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Mystery will may reveal Zappos founder’s final wishes According to the WSJ, a recently discovered will suggests late Zappos co-founder Tony Hsieh had concrete plans for his fortune despite previous…
IBM effected by DOGE cuts, downplays impact during Q1 earnings call Tech and consulting giant IBM was not immune to the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cuts. IBM had 15…
Windsurf slashes prices as competition with Cursor heats up AI coding assistant startup Windsurf cut its prices “across the board” it announced on Monday, touting “massive savings” for its users…
Tesla begins ‘FSD Supervised’ ride-hail tests with employees in Austin, Bay Area Tesla has started testing its autonomous ride-hail service with employees in Austin and the Bay Area ahead of…
Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps … yet Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there’s currently a loophole thanks to how the social…
OpenAI seeks to make its upcoming open AI model best-in-class Toward the end of March, OpenAI announced its intention to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 sometime this…
Netflix aims to be a trillion-dollar company, says co-CEO At Semafor’s 2025 Word Economy Summit on Wednesday, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he believes Netflix’s long-term goal to achieve a…
19 US fintech startups have raised over $50M in 2025 so far After a sluggish couple of years, fintech appears to be making a comeback. In the first quarter of…
Discord appoints former Activision Blizzard exec Humam Sakhnini as CEO Amid rumors that the company is eyeing an IPO, Discord appointed former Activision Blizzard Vice Chairman Humam Sakhnini as CEO.…
OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 may be less aligned than the company’s previous AI models In mid-April, OpenAI launched a powerful new AI model, GPT-4.1, that the company claimed “excelled” at following instructions.…