Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: The frustration behind a beautiful, Tesla-beating EV• The Top 5: The very best personal personal trainers• Plus: A different type of It bag; Keri Russell’s Americans; and a Maine attraction returns. Since the presidential election, much of America’s attention has focused on Mar-a-Lago as President-elect Donald Trump has held court there at his private club, barreling through an extraordinary number of cabinet... Read more ›
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Everyone from Hollywood veteran Jeffrey Katzenberg to Snap and Meta Platforms has tried luring Americans with minuteslong TV-style shows on social media apps. All have failed. But that isn’t deterring TikTok from exploring the concept. The ByteDance-owned video app is considering ways of using such minidramas, which have proved to be a huge hit for its sibling app, Douyin, in China, to broaden its audience. Some small video makers already... Read more ›
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Ozempic be damned. Silicon Valley is holding on tight to its love of the personal trainer. These are people like Matt Dixon, a San Francisco–based trainer and former professional triathlete whose clients include billionaire Max Levchin. After several decades of whipping folks like Levchin into tip-top shape, Dixon has a thesis for why so many technorati, as he said, “take on massive physical challenges.” “It’s not just ego or pride... Read more ›
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X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, sued the state of California over a law that would require social media platforms to remove “materially deceptive content” about elections during the six month period around an election. Musk’s lawsuit argues that AB 2655 violates the ... Read more ›
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This week on More or Less: A shift in the Silicon Valley narrative and why D.O.G.E. is not X. Plus, Jessica's new investment and Brit's new hair. Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Read more ›
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Any Friday night plans? A decent number of you will probably tune into tonight’s boxing match on Netflix between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul because you’re curious whether the great heavyweight of the 1980s can, at the age of 58, beat the 27-year-old influencer turned pugilist. Another group of you may watch more because you’re curious how Netflix is going to present the event to its nearly 300 million subscribers—and... Read more ›
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Eighteen Republican states filed suit Thursday against the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its chair, Gary Gensler, for allegedly taking regulatory authority away from the states through enforcement actions against crypto firms. The suit, filed by attorneys general from Texas, ... Read more ›
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President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet pick to oversee the country’s natural resources and public land could boost data centers for artificial intelligence. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s nominee for Interior Secretary, has been a booster of large AI data center projects in his state, ... Read more ›
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Elon Musk on Thursday alleged that Microsoft worked with OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, to “loot” OpenAI, which was established as a nonprofit in 2015, by starting a for-profit arm partly owned by Microsoft in 2019. Musk added Microsoft as a co-defendant in his lawsuit against OpenAI and ... Read more ›
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The other evening, a stranger told Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson that if he ever came across an electric vehicle that would go 500 miles on a charge, he’d buy it. “And I said, ‘That’s Lucid Air!’” Rawlinson recalls, referring to his company’s sleek sedan. “He said, ‘What? How long has that been in production?’ I said, ‘Two and a half years.’” He paused. “The world doesn’t know that two... Read more ›
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Last month, when OpenAI announced a record-breaking $6.6 billion venture round, an unfamiliar new name appeared among the investors pouring money into the hot artificial intelligence startup: MGX. It was the first public investment ever for the Abu Dhabi–based MGX, and it was a splashy debut for a firm most Silicon Valley investors had never heard of. They could be excused for that: Two other firms from the United Arab... Read more ›
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Andreessen Horowitz has hired former Facebook policy director Matt Perault to head the venture firm’s AI policy in its Washington D.C. office. Perault said he will lead the firm’s efforts to advocate for bipartisan AI policy, including areas such as open-source models and AI startups. ... Read more ›
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We got some good news from the poor old entertainment companies this earnings season. Video streaming is finally becoming a money-making business! Disney, for instance, reported today that its Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ streaming operations made a profit of $321 million in the September quarter, quite the turnaround from losing a slightly bigger amount than that a year earlier. And it’s not just Disney: Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery... Read more ›
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Shares of electric vehicle companies including Tesla fell Thursday after a report that the incoming Trump administration hopes to end $7,500 consumer tax credits on the purchase of EVs. Tesla shares fell almost 6% after the Reuters report, quoting sources with direct knowledge of the plans. ... Read more ›
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Pony.ai, which makes autonomous driving technology, said it plans to sell 15 million shares when it lists on the Nasdaq, targeting a price range of $11 to $13 per share. At the high end, that price would value the company at $4.5 billion, a sharp decline from 2022, when Pony raised a Series D ... Read more ›
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Another day, another multibillion-dollar valuation for a generative AI startup! Today it’s Synthesia, a video-generation startup that’s near a $2 billion price tag in a round led by New Enterprise Associates, we scooped Thursday. Given the firehose of AI deals, it’s easy to forget that plenty of startups aren’t as lucky – and could be getting perilously close to running out of cash. Digital health company Forward’s decision to shut... Read more ›
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Clara Shih, a Salesforce veteran executive who earlier this year was tapped to lead its artificial intelligence efforts, has left the company to pursue another opportunity, according to a report from Patrick Walravens, an analyst at JMP Securities. It’s not clear what Shih plans to do next, and ... Read more ›
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Any creator who relies on Google search to drive readers to their websites is used to changes in the search engine’s powerful algorithm. But some recent updates have been so disruptive that Google made a rare overture to these small publishers: In late October, it invited several to its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters to hear their complaints. Google paid for flights and hotels of several website creators for a meeting... Read more ›
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Amazon representatives met with Capitol Hill staffers earlier this year to answer questions about an advertising partnership the e-commerce giant struck with TikTok, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Under the partnership, TikTok allows users to purchase items from Amazon ads without leaving the ... Read more ›
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Synthesia, which helps companies create AI videos, is raising $150 million in funding at a valuation of $2.1 billion after the investment, double its valuation from 17 months ago, according to a person involved in the deal. Founded in 2017, Synthesia is also generating more than $70 ... Read more ›
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