. She was at that time a visiting researcher with the U.S. Geological […]


DeepSeek ramps up China-U.S. competition but won’t hurt OpenAI

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Tech bosses largely agree the risk DeepSeek poses to OpenAI remains limited for now. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The technological advances that Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek have displayed show the game is on when it comes to U.S.-Sino competition on AI, top tech executives told CNBC. In a series of interviews at […]


With Trump’s Help, Intel Could Hand Control of Chip Plants to TSMC

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Intel, a fallen Silicon Valley icon trying to restore its reputation as America’s most prominent semiconductor company, is working with the Trump administration on a plan to turn over the operation of its chip-making plants to a giant Taiwanese rival. Over the past few months, Frank Yeary, the interim executive chairman of Intel, has spoken […]