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Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

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Disney’s Streaming Business Finally Finds Its Rhythm

As Bob Iger nears the halfway point of his four-year contract heading The Walt Disney Company (DIS), the media mogul is well on his way to leaving...

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The 12 Executives Behind Nvidia’s Unprecedented A.I. Domination

Above a table in a San Jose, Calif., Denny’s hangs a plaque that reads: “The booth that launched a $1 trillion company.” The breakfast spot is...

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CEO Alex Chriss Wants PayPal to Be More Than Just a Payments Company

Alex Chriss has only been at the helm of PayPal (PYPL) for just over a year, but that hasn’t stopped the CEO from implementing a series of...

13.11.2024 4

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A.I. Safety Institute Defends the Future of U.S. Tech Policy as Trump’s New Era Looms

Trump’s tech shake-up is on the horizon, putting the U.S. A.I. Safety Institute in the hot seat. Can safety and innovation coexist in the race for...

12.11.2024 3

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Sam Altman Has a Side Project Called ‘World’ Aimed at Tackling a World Ruled by A.I.

The past two years have been action-packed for Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. But that hasn’t stopped the A.I....

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Rivian CEO’s Next Big Bet: Bringing Luxury EV Appeal to the Mass Market

Rivian, the Irvine-based EV maker with a knack for California luxury, finds itself straddling a fine line: wild popularity on one coast, but fierce...

08.11.2024 4

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Anthropic Joins A.I. Giants to Provide Models to US Defense Agencies

Anthropic, a competitor to OpenAI that has positioned itself as a more safety-conscious alternative, announced today (Nov. 7) that it will provide...

08.11.2024 5

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Andreessen Horowitz Founders Notice A.I. Models Are Hitting a Ceiling

Despite continuing to bet big on A.I. startups and chip programs, the founders of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz say they’ve noticed a...

07.11.2024 4

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Laundry-Folding Robots Are Finally Here—and They’re Backed by Jeff Bezos and OpenAI

San Francisco-based Physical Intelligence is working to tackle one of the most difficult tasks of A.I. application.

06.11.2024 5

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Meta’s Data Center Expansion Hits an Unexpected Roadblock: Bees

Like its Big Tech rivals, Meta (META) has been on a voracious spending spree lately to build data centers to power its A.I. ambition. But the Mark...

06.11.2024 5

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‘Godmother of A.I.’ Fei-Fei Li Has No Idea What A.G.I. Means

"I don't spend too much time thinking about these words because I think there's so many important things to do."

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University A.I. Programs See Massive Enrollment Surges Thanks to ChatGPT

Schools that offer A.I.-focused degrees have recently witnessed significant surges in student interest.

05.11.2024 1

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5 Space Missions to Watch In November 2024: ESA’s Artificial Solar Eclipse, Blue Origin and More

It’s been an action-packed month in space. Earlier in October, SpaceX hit a major milestone when the fifth Starship test flight successfully...

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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Shares His First Impression of ‘Apple Intelligence’

The Apple co-founder said he prefers "Actual Intelligence" to A.I.

04.11.2024 4

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WordPress’s Costly Trademark Battle With WP Engine Is ‘Worth It’, Says CEO Matt Mullenweg

WordPress, the open-source content management system that powers more than 40 percent of all websites on the internet, is currently engaged in a fiery...

01.11.2024 4

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Tim Cook Says Apple Intelligence Is Twice as Popular as Previous iOS Updates

Apple (AAPL)’s new A.I.-infused software update, iOS 18.1, has only been available for three days. But, according to CEO Tim Cook, it’s already...

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Tim Cook and His 11 Lieutenants Who Run Apple’s $3.5T Tech Empire

Most of Apple's top executives report directly to the iPhone maker's CEO Tim Cook.

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Meta’s Ad Business Is Booming, But Its A.I. Bets Have Yet to Pay Off

Meta reported record ad revenue in the last quarter, but it wasn't enough to impress investors.

31.10.2024 5

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A.I. Is Boosting Google Earnings and Changing How Engineers Work, Says CEO Pichai

Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent company of Google (GOOGL), surprised Wall Street yesterday (Oct. 29) with better-than-expected financial results for the...

30.10.2024 5

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The 13 Executives Running Google and Alphabet’s Other Moonshot Projects

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were still Ph.D. students at Stanford University when they launched a startup, called Google (GOOGL), dedicated to...

29.10.2024 4

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A Year After Matthew Perry’s Death, a Foundation Is Keeping His Legacy Alive

A year ago, Lisa Kasteler was preparing to retire from a lengthy career in publicity that included a longstanding working relationship with the actor...

28.10.2024 5

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Bill Gates Turns 69: Five Career, Life and Health Lessons About Growing Old

Bill Gates turns 69 today (Oct. 28). The tech leader was only 20 when he co-founded Microsoft (MSFT), the powerhouse tech company that makes up the...

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Elon Musk Says Driving a Non-Autonomous Gas Car Will Be Like Using a Flip Phone

Tesla (TSLA) surprised Wall Street yesterday (Oct. 23) with a strong third-quarter earnings report amid a tough market for the electric vehicle...

24.10.2024 4

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Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Defends Updating the Streamer’s Iconic Culture Memo

"We want it to reflect how we work, not dictate how we work," said Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos of the company's renowned culture memo.

23.10.2024 4

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Jeff Bezos and Fiancée Lauren Sánchez Are Donating $60M to Restore Land Across US

Billionaire Jeff Bezos is making progress on the decade-long climate pledge he first made in 2020. Alongside his fiancée Lauren Sánchez, the Amazon...

