Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sought to ingratiate themselves with President Donald Trump after he won the 2024 election, and in return he mocked their efforts behind their backs, according to a new book by The New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. Zuckerberg once texted Trump a photo…
Rivian has been sued over allegations that the EV maker made false claims about the autonomous driving capabilities of its R1T truck and R1S SUV models. The class action complaint, which was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, focuses on the first-generation models of the R1T and R1S…
Europe wants more control over the infrastructure behind AI, and Alibaba Cloud wants a bigger role in that market. The company has launched its first cloud region in France, adding two availability zones in Paris for European businesses weighing local cloud hosting, data sovereignty, and AI infrastructure needs. The expansion gives European companies another regional…
SAVE $49: An annual Walmart+ membership is on sale for $49, down from the standard price of $98. That’s a 50% discount. $49 at Walmart $98 Save $49 We’re just days away from Amazon Prime Day. This year, Amazon decided to move the sale to the end of June, which means all competing retailers…
If anyone in tech has already started their Hot IPO Summer, it’s Silicon Valley’s elite wealth advisers. Two private wealth managers who work with high-net-worth techies told me they’ve seen an uptick in activity from their client base, some of whom are expecting a big liquidity event this year. We’re talking, of course, about the…
Spotify’s move to cater to music’s superfans is now going live. On Thursday, the streaming giant announced the launch of “Reserved by Spotify,” a new system that will identify eligible top fans of an artist, then hold two tour tickets for them before the general ticket sale opens. The feature will first be available starting…
A claimed breach at Novo Nordisk is putting more than patient privacy under the microscope. Hackers from FulcrumSec say they stole 1.3TB of data from the Danish pharmaceutical giant behind Ozempic and Wegovy after spending more than two months inside its systems, according to Reuters. Novo Nordisk has confirmed unauthorized access to a limited number…
One of the popular ideas related to artificial intelligence is that it’ll pave the way for vastly cheaper, advanced medical exams. A movie version of this is the home MRI-like machine, with the protagonist stepping inside it and getting a full body scan and an assessment within minutes (remember the healing med-bay in Elysium?). Now,…
I first learned about Pura from a friend whose house always smelled like a high-end boutique under every circumstance. Cooking project, water leak … no matter what was going on in her house at the time, I only ever smelled berries. I have two cats and a multi-sports-playing teen—I knew I needed this. Now, after…
Relativity Space—a rocket maker acquired by former Google executive chair Eric Schmidt last year after stumbling on the path to orbit—might just beat SpaceX to Mars. On Tuesday, NASA said it hired the company to build a spacecraft to house a suite of scientific instruments, launch it into space, and fly it to Mars. The…
