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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In our most recent subscriber survey, more than 40% of respondents said they are somewhat likely or extremely likely to consider buying the Apple Vision Pro, for which Apple is accepting pre-orders starting today. Among those most eagerly awaiting the Vision Pro are developers building apps for the mixed-reality device. Michael Markman, a senior product designer at virtual reality collaboration startup ShapesXR, is excited to build a version of the... Read more ›
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How do you know when a venture capitalist or founder is in Saudi Arabia looking to get a piece of the country’s piles of petro cash for their latest funds or startups? A telltale sign is the procession of Mercedes-Benz cars and SUVs weaving through the streets of Riyadh from the city’s Four Seasons Hotel to grand royal meeting rooms where local sovereign wealth fund managers are waiting. Zafer Younis... Read more ›
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When a year or so ago tech companies including Amazon, Meta Platforms and Google announced broad layoffs—in some cases for the first time in their history—tech workers were on edge.But as 2023 wore on, there was a little sense of relief. It started to feel like the post-pandemic themes of “rightsizing” and “removing layers of management” that defined the “year of efficiency” had passed. Read more ›
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Apple is testing a new button on prototypes of the iPhone 16 to help people quickly take videos and photos when they hold the device horizontally, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. Apple has envisioned the new camera button as a key selling point for the device, these people said. The iPhone 16 is due out in the fall. The development of the button comes as... Read more ›
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More than four years ago, Jess Maddox, an assistant professor of digital media at the University of Alabama, pitched a course to teach students how to create content. Her department wasn’t interested. This spring semester, she started teaching a course about just that.“It was important for me to build and advocate for a class like this because there's such a myth that anybody can be a creator, anybody can be... Read more ›
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Aileen Lee, co-founder of seed venture capital firm Cowboy Ventures, famously coined the term “unicorn” to describe tech companies with billion-dollar valuations back in 2013. Now she’s using “ZIRPicorns” to describe the hundreds of startups that haven’t raised money since the zero-interest rate period and whose valuations are likely wildly off base. In a blog post celebrating the 10th birthday of her famous term, she writes that 40% of the... Read more ›
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As a pioneer in renting out cloud servers, Amazon Web Services has long generated far more revenue and profits than its rivals. But one rival, Google Cloud, has made up a lot of ground on AWS when it comes to a key measure of efficiency—revenue per employee. In the first three quarters of 2023, AWS generated around $580,000 per employee while Google Cloud generated around $460,000 per employee, according to... Read more ›
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Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset looks like it’s headed for a strong debut next month—at least among readers of The Information. More than 40% of respondents to our most recent survey said they are somewhat likely or very likely to consider buying the augmented reality and virtual reality device. The survey also found readers about as optimistic about the tech sector as at any point since we started polling them... Read more ›
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The time it takes for a new technology to replace (or try to replace) an incumbent has consistently gotten shorter over time (just take a look at how long it took Google Docs to overthrow Microsoft Word versus the flurry of 15-minute grocery delivery startups that popped up following the success of companies like Instacart). That’s why nobody should bat an eye if the current it girl in AI, transformers,... Read more ›
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If you had invested $1,000 in MongoDB’s 2017 initial public offering, you’d be sitting on more than $16,800 today. That far outpaces the returns over the same period of each of the five most valuable pure-play software as a service firms—Adobe, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Shopify and Workday. It also beats the returns over that period of Microsoft and Apple, the world’s two most valuable companies. Three years before MongoDB’s IPO, Dev... Read more ›
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A third U.S. silicon anode maker says it will build a big battery materials plant at Moses Lake, Wash., which is fast becoming a major hub for the production of next-generation silicon anodes. California-based OneD Battery Sciences said Wednesday that by the middle of 2027 it will begin manufacturing enough silicon-based anodes at Moses Lake to equip 500,000 electric vehicles a year, substantially boosting their driving range and fast-charging capability. Read more ›
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday acknowledged the company’s recent wave of layoffs for the first time, warning staff in an email that cuts would continue throughout the year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the email. Google in the past week laid off more than 1,000 people across teams including hardware, ad sales and Google Assistant, mirroring recent job cuts at other major companies such as Amazon... Read more ›
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The year is still young, but so far it hasn’t been auspicious for Apple. A federal court today ruled against the iPhone maker on its latest appeal regarding a blood oxygen monitoring feature in the Apple Watch, almost certainly meaning Apple will disable the feature on the device while it pursues further appeals. Meanwhile, on Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Apple’s appeal of a California ruling relating... Read more ›
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Hi - it's Ann. I write about e-commerce and retail for The Information. Before we get into today's column, some breaking news: YouTube is laying off around 100 employees focused on supporting content creators and other partners. The layoffs come amid a reorganization of many of YouTube’s business teams and broader cuts this month at YouTube’s parent company Google. The cuts follow layoffs at Patreon, Linktree and other smaller startups... Read more ›
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Databricks, one of the most valuable of the private tech companies, told employees last week it is planning to allow early staffers to cash out some of their shares in the coming months by lining up investors to buy their stock, people familiar with the matter said. In arranging the share sale, Databricks is following in the footsteps of other private tech companies that have run large tender offerings in... Read more ›
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It’s been nearly two months since OpenAI’s pared-down board started looking for new directors, and so far, it doesn’t have much to show for it. We have yet to see any actual board appointments, though we’ve gotten plenty of news around candidates being approached. The latest one—the CEO of an OpenAI quasi rival—is an interesting example. As Natasha and I reported yesterday, OpenAI board director Adam D’Angelo called Databricks CEO... Read more ›
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For Amazon, providing customer checkout and delivery services to merchants that don’t sell on its site offers a tantalizing growth opportunity. But to take full advantage of it, Amazon has to figure out how to work with archrival Shopify, which is a key gatekeeper because it sells e-commerce software to millions of mostly small online merchants. Now Amazon has agreed to let Shopify handle payments Amazon has traditionally arranged itself.... Read more ›
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Minutes after OpenAI’s board of directors announced it had fired CEO Sam Altman on Nov. 17, venture capitalist Reid Hoffman received a call from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The board’s decision shocked executives at Microsoft, which had agreed to invest more than $13 billion in the fast-growing artificial intelligence startup. Nadella wanted to know if Hoffman, a Microsoft director who had previously served on OpenAI’s board, had any explanation beyond... Read more ›
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Today marks a significant milestone for us at The Information. I am thrilled to unveil a redesign of our site and a new logo. Overall, we redesigned more than 200 pages—a massive undertaking from our incredibly talented team. When we launched 10 years ago, we offered subscribers one type of article: exclusive news about the most important tech companies. Today, a team of dozens of journalists around the world produce... Read more ›
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You have to hand it to Elon Musk. While most CEOs would scheme behind closed doors to get awarded billions more in stock from their boards, Musk lays it all out there. In a post extraordinary for its bluntness, Musk on Monday said on X he was “uncomfortable growing Tesla to be a leader in AI & robotics without having [about] 25% voting control.” Right now, Musk has about 13%... Read more ›
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