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Large language models have a lot of great applications but a few bad ones as well: for instance, they help criminals launch targeted cyberattacks faster than they previously did. In the year after ChatGPT was released, the number of sites found to be “phishing,” or trying to convince victims to disclose their ID and payment credentials, increased 138% to 5 million, according to consultancy McKinsey & Co. While that’s bad news for consumers, it’s good news for cybersecurity firms—particularly startups such a
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Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway's CEO since 1970, said he intends to make way for planned successor Greg Abel at the end of this year. Read more ›
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Warren Buffett joked at Berkshire's annual meeting that he and the late Charlie Munger had been "preserving ourselves carefully" by rarely exercising. Read more ›
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Cue a new batch of “Half-Life 3 confirmed” memes. The latest rumor surrounding Valve’s long-awaited next installment in the Half-Life series claims that the game is currently “playable, end-to-end” and could even be announced in the summer, followed by a release in winter of this year. The speculation comes from Tyler McVicker, who’s known for reporting on Valve rumors, during his latest Q&A livestream. According to McVicker, the game is... Read more ›
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When Buffett was asked about DOGE, he didn't delve into its politics. However, he said it is a tough but necessary job to cut the US deficit. Read more ›
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As fans come to terms with the GTA 6 delay - from creating countdowns "that are cheaper than therapy" to pleas to "calm ourselves" - at least one person is delighted by the news: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor, Luke Dale. Read more Read more ›
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Satellite imagery shows rapid creation of plants designed to break China’s dependence on foreign technologies Read more ›
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Billionaire Warren Buffett announced he is stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO on Saturday during the company's annual shareholder meeting. Read more ›
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After visiting 21 cities and villages in Italy, there are a few places I wouldn't go back to. However, I'd gladly return to cities like Verona. Read more ›
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Secretary of Defense Hegseth signed a memo last Friday ordering the services to review their equal opportunity policies, leaving some women worried. Read more ›
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Greg Abel, 62, is Buffett's choice to be the next CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett said he would step down at the end of the year. Read more ›
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Apple's rumored iPhone 17 Air model will have "worse" battery life compared to previous iPhone models, according to The Information. Based on Apple's internal testing, the report said the percentage of users who will be able to use the iPhone 17 Air for a full day without recharging the device will be between 60% and 70%. For other models, that metric is between 80% and 90%, according to the report.... Read more ›
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When it comes to resizing and moving app windows, macOS still has a long way to go. Swift Shift offers a buttery-smooth respite to those woes for free. Read more ›
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Apple's two-generations-away iPhone 18 Pro models will likely feature under-screen Face ID, according to The Information. The paywalled report today cited a source who said the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max will have only a small hole in top-left corner of the screen, to accommodate the front-facing camera, with all Face ID hardware moved under the screen. With under-screen Face ID, the report said the iPhone 18... Read more ›
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Audience members were shocked into silence by Warren Buffett's announcement that he'd step down, but rallied to give him two standing ovations. Read more ›
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I loved going to Disney World when I was a kid. I gifted my kids tickets to Disneyland and they were so thrilled. It was my favorite vacation. Read more ›
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On Friday May 2, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the new Pope. Read more ›
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Florence Pugh has already proven herself to be a movie star, but these are three of her more under-the-radar movies. Read more ›
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Nobody could've predicted how much Marvel's plans for Kang and the MCU would get derailed in a matter of months. Read more ›
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Investing in artificial intelligence can be a tricky business. It’s the time of “peak ambiguity when it comes to AI,” said Hemant Taneja, CEO of venture capital firm General Catalyst. “None of us really know what the world’s going to look like in some ways.” Investors face uncertainties about which startups endure, which piece of AI technology generates the most money and how much businesses are willing to spend on... Read more ›
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Fundraising is picking up among crypto venture funds after two dismal years, as investors hope to profit from the friendly regulatory environment under President Donald Trump. The rebound is likely to be modest because venture capital funds are no longer the only game in town for big investors who want crypto exposure. Crypto VC funds are on track to raise nearly $4 billion in the coming months, which would top... Read more ›
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Earlier this year, Microsoft stopped trying to convince consumers to pay extra for artificial intelligence features in its popular Office 365 software, instead opting to add the AI features by default while increasing the lowest price of the software by 30%. That strategy is showing early signs of wringing a few extra bucks out of individual Office customers.Revenue from consumer subscriptions to Office 365 rose 10% in the three months... Read more ›
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It’s the startup equivalent of misplacing a winning lottery ticket. Former employees of Scale AI are being excluded from a planned share sale at a $25 billion valuation. “I just heard back from the stock admin. Former employees won’t be participating in the tender offer. rip,” one ex-employee wrote last month in a private Slack channel of former Scale workers. “So the only way is to re-join?” another person asked.I... Read more ›
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In January, three police officers arrived at a warehouse in central Connecticut run by a company called UniUni, a logistics startup that handles millions of packages each week for mostly China-founded e-commerce clients like Temu, Shein and TikTok Shop. Inside, they found piles of cardboard boxes and plastic mailing bags in the brightly lit main room of the warehouse—everything you’d expect to see at one of the hubs that serve... Read more ›
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Temu has discontinued its direct-from-China shipping model and now requires China-based merchants to fulfill orders on their own when selling to the U.S. market. The shift marks the online bargain seller’s latest attempt to keep its site stocked as sky-rocketing tariffs make it ... Read more ›
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A crop of new artificial intelligence startups, including those founded by star ex-OpenAI executives, is trying to convince investors to invest at multibillion-dollar valuations with scant products or revenue to speak of. But representatives from two investors, Fidelity and Atreides Management, say it may be too late for those firms to overcome the first movers in the field. That’s because incumbents like Elon Musk’s xAI and Google have a trifecta... Read more ›
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Most companies valued at more than $200 billion have imposed a high degree of structure on their organizations as they have grown. That’s not the case at Palantir Technologies. Experienced staff get a say in which projects they work on, according to five people who have worked at the data analytics firm. Performance reviews don’t always occur at scheduled times of the year. The company has no guidelines on in-office... Read more ›
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Snowflake and other enterprise software firms whose success predates the rise of ChatGPT are trying to recast themselves as artificial intelligence companies. They’ll have to persuade corporate customers to choose their offerings in what has become a very crowded field. The pressure is particularly acute for Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy, who took the reins of the data analytics firm just over a year ago to turbocharge its AI efforts. To... Read more ›
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The U.S. government is steadily tightening the noose on Nvidia’s sales to China. But the AI chip giant isn’t giving up on the market. Nvidia has told some of its biggest Chinese customers, including ByteDance, Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings, that it is tweaking the design of its artificial intelligence chips so they can be sold to Chinese businesses without running afoul of U.S. export regulations, according to three people... Read more ›
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