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Jessica Rosenworcel has me rattled. As a rule, people who run federal agencies in Washington don’t meet reporters in the lobby. They send staff. But Rosenworcel tells me, on a recent December afternoon, that it was something her old boss, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, used to do. And she told herself if she was ever the boss, she’d do the same.
Today, Rosenworcel, 52, is the boss—chair of the Federal Communications Commission, the 1,600-employee agency that has oversight of how the country
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If you're experiencing internet issues this morning, you're far from alone. Infrastructure company Cloudflare has been hit with what it calls "widespread 500 errors, [with] Dashboard and API also failing." The company said that services are starting recover, but customers may continue to see "higher-than-normal errors rates" is it continues to work on the problem. Cloudflare is a key internet hub, as it provides network and security products for internet... Read more ›
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Phelan said it's hard to entice workers for hard jobs like welding when the pay is comparable to a job at a Buc-ees truck stop or a job at Amazon. Read more ›
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Trump officials withdrew a proposal to pay passengers who experience long flight delays, an effort that has driven down flight disruptions in Europe. Read more ›
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Andy Rubin, creator of Android and a former Google executive, has launched a new startup focused on humanoid robots, said a person with direct knowledge of the venture. His venture is the latest addition to the red-hot and frothy humanoid space, crowded with companies ranging from Tesla to startups such as Figure AI. Rubin’s startup, Genki Robotics, is based in Tokyo, where he is currently living, according to the person.... Read more ›
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At Tesla’s annual meeting earlier this month, shareholders showed little enthusiasm for a proposal that the electric vehicle maker invest in one of CEO Elon Musk’s other companies, xAI. But Musk’s 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 ›
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Apple’s 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 won’t happen until after late January when ... Read more ›
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Walt Disney Co. reported flat revenue and slightly lower operating income in the September quarter, as a sharp slump at most of its TV networks offset growth in its streaming business and theme parks operation. Disney stock was trading down 8% on Thursday. Disney’s entertainment ... Read more ›
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OpenAI is trying to turn public opinion against The New York Times in their legal battle. As part of the Times’ copyright infringement lawsuit against the ChatGPT creator, the Times has asked for access to 20 million conversations between users and ChatGPT, a request OpenAI said Wednesday was “ ... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Inside Grindr’s boardroom feud • Plus, our Recommendations: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “A Biography of a Mountain” and “Materialists”A bit of housekeeping: The Information’s Weekend section is looking for a reporter for a beat we’re calling “tech wealth and culture.” This person will cover how Silicon Valley’s moguls live large—their pursuits, their pastimes—and how they spend their money. Here’s a... Read more ›
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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 ›
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Anthropic plans to invest $50 billion building its own data centers, the first time it has done so, in Texas and New York, the AI startup announced in a blog post on Wednesday. Anthropic said it would partner with London-based cloud startup Fluidstack on the data centers. Anthropic said that the ... Read more ›
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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 startup’s next round of funding, according to a person who spoke with Murati. That target would more than triple the capital the ... Read more ›
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Blockchain.com, a crypto brokerage and wallet provider, is planning to go public next year, the company’s 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 ›
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