23.10.2024 4

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Hans Zimmer Doesn’t Want to Hear About A.I. Music

"I would never write a piece of music using A.I. to help me because I want it to be my piece," said the Oscar-winning composer.

22.10.2024 2

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Head of World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Sees a Problem With the A.I. Hype

The concentration of large A.I. companies "is absolutely worrying."

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Sundar Pichai Explains Why Google Keeps Spending on Lavish Office Perks

The benefit of employee perks like free meals "far dwarfs the costs associated with it," said the Google CEO.

21.10.2024 8

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Mulls Acquiring the Company He Formerly Led for 12 Years

Uber wants to expand its services to create a so-called 'super-app.'

18.10.2024 4

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Netflix Added 5M Subscribers in Q3 Despite Lingering Effects of Hollywood Strikes

The impacts of last year’s Hollywood strikes are still being felt at Netflix (NFLX), according to the streaming giant’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos....

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Hedge Funds’ New Approach to Shareholder Activism: Podcast

From celebrities to politicians, it seems everyone has a podcast these days. Now, even hedge funds are branching out into the medium in an effort to...

17.10.2024 4

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Amazon, Google and Microsoft All Go Nuclear to Power A.I. Ambitions: What to Know

Like its Big Tech competitors, Amazon (AMZN) is betting on nuclear power to meet A.I.’s energy demands. The company today (Oct. 16) announced a slew...

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Starbucks Is Returning to Its Roots in Premium Coffee Under Turnaround CEO

The days of saving a few pennies on your daily coffee runs are over. Starbucks (SBUX), the world’s largest coffee chain, is pivoting away from...

16.10.2024 5

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What Makes SpaceX’s 5th Starship Test Flight Such a Historic Milestone?

In an impressive feat of engineering, Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully retrieved the booster of a Starship prototype on the land for the first time...

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Nobel Prize-Winning Demis Hassabis’s A.I. Startup Is Spending Heavily On Drug Discovery

Fresh off a Nobel Prize win, Google DeepMind's CEO and founder Demis Hassabis has no plans to slow down his A.I. ambitions anytime soon.

15.10.2024 8

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Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Group of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Amid Nuclear Tensions

Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese group representing survivors of the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are this year’s recipients of the...

12.10.2024 5

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Elon Musk’s Tesla Robotaxi Reveal Is Filled With Glamour But Missing Details

Tesla's new 'Cybercab' will be priced at below $30,000 and begin production in 2026, according to Elon Musk.

11.10.2024 3

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A.I.’s Sweep Reignites Debate Over Whether It’s Time to Modernize the Nobel Prizes

A.I.-focused researchers have already won two of the prestigious Nobel Prizes this year.

10.10.2024 4

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Melinda French Gates Launches a $250M Open Call to Bolster Women’s Health

The philanthropist plans to dole out millions to organizations working to improve the physical and mental health of women.

09.10.2024 7

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‘Godfather of A.I.’ Geoffrey Hinton Wins the Nobel Prize in Physics

The acclaimed A.I. researcher is now a Nobel Prize laureate.

08.10.2024 8

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How Do Nobel Prize Recipients Spend Their Winnings?

The first of six 2024 Nobel Prizes was announced yesterday (Oct. 7), with a pair of U.S. scientists receiving the prize for physiology or medicine....

08.10.2024 4

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OpenAI Secures $10B in One Week—But It’s Also Burning Cash at Record Speed

Fresh off a giant funding round that valued OpenAI at $157 billion, the ChatGPT maker has secured even more financial backing through a credit...

05.10.2024 20

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Japan’s Richest Man, Uniqlo CEO Tadashi Yanai, Gives a Record Gift to UCLA

Michael Emmerich, a professor of Japanese literature at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), was helping Uniqlo translate its advertising...

04.10.2024 6

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Costco Made a Fortune on Gold Bars. Now It’s Selling Platinum Ones, Too.

Amongst Costco (COST)’s offerings of appliances, groceries and its famed $1.50 hotdog, members of the warehouse club in recent months have also been...

04.10.2024 4

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Says A.I. Will Soon Be 10,000 Times Smarter Than Humans

Human happiness will be A.I.'s "greatest reward," according to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son.

03.10.2024 4

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Ultra-Rich Families Are Nervous About the $84 Trillion Generational Wealth Transfer

The largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history is currently underway, with an estimated $84 trillion expected to change hands over the next...

03.10.2024 6

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Under New Leadership, Nike Is Returning to Its Roots in Running

For decades, Nike (NKE) was a dominant leader in running shoes and running culture. However, the sneaker maker has lost its grip in recent years as...

02.10.2024 4

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Treasury Department, Hospitals Among Top Employers Offering A.I.-Related Jobs: Study

Big Tech is undoubtedly leading the pack when it comes to shepherding in the A.I. revolution. But they’re not the only ones hiring talent to help...

01.10.2024 4

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SoftBank to Invest $500M in OpenAI for the First Time—Is It Late to the Party?

SoftBank (SFTBF) is looking to invest in OpenAI for the first time. The Japanese conglomerate helmed by billionaire Masayoshi Son has reportedly...

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Nuclear Power Won’t Solve A.I.’s Energy Problem, Says Hedge Fund Mogul David Tepper

"If you're going to meet the power needs of what they need for A.I., you're going to have to use natural gas," said Appaloosa's David Tepper.

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