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Venture-backed consumer lending startups are starting to fold their cards.
Happy Money, an online lending startup formerly known as Payoff, is in talks to sell itself, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. The Torrance, Calif.-based company, valued at $1.1 billion in a private financing announced in February last year, has held sale discussions with at least one financial institution, the person said. And Sable, a Y Combinator-funded credit card startup, recently sold itself to special
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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 āŗ
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alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: New research from the Human Capital Development Lab at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School analyzes the state of the American workforce in 2024 and shows an overall decline in employee well-being compared to years prior. [...] The latest research confirms a decline in general employee well-being since 2020. In 2024, employees reported the lowest well-being scores on record, as opposed to 2020, when... Read more āŗ
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Android's Quick Share is now compatible with AirDrop thanks to Google, not Apple. Read more āŗ
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"Will you ban Joe Rogan from talking about politics then?" one commenter asked Read more āŗ
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: The world's largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence tools. Klay is the first music AI service to reach a deal with all three major record labels, Universal Music Group NV, Sony Music and Warner Music Group Corp., according to... Read more āŗ
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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 āŗ
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Meta is rolling out a way for people to interact together in its virtual spaces. Users will now be able to invite friends to hang out in the spaces created with Hyperscape on Meta Horizon. Up to eight people can join an instance, as long as they are age 18 or older and have the link to the space. The virtual spaces can be joined through a Meta Quest 3... Read more āŗ
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Between all the new phones, smartwatches, and laptops we see throughout the year, it often feels like we're constantly being nudged toward shinier, more expensive gadgets. And I get it. As a self-professed gadget nerd, few things are more exciting than unboxing and setting up a new device. But the truth is, you can still [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: xAI is once again nuking a bunch of posts from Grok on X after the chatbot made a series of outrageous claims. This time, though, the company isn't cleaning up a bunch of pro-Hitler posts, but a bout of cringe-inducing sycophantic praise for its CEO, Elon Musk.At some point in the last couple days, Grok began to offer extremely over the top... Read more āŗ
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Waymo said Thursday that itās added New Orleans, Minneapolis and Tampa to the list of cities where it plans to launch its autonomous ride-hailing service. That brings the total number of new cities where itās announced launch plans to more than 20, according to the company. For now, Waymo will ... Read more āŗ
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A few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Saudi Arabia ā or any Gulf state ā owning a piece of a US media giant. Now, it might happen. Read more āŗ
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Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it's backāin Trump form. Read more āŗ
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Bose and Sony headphones make up the best audio deals ahead of Black Friday ā here are the 7 best deals our headphones expert found. Read more āŗ
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US regulator says current interpretation limits choice for technology companies Read more āŗ
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The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link. Read more āŗ
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This story appeared inĀ The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life.Ā Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The CDC is leaning into anti-vax rhetoric, suggesting in a recent change to its website that there is no fixed scientific consensus on whether vaccines [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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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. Itās limited to Googleās latest phones for now, but Google spokesperson Alex Moriconi says, [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Last week, Tesla revealed a new section of its website dedicated to reporting safety statistics for its advanced driver assist systems, Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD). The new hub appears to be an attempt to move beyond the company's traditional quarterly safety reports, which have been criticized for failing to account for basic facts about [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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At Teslaās annual meeting earlier this month, shareholders showed little enthusiasm for a proposal that the electric vehicle maker invest in one of CEO Elon Muskās other companies, xAI. But Muskās 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 āŗ
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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 Microsoftās Azure cloud equipped with Nvidia chips over an unspecified period, and ... Read more āŗ
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Appleās 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 wonāt happen until after late January when ... Read more āŗ
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Before we get to Gemini 3, we want to highlight this morningās news that former Harvard University President Larry Summers has resigned from OpenAIās board of directors following a congressional committeeās 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 āŗ
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:ā¢ The Big Read: Inside Grindrās boardroom feudĀ ā¢ Plus, our Recommendations: āHarry Potter and the Sorcererās Stone,ā āA Biography of a Mountainā and āMaterialistsāA bit of housekeeping: The Informationās Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat weāre calling ātech wealth and culture.ā This person will cover how Silicon Valleyās moguls live largeātheir pursuits, their pastimesāand how they spend their money. Hereās a... Read more āŗ
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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 āŗ
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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 āŗ
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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 startupās next round of funding, according to a person who spoke with Murati. That target would more than triple the capital the ... Read more āŗ
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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 Griffinās Citadel Securities at a $20 ... Read more āŗ
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Blockchain.com, a crypto brokerage and wallet provider, is planning to go public next year, the companyās 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 isĀ a former Uber executive who has worked for the crypto firm for five years. The... Read more āŗ
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