The deepest hole humans have ever drilled into the Earth is just 12.3 kilometers, about 0.2% of the distance to the planet’s core. That effort, the Soviet-era Kola Superdeep Borehole, took more than 20 years to complete. And despite decades of technological progress since, we haven’t gone any deeper. So…
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When Khozema Shipchandler took the helm as CEO of the cloud communications company Twilio in early 2024, activist investors were demanding cost cuts. Its stock had declined sharply since its pandemic high in 2021. Loading audio narration… The company has worked to turn itself around, and its bets on AI may be paying off. Twilio stock soared by more than 19% in out-of-hours trading — hitting its highest level in four years — after a…
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The USD/JPY pair builds on the previous day’s late rebound from the vicinity of mid-155.00s,…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kira Bella, 25, the CEO of Kirameki, an experiential travel company in Japan. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… After graduating from college, I made plans to travel indefinitely, and I began with a year visiting 16…
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday the company’s latest round of layoffs is tied to increased spending on artificial intelligence, while leaving the door open to additional job cuts. Zuckerberg made the remarks during a company town hall, his first time addressing employees since Meta confirmed plans to cut roughly…
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One Elon Musk company made over half a billion dollars selling to two other companies in the Musk universe. Loading audio narration… Tesla generated $573 million in revenue last year, selling cars and battery systems to SpaceX and xAI, according to a regulatory filing uploaded on Thursday.Tesla said it made…
