Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter: Where techies should go to vacation this summer Book recommendations galorePlus: What men and women should wear to Sun ValleyThese words were written at a cruising altitude of 34,000 feetâor at least thatâs where Captain Pat said we were a few minutes ago. Like many of you, Iâm using the long weekend to get out of town. Waaay out of town, actually. Like many of... Read more âș
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âA lot of times men donât really realize what theyâre capable of pulling off,â Andrew Weitz was saying over the phone. âBut the game has changed these days and if they donât keep up with fashion, theyâre going to get left behind.â Weitz knows of what he speaks, being a noted menâs style consultant who dresses many top entertainment executives and tech savants in Los Angeles, New York and Northern... Read more âș
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From the U.S. Open to Art Basel, to the conclaves of Sun Valley and Cannes, the summer months are rife with networking opportunities. Theyâre also hot, sticky and known for air conditioning set to full blast. Throw in frequent travel and the sheer range of dress codes, and the question of what to wear can become tricky at best. The answer? âItâs all about an effortless, gentle vibe thatâs not... Read more âș
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Microsoftâs Satya Nadella and Nvidiaâs Jensen Huang made plenty of news this week. But what about Charles Barkley? The legendary NBA-player-turned-broadcasterâs remarks on a podcast yesterday seemed to suggest that TNTâs hit halftime and postgame show âInside The NBAâ could be nearing its end if the networkâs parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, doesnât successfully renew its TV rights deal with the league. And last night, Bloombergâs Lucas Shaw reported the... Read more âș
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So much news. So much weird. This week, on More or Less, we discussed the latest on OpenAI and ScarJo, Humane's fire sale, Slack's poor AI judgment and more. Plus, a preview of what we're all looking forward to this summer. Hope you enjoy, and have a great Memorial Day weekend! Apple Spotify YouTube Read more âș
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The world has changed a lot in the last four years, and for better or for worse, that has greatly impacted our travel plans. For several summers since 2020, we found our vacations foiledâwhether it was travel restrictions, the closures of our favorite hotels, or, ultimately, catching up on a never-ending backlog of weddings and other delayed social engagements. As a result, many of us were stuck at home and... Read more âș
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The responses to our latest monthly survey posed a puzzle: Readers were far more optimistic than last month about the tech sector overall, but they were more pessimistic about nine of the 14 big tech companies we asked about.Letâs go through the numbers. More than 51% of the 1,756 readers who took our survey earlier this month feel conditions for technology companies generally will get better and fewer than 9%... Read more âș
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The handful of tech companies that have taken the leap into the public markets over the past nine months have been sure to show investors heavy profits (Instacart and Arm), fast growth (Rubrik, Ibotta and Klaviyo) or a clear story about how theyâre benefitting from artificial intelligence (Astera Labs and Reddit). Tempus AI, a healthcare data company backed by Google and started by the wealthy founder of Groupon, largely falls... Read more âș
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Taylor Swiftâs blockbuster Eras Tour united music fans, and now her fury towards Ticketmaster has resulted in an antitrust lawsuit against the ticketing giant that seems to have united people across the ideological spectrum. The U.S. Department of Justice and state and district attorneys general today filed a lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation Entertainment for operating a monopoly that they said muscles out competitors, hurts artists... Read more âș
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Consumer startups arenât getting a lot of attention from venture capitalists these days, except if theyâre powered by artificial intelligence. (More on that later.) That disinterest has made it particularly challenging for VC-backed startups wrestling with a slowdown in consumer demand after a spike during the pandemic. One path forward: business sales. That pivot has been underway at Calm.com. The San Francisco-based parent of the meditation and wellness app raised... Read more âș
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Meta Platforms is considering charging users for a more advanced version of its artificial intelligence-powered assistant, called Meta AI, according to an internal post reviewed by The Information. Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic each offer $20-per-month subscriptions to their chatbots. The subscriptions let people use those companiesâ chatbots inside workplace apps such as Microsoft Word and give people priority access when usage is high, among other things. The features Meta... Read more âș
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On July 5, it will be one year since the launch of Threads, Instagramâs rival to Twitter.Though the app was big news when it launchedâthe timeline for its release was accelerated to make the most of the chaos engulfing Twitterâchatter about the app has been relatively quiet since then.Thatâs in part because generative artificial intelligence became the shiny new thing that consumed the tech industry over the past year. Itâs... Read more âș
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Sales of electric vehicles are slowing and some automakers are rethinking their plans for EVs. But readers of The Information remain enthusiastic about EVs. Nearly two-thirds of respondents to our most recent survey said they own an EV, with Teslas by far the most popular choice. By comparison, a March Gallup survey found that 7% of Americans owned EVs. Moreover, a majority of our survey respondents who donât own an... Read more âș
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How good was Nvidia's quarterly earnings call? Let us count the ways. Everyone is buzzing about Nvidiaâs revenue nearly quadrupling to $26 billion in the quarter ended in April, mostly from the sale of artificial intelligence server chips. But Nvidia immediately shared three other pieces of good news: a strong sales forecast, a 10-to-1 stock split and a bigger dividend. As if that wasn't enough, Nvidia CFO Colette Kress and... Read more âș
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During a pivotal scene of âVery Bad Company,â a new satirical novel involving a tech billionaire, a dead body and many bruised egos, a startupâs executives dine at Carbone in Miami, where they receive important news calligraphed inside folded origami animals that cost $5,000 each. I half-expected to find one waiting for me as I sat down to lunch with Emma Rosenblum, the bookâs author, at Carbone in New Yorkâs... Read more âș
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Conversational artificial intelligence startups are singing the acquisition blues. As Natasha and I reported on Wednesday, Adept, which raised more than $400 million from investors at a $1 billion-plus valuation to develop artificial intelligence agents, has been exploring a buyout, including from Meta Platforms. A Meta deal is unlikely, though. The news follows Snowflakeâs aborted buyout talks with Reka, a large language model developer, for a reported $1 billion-plus price... Read more âș
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Crypto exchange Coinbase is poised for a big boost as the U.S. suddenly looks more likely to approve exchange-traded funds holding ether, giving investors a way to trade the second most popular cryptocurrency as easily as a stock. At least six out of the nine investment firms that plan to issue ether ETFs have picked Coinbase as a custodian, meaning the crypto company will safeguard ether for giants including BlackRock,... Read more âș
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On Monday, we reported that the going rate for iron-based batteries in China had plunged to an astonishing $56 per kilowatt hour, 40% below last yearâs average outside the country. But we have since learned that the average price is even lowerâ$47/kWh, half as much as such batteries outside China, according to a survey last month by BloombergNEF, a renewable energy research firm. Read more âș
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The leaders of Adept, a 2-year-old artificial intelligence startup run by former OpenAI and Google AI developers, held talks in recent months about a possible sale or strategic partnership with large tech companies, according to a person with direct knowledge of the conversations. One company Adept spoke to was Facebook owner Meta Platforms, this person said, though an acquisition is unlikely. The effort by Adept, which investors valued at more... Read more âș
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Nvidia, a $2 trillion chip giant worshipped by financial markets and Silicon Valley, has to pass an increasingly difficult test of investorsâ faith every quarter. On Wednesday, it gave everyone in the church of artificial intelligence a reason to keep believing.The companyâs revenue nearly quadrupled from the first quarter last year to $26 billion, powered largely by sales of its chip used for training and getting responses from large language... Read more âș
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