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The parched market for initial public offerings is likely to see a new entrant soon: a canned water company.
Liquid Death, the irreverent water brand backed by venture capitalists, has hired Goldman Sachs to lead a potential IPO as soon as next spring, according to a person familiar with the matter. The decision follows one of the few IPO âbake-offsââthe process by which banks vie for IPO business by pitching companies on how they would sell their stock to Wall Street investorsâby a venture-backed company.
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The Miss Universe 2025 winner is Miss Mexico FĂĄtima Bosch. She took the crown after weeks of drama at the pageant. Read more âș
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While Musk wants you to trust Grok to organize all of human civilization's knowledge, the bot's fealty to Dear Leader is out of control. Read more âș
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"Santa's coming to town a little early," Duffy said, announcing $10,000 bonus checks for some air traffic controllers who worked during the shutdown. Read more âș
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Tech official says Taipei willing to share lessons from its world-leading industrial model under trade deal Read more âș
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An Ohio IT contractor pleaded guilty to breaking into his former employer's network after being fired, impersonating another worker and using a PowerShell script to reset 2,500 passwords -- an act that locked out thousands of employees and caused more than $862,000 in damage. He faces up to 10 years in prison. The Register reports: Maxwell Schultz, 35, impersonated another contractor to gain access to the company's network after his... Read more âș
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The $18 fee is optional, but flyers without acceptable ID run the risk of not being allowed on their flight if they don't pay up. Read more âș
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"Will you ban Joe Rogan from talking about politics then?" one commenter asked Read more âș
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: They're cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship -- but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children's and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. These toys, marketed to kids as young as 2 years old, are generally powered by AI models that have already been shown to harm... Read more âș
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Amazon is kicking off its Black Friday week shopping event today. Late November is the perfect time to snag a new smartphone ahead of the holiday season, and weâve gathered some of the best smartphone offers from Amazon Germany. These offers are valid with a Prime subscription and will run through December 1. Flagships Mid-rangers Flagships It doesnât get much better than the vivo X300 Pro in terms of an... Read more âș
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The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck. Read more âș
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Preservation has become a pressing topic for games in this era of digital-only releases and games-as-a-service. So it's wonderful to have a big win in archiving a trio of seminal text games for the ages. Microsoft announced today that the code for Zork, Zork II and Zork III will be made available open source under the MIT License. The company's Open Source Programs Office, Xbox and Activision all contributed to... Read more âș
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Amazon has launched Alexa+, its next-generation digital assistant, in Canada. The company unveiled the new assistant in February, and it has been making its way to more and more people since. Canada is the first region outside the US to get access Amazonâs upgraded Alexa. Like the version that rolled out in the US, users can communicate with Alexa+ in natural language. They can say âIâm cold,â for instance, and... Read more âș
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US regulator says current interpretation limits choice for technology companies Read more âș
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Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it's backâin Trump form. Read more âș
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After Nawat Itsaragrisil yelled at Miss Mexico, the pageant's president said he'd restrict him from Miss Universe events. That hasn't been the case. Read more âș
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Google just announced some unexpected and welcome news: Pixel 10 owners can now send and receive files with Apple devices over AirDrop. According to Google, this works with iPhone, iPad, and macOS devices, and applies to the entire Pixel 10 series. Itâs limited to Googleâs latest phones for now, but Google spokesperson Alex Moriconi says, [âŠ] Read more âș
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At Teslaâs annual meeting earlier this month, shareholders showed little enthusiasm for a proposal that the electric vehicle maker invest in one of CEO Elon Muskâs other companies, xAI. But Muskâs revelation at the meeting that Tesla is considering building its own chip fabrication plant signaled another way his two companies could work together. Musk had already discussed plans for such a chip fab internally at Tesla months before the... Read more âș
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Microsoft will invest $5 billion in Anthropic, and Nvidia will invest $10 billion in the startup, the three companies announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Anthropic will spend at least $30 billion to rent servers from Microsoftâs Azure cloud equipped with Nvidia chips over an unspecified period, and ... Read more âș
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Appleâs succession plans for its next chief executive have accelerated, with its board and senior executives preparing for current CEO Tim Cook to step down potentially next year, according to the Financial Times. Any announcement of succession likely wonât happen until after late January when ... Read more âș
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Before we get to Gemini 3, we want to highlight this morningâs news that former Harvard University President Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAIâs board of directors following a congressional committeeâs release of emails showing a personal correspondence between him and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers had been on the board of the ChatGPT-maker for two years. His departure follows his decision to step back from public commitments in... Read more âș
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:âą The Big Read: Inside Grindrâs boardroom feud ⹠Plus, our Recommendations: âHarry Potter and the Sorcererâs Stone,â âA Biography of a Mountainâ and âMaterialistsâA bit of housekeeping: The Informationâs Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat weâre calling âtech wealth and culture.â This person will cover how Silicon Valleyâs moguls live largeâtheir pursuits, their pastimesâand how they spend their money. Hereâs a... Read more âș
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TeraWulf was limping along as a publicly traded bitcoin mining business until AI companies suddenly wanted access to its data centers. Now the cloud startup is at the center of one of the hottest meme-stock trades. Shares in TeraWulf and competing crypto miners have soared in recent months after they struck deals with tech companies desperate for data centers and energy resources to power their AI bets. Anthropic, maker of... Read more âș
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The White House is working on an executive order that will direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass their own laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a draft of the order reviewed by The Information. The order, which is still in the drafting phase, could change. The timeline for when it will be formally announced is also unclear. The move is part of a long-standing effort this year... Read more âș
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Thinking Machines Lab, the company co-founded by ex-OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is in talks with potential investors to raise about $5 billion in the startupâs next round of funding, according to a person who spoke with Murati. That target would more than triple the capital the ... Read more âș
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Crypto exchange Kraken said on Wednesday it has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the U.S., moving ahead with its plan to list despite a recent-sell of crypto-related stocks. The filing comes a day after it raised $200 million from Ken Griffinâs Citadel Securities at a $20 ... Read more âș
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Blockchain.com, a crypto brokerage and wallet provider, is planning to go public next year, the companyâs newly named co-chief executive revealed, aiming to list after several volatile years. The company said it promoted its president Lane Kasselman to be co-CEO, alongside its founder and CEO Peter Smith, as part of its listing efforts. Kasselman is a former Uber executive who has worked for the crypto firm for five years. The... Read more âș
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