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OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever had $4 billion worth of vested equity in OpenAI in November 2023, according to text messages from chief operating officer Brad Lightcap that were made public Tuesday as part of Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI. Lightcap disclosed ...
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A new report from Windows Central claims that Microsoft will launch new Xbox hardware this year, including the next-generation Xbox Wireless Controllers and "perhaps even other controller revisions". Read more ›
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ECC's CEO, Josh Swihart, claims the team was forced to leave because of changes that made their work untenable. Read more ›
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The crop of next-generation TVs arriving this year has more accurate colors than ever, thanks to a fancy new kind of backlighting. Read more ›
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No one is laughing about Greenland anymore. President Donald Trump’s frequently expressed desire for the US to take possession of the world’s largest island may once have been treated as a lark, troll, or distraction, but following last week’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, it’s become clear that Trump is increasingly acquiring a taste […] Read more ›
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A federal officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, shortly after the Trump administration deployed thousands of immigration agents to the city. Although the full circumstances of the killing remain unclear, video of the shooting shows an officer opening fire on the woman as she drove away. Realistically, there’s virtually no chance […] Read more ›
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Box CEO Aaron Levie says AI will make expert knowledge widely available, leaving companies to compete on data, context, and how they deploy AI agents. Read more ›
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Inflammation is on everybody’s minds these days, and it seems like wherever you look, someone is telling you how to reduce your inflammation, from influencers on your TikTok feed or Instagram reels to even US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It’s the subject of countless papers in scientific journals, and the focus of self-help […] Read more ›
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For years, we’ve been wondering when Samsung would actually bring Ballie, its cute household companion robot, to market and now we finally have our answer: it won’t. After the planned summer 2025 release window came and went, the company has opted not to release the gizmo as a consumer product, at least not for the foreseeable future. According to Bloomberg, Samsung has "indefinitely shelved" the robot. A spokesperson told the... Read more ›
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The Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley said to "co-climb" the career ladder with peers rather than have "sharp elbows." Read more ›
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Sophie Turner appeared on "The Tonight Show" and beat Jimmy Fallon in a thumb war to show her new Lara Croft strength. Read more ›
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This is the brand-new Poco M8, and it’s the latest entry in the storied M-series. Our review unit is waiting for its unboxing, so let’s not make it wait any longer. Poco devices are usually well-equipped in these slim-box and no accessory times, and the M8 is no different. The M8 comes bundled with a grey silicone case, a 45W power adapter and a USB-C cable. The EU market will... Read more ›
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These 76g glasses feature Bang & Olufsen audio and a custom Vision 4000 chip for an immersive 201-inch cinema experience. Read more ›
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Poco has finally unveiled the new M8 5G series, which includes the Poco M8 and the Poco M8 Pro. The latest M series phones come equipped with Snapdragon chipsets. Poco M8 5G The Poco M8 is powered by the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 SoC, paired with up to 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 512GB of UFS 2.2 internal storage. It runs Android 15-based HyperOS 2 and offers a bunch of... Read more ›
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As almost everyone in Silicon Valley has found out lately, creating AI is a money drain, and many of the biggest startups eager to do so aren’t profitable. That’s true even for the AI business run by the world’s richest man, and that’s why I expect Elon Musk will take a drastic step next year to keep the money flowing to xAI: by selling to the profitable part of his... Read more ›
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LMArena, a startup that operates a widely cited ranking of AI models based on their performance, has raised $150 million at a valuation of $1.7 billion, including the new money, according to the company. That’s nearly triple the valuation of its seed funding round, announced in May 2025. The funding round, co-led by existing investors Felicis and the University of California’s investment arm, will help the company pay for computing... Read more ›
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For Christmas this holiday season, I bought my mom a navy blue 1980 Lake Placid Olympics sweater. It has special significance for her because, as a college student in upstate New York at the time, she got to attend the famous “Miracle on Ice” hockey game between the U.S. and Soviet Union in person. Now, almost half a century later, my mom finally has some merchandise to commemorate it. The... Read more ›
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Venezuela-focused stablecoin startup Kontigo said it will repay the $340,000 that was stolen from more than 1,000 of its customers in a hack, according to a statement the company issued on Monday. In a statement published to X, Kontigo said it detected unauthorized access that affected some ... Read more ›
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Happy New Year! It’s the perfect time for a refresh on what’s been top of mind for The Information’s readers—and the early trends and open questions worth keeping tabs on in 2026. In 2025, our most popular stories revealed growing cracks in the artificial intelligence boom and pinpointed challenges facing the most dominant AI companies. The top story was also one of our most recent, about a “code red” inside... Read more ›
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No one in Silicon Valley gets wealthy or powerful by dwelling on the past. Rather, the brightest minds within tech often outshine the competition by obsessing about the future. We like to get in on the game too. In keeping with annual tradition, we’re publishing below our best educated guesses on what’ll happen in 2026: what Microsoft buys, what Amazon discards, what robot goes mainstream, and 12 other pieces of... Read more ›
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Shares of Chinese AI chip developer Shanghai Biren Technology surged on their debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday after the firm’s successful initial public offering. The stock’s rise is the latest indication of investors’ strong interest in China’s domestic semiconductor sector. On ... Read more ›
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What’s that smell? It’s the whiff of humble pie being eaten by The Information’s prognosticators. A year ago, we made a series of predictions about tech deals that would get done, executives who would leave their companies and other events that we thought might happen in 2025. Many of those predictions did not come to pass. In our defense, when you have a policy of making bold and specific predictions,... Read more ›
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OpenAI is taking steps to improve its audio AI models, in preparation for its eventual release of an AI-powered personal device, said a person with knowledge of the effort. The device is expected to be largely audio-based, said three people with knowledge of it. When people speak to ChatGPT, the chatbot can talk back but the large language model that powers the audio version is a different one to the... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• Predictions 2026: Sutskever’s fate, OpenAI’s next acquisition, the next hit robot—and 12 more things we think will happen in 2026• The Arena: Sportswear brands face an inflection point• Plus, Recommendations—our weekly pop culture picks: “Fela Kuti: Fear No Man,” “The Breath of the Gods” and “Wake Up Dead Man”Ah, another new year has arrived. What possibly could the future hold—what staggering unexpectedness will befall us... Read more ›
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