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Howdy! Amir and Rocket here. Before we get to today’s column, please read this phenomenal piece from Aaron about Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s market analysis methods. Hint: they involve an absurd number of meetings and calls with people outside his company. It’s a leadership masterclass.Onto today’s issue…When we told you in July that OpenAI would probably lose $5 billion this year, we also explained how the company reminded us of Uber, a previous Silicon Valley startup darling that endured heavy losses en
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue reading… Read more ›
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will not be getting any significant story-led DLC. Read more Read more ›
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Swami Sivasubramanian, AWS Vice President of AI and Data, says that AI can be used as a tool for job promotion, not be a job replacement. Read more ›
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I ordered a club sandwich from subway, Jimmy John's, and Jersey Mike's to see which popular chain does the classic sub justice. Two stood out. Read more ›
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Comcast plans to spin off most of NBCUniversal’s cable TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC, USA and Oxygen, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision, which comes a month after company executives first floated the idea to investors and analysts, could pave the way for more ... Read more ›
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Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more ›
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OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser that it would combine with its chatbot, and it has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites, according to people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers... Read more ›
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To call the last two years “tepid” for tech initial public offerings would be an understatement. In the wake of a record-smashing high in 2021, IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94% in 2022 and have been slow to recover. But 2025 could be looking up, with some big names likely to hit exchanges. At a recent event about artificial intelligence’s impact on the IPO market, Anita Ramaswamy, The Information’s financial analysis... Read more ›
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Techies know well that coaxing a large language model to give you a good answer can feel a bit like tricking a toddler. Developers have been known to write, “if you don’t give me the correct answer, I will be fired” in their prompts—successfully. That led to “prompt engineering,” a side hustle for techies who wanted to make easy money by writing and improving prompts for LLMs. Now, a host... Read more ›
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There’s a lot of excitement around artificial intelligence disrupting search. Consumers and businesses increasingly use AI tools in lieu of traditional search engines such as Google. OpenAI has added search features to ChatGPT, Meta Platforms is crawling and indexing the web for its Meta AI chatbot and the AI search startup Perplexity is nearing a $9 billion valuation. A host of other AI companies provide information about current events in... Read more ›
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OpenAI has discussed powering artificial intelligence in Samsung devices, similar to a deal the AI developer has with Apple, The Information reported. The discussions are part of a multipronged attack by OpenAI on Google, which is Samsung’s most important partner in using the Android ... Read more ›
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In China, one of the biggest names in tech is Kai-Fu Lee, a Taiwan native and a bestselling author who used to head Google’s operations in the country. When Lee founded an artificial intelligence startup called 01.AI in Beijing in March last year, Chinese investors including Alibaba Group were so eager to back him that the startup became a unicorn just eight months later. But in the U.S., where Lee... Read more ›
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Last week, YouTube began introducing jewels, virtual tips that fans can buy to send creators during livestreams. YouTubers can exchange these tips for cash, a penny per jewel. The Google-owned video site is the latest to get into live tipping, which has been popular for years on Twitch. As the chart below shows, most major social apps are now offering digital tips for live streamers which generally cost about a... Read more ›
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Amazon on Thursday added a temporary 50% discount to all orders made through its new Temu competitor, Amazon Haul. The aggressive discounting coincides with the holiday shopping season and comes one week after Amazon launched Haul, which features a Temu-like assortment of cheap products like $3 ... Read more ›
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