Shoe company Allbirds, which sold last week for $39M after its valuation fell from $4B+ in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 800%+
Ah, zeitgeist: — Allbirds is a San Francisco maker of wool trainers that was once valued at more than $4bn.
Shoe company Allbirds, which sold last week for $39M after its valuation fell from $4B+ in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 800%+
Ah, zeitgeist: — Allbirds is a San Francisco maker of wool trainers that was once valued at more than $4bn.
Amazon Luna is dropping support for game purchases and third-party game stores and subscriptions; previously purchased games will be accessible until June 10
The Luna game-streaming service is getting an overhaul, with Amazon pulling the plug on game purchases and hosting third-party game stores and subscriptions.
Mustafa Suleyman says Microsoft is “not able to build models in the very largest scale yet” but its “computation ramp is coming to enable us to do” it in 2026
Tech giant's AI chief says it will have the resources to build frontier systems later this year
An interview with Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's AI reorg, how revising its OpenAI deal “unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence”, and more
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Kalshi announces new tech guardrails that preemptively block politicians, athletes, coaches, officials, and others from trading in politics and sports markets
Prediction market Kalshi plans to block athletes, coaches and officials from betting on their sports and to block political candidates from trading on their campaigns, Axios has le...
Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce bipartisan legislation to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets, such as Kalshi and Polymarket
just with a different name. They are being offered in states where sports betting is illegal, like California, while federal regulators are greenlighting them rather than enforcin...
Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce bipartisan legislation to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets, such as Kalshi and Polymarket
Sens. Schiff and Curtis seek to prevent CFTC-regulated entities, including Kalshi and Polymarket, from offering wagers on sports
Travis Kalanick renames CloudKitchens' parent company as Atoms, focused on creating “gainfully employed robots” for the food, mining, and transport industries
Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new venture that will focus on creating …
Sources: Travis Kalanick prepares to launch a self-driving car company with backing from Uber and has been discussing acquiring Anthony Levandowski's Pronto.ai
Former Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick is preparing to launch a new robotics and self-driving car company with major backing …
Sources: Travis Kalanick prepares to launch a self-driving car company with backing from Uber and has been discussing acquiring Anthony Levandowski's Pronto.ai
Former Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick is preparing to launch a new self-driving car company with major backing …
Travis Kalanick renames CloudKitchens' parent company as Atoms, focused on creating “gainfully employed robots” for the food, mining, and transport industries
Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder Travis Kalanick has launched a new venture that will focus on creating …
Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming
Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, is leaving the software maker following a 38-year tenure, as the company's Xbox business faces increased challenges.
Phil Spencer will retire after 38 years at Microsoft; Asha Sharma, the president of product in Microsoft's Core AI business, will become the CEO of gaming
Microsoft's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, is leaving the software maker following a 38-year tenure, as the company faces increased challenges in its Xbox business.
Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Phil Spencer's heir, is leaving; Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty is promoted to Chief Content Officer
Spencer's run with Xbox ends just months shy of the brand's 25th anniversary. — Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer …
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
Memo: Meta considered adding facial recognition to its smart glasses during a “dynamic political environment” in the US when civil society groups are distracted
In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature's release.
xAI all-hands meeting: Elon Musk told employees that xAI needs a factory on the moon to build AI satellites and a massive catapult to launch them into space
In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.
Elon Musk announces an xAI reorganization that “required parting ways with some people”, after two xAI co-founders announced they were leaving this week
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday announced the the company's xAI artificial intelligence venture implemented a reorganization that …
Source: SpaceX and xAI are in talks to merge ahead of a planned IPO this year; under the proposed deal, shares of xAI would be exchanged for shares in SpaceX
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering planned for later this year.