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3 ex-Apple researchers want to make AI less awkward. Lightspeed, Accel, and Nvidia are giving them $50 million to do it.
A startup that’s trying to make AI models better conversationalists with more emotional intelligence has just raised $50 million. Seattle-based…
I’m in my 60s and can’t find full-time work. I took Social Security early and filed for bankruptcy to stay afloat.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Thomas Heep, a job seeker in his 60s who lives in Denver. He was laid off in April 2025 and is…
He had a gig mowing lawns at 11. By 25, he had turned it into a multimillion-dollar landscaping business.
Some kids mow lawns for pocket money and move on. Cody Kuebler kept at it, turning the childhood gig into a multimillion-dollar business. Now 25…
Bryan & Kate forever
As soon as they had sex on July 27, Bryan Johnson tells me, he knew his cofounder and girlfriend, Kate Tolo, was hours away from getting her period…
What smart people are saying about the ’60 Minutes’ relaunch
CBS premiered the 59th season of “60 Minutes” on Sunday, with familiar faces like Norah O’Donnell, Lesley Stahl, and Jon Wertheim. Sunday’s episode…
Turns out you really do only have to ask: Trump says he will remove tariffs on Irish whiskey after visit to Ireland
Well, that was easy. President Donald Trump on Sunday said he would remove tariffs on Irish whiskey after golfer Shane Lowry and the Irish prime…
I travel often, but just took my first luxury cruise. The food was great, and it was easy to relax, but there was 1 unexpected drawback.
For all the things I loved about cruising, one of my original reservations did bear out. I usually think of travel as a way to experience a place and…
Really? Palantir cofounder on AI’s threat: ‘We’re on top of it’
Everything’s fine! Take it from the cofounder of Palantir. In an X post on Saturday, Joe Lonsdale brushed aside the salient worry that advanced AI…
Anthropic has chosen the Nasdaq for its IPO listing
Anthropic has selected the Nasdaq for its potential IPO, according to a person familiar with their plans. The company, which has been targeting an…
The AI doomsday debate has reached a boiling point
Existential angst What do you do if you feel like you’re helping build something that could contribute to the end of humanity? This is the…