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On Monday, our reporter Jemima McEvoy broke the news that venture capitalist Masha Bucher had deep ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Their correspondence, released in a dump of more than 3 million pages from the Justice Department Friday, showed Bucher—née Drokova, the name she was using at the time—working as a publicist for Epstein, setting flirty texts and getting advice for her early-stage fund, Day One Ventures. The library of email and chat logs provided further detail on what has prev
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Barcelona-based Kembara, which claims to be Europe’s largest dedicated deep tech growth fund, today announced a €750M first close toward its €1 billion target. The fund is now actively investing in “breakthrough” DeepTech science and engineering companies. According to the fund, it is anchored by a €350 million commitment from the European Investment Fund (EIF), ... Read more ›
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It is the same setup Michael Burry warned about this week, when he said falling crypto collateral can force metal selling in a feedback loop. Read more ›
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“I wish you would just hold me in contempt of court so I can get 24 hours of sleep,” a lawyer representing Donald Trump’s government told a federal judge on Tuesday. Julie Le, the lawyer, who was temporarily detailed to the US Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis, was assigned to 88 federal court cases in under […] Read more ›
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In the ongoing measles outbreak in South Carolina that has infected more than 800 people, some children have developed a rare but serious complication called encephalitis. Read more ›
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for Feb. 5, No. 500. Read more ›
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Scott Barshay was named the new chairman "effective immediately," the firm said in a news release. Read more ›
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From classic 1950s diners to hole-in-the-wall burger joints, here are the most iconic diners in every state. Read more ›
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Canon released its first PowerShot camera back in 1996 with a 0.5-megapixel sensor, helping kickstart the digital photo revolution. To celebrate that 30-year anniversary, the company has unveiled a Limited Edition version of its still-popular PowerShot G7 X III compact camera. It has a few unique touches but is otherwise the same as the original model released nearly seven years ago.The limited edition model has a new “graphite” color with... Read more ›
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In the video, Savannah Guthrie spoke directly to her mother, Nancy Guthrie, and also pleaded for her safe return. Read more ›
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After Google and Microsoft added AI-powered features to their Chrome and Edge browsers, Firefox was quick to follow and offered a handful of AI features to its users. Those include an AI tool for tab grouping, AI-powered translation and even quick access to an AI chatbot. However, not everyone is on board with the new AI push from companies, and a lot of users expressed their dissatisfaction with Mozilla's decision... Read more ›
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Musk is stuck fighting SEC suit seeking $150M in disgorgements from his Twitter takeover. Read more ›
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“I'm all for removing illegals, but snatching dudes off lawn mowers in Cali and leaving the truck and equipment just sitting there? Definitely not working smarter,” writes one forum user. Read more ›
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OpenAI is hiring hundreds of new staffers to expand a technical consulting team that helps large corporations develop custom AI applications and agents to automate employee tasks, according to a person with knowledge of the company’s plans. The hiring effort could help it beat back competition from archrival Anthropic, which has also upped its game in catering to enterprises. It comes as OpenAI prepares to launch a new enterprise offering... Read more ›
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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration says it will remove 700 federal immigration agents from Minneapolis, but there are few signs of the crackdown letting up. What’s happening? […] Read more ›
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The EEOC is probing Nike over allegations of racial discrimination against white workers, questioning DEI practices and their impact. Read more ›
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There are plenty of tech luminaries whose correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein has turned up in the files of the disgraced financier. But few of those exchanges are quite like those that Epstein had with Masha Bucher, who is now a well-known venture capitalist. On June 25, 2019, 11 days before Epstein was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors, he asked Bucher—who was then acting as a publicist for... Read more ›
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The battle for AI dominance in China is reaching new heights. Tech giants ByteDance and Alibaba Group are both poised to release their next flagship AI models around the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, in what could be the most consequential battle in the country’s tech sector. ByteDance is preparing to release three new AI models—a large language model, an image generation model and a video model—next month, according... Read more ›
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Elon Musk rammed through the combination of his space company, SpaceX, with his AI startup, xAI, on Monday, merging the shiniest jewel in his business empire with his most money-losing firm. The deal—which valued xAI at $250 billion and SpaceX at $1 trillion, according to people familiar with the situation—comes as xAI battles to catch up to rivals such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. The deal shows how quickly the... Read more ›
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Self-driving ridesharing service Waymo said Monday it has raised $16 billion at a $126 billion valuation. The valuation includes the size of the investment, according to an investor in the round. Dragoneer Investment Group, DST Global and Sequoia Capital led the round, it said. Waymo said that ... Read more ›
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On Monday, our reporter Jemima McEvoy broke the news that venture capitalist Masha Bucher had deep ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Their correspondence, released in a dump of more than 3 million pages from the Justice Department Friday, showed Bucher—née Drokova, the name she was using at the time—working as a publicist for Epstein, setting flirty texts and getting advice for her early-stage fund, Day One Ventures. The... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! Firstly, I want to tell you about an exciting addition to The Information’s Weekend section: reporter Eli Rosenberg, an alum of The New York Times, The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. He’ll cover tech wealth and culture—just as a slate of potential mega-IPOs from the likes of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic means everyone in Silicon Valley will have even more money. Read more about Eli and... Read more ›
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OpenAI is planning to use eyeball-scanning orbs or Apple’s Face ID to make sure the users of its planned social media app are humans, not computers, according to Forbes. The orb is an iris scanner produced by Tools for Humanity, a company co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Verifying the ... Read more ›
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It’s CEO replacement time. Both Walt Disney Co. and PayPal named new chief executives on Tuesday, with each appointment symbolizing major business shifts. Disney named parks chief Josh D’Amaro to succeed longtime CEO Bob Iger, who turns 75 next week (D’Amaro is Iger’s second successor, after the first one flopped so badly Iger had to return to save the day.) Disney’s announcement was long expected. PayPal, in contrast, made a... Read more ›
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When Stripe acquired crypto startup Bridge last year, it described stablecoins as financial services “superconductors.” Thanks to Bridge, Stripe has since integrated stablecoins into an array of products, such as stablecoin cards that allow customers to spend crypto anywhere. Using stablecoins for payments turns out to be harder than it looks. After Stripe launched one of its new Bridge cards in partnership with another crypto firm in January, scammers instantly... Read more ›
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Last fall, a plane took off from Ottawa, Ontario, with some unusual cargo: a collection of nonviable human embryos and eggs. Once the aircraft reached a high altitude, the pilot made arcs in the air, creating short intervals of weightlessness that gave researchers on board a chance to study the possible effects of space-like microgravity on cells that are key to reproduction, according to Shawna Pandya, a Canadian space medicine... Read more ›
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