AI startup founder says he plans a ‘March for Billionaires’ to protest California’s wealth tax
The fight over California’s proposed “billionaire tax” is getting weird. This week, it was revealed that someone is planning a so-called “Billionaires’ March” in San Francisco as tech elites continue to hate each other over this much-maligned bill. A website promoting the event appeared online, but it offered little other than a meaningful tagline: “It’s […]
‘Industry’ Season 4 captures tech fraud better than any other show on TV right now
HBO’s hit financial thriller “Industry” had one of the most gripping storylines so far this season: the busting of a fraudulent fintech company called Tender. The show follows Harper Stern, who heads a newly formed investment firm and is looking for companies to short sell, essentially betting on stocks to collapse. After being tipped off […]
From Svedka to Anthropic, brands are boldly leveraging AI in their Super Bowl ads
Following last year’s trend of showcasing AI in multi-million dollar ad spots, the 2026 Super Bowl ad takes it a step further by leveraging AI to both create commercials and promote the latest AI products. Love it or hate it, this technology has become a star in its own right alongside the latest movie trailers […]
Prince Andrew’s advisor encouraged Jeffrey Epstein to invest in EV startups like Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors, an electric vehicle startup, was excited to raise a Series D funding round in 2017. The company had been courting Ford as a potential investor, but Jia Yueting, founder of rival EV startup Faraday Future, had secretly amassed a roughly 30% stake, effectively blocking any new investors. David Stern, the mysterious businessman and […]
AI agents could become lawyers after all
Last month, I wrote about Mercor’s new benchmarks that measure the ability of AI agents in specialized tasks such as law and corporate analysis. The scores at the time were pretty dire, with all major institutes scoring below 25%. Therefore, we conclude that lawyers are safe from AI exclusion, at least for now. But AI […]
Reddit says it’s considering further acquisitions in ad tech and other areas
Reddit told analysts on Thursday’s fourth-quarter earnings call that it is preparing for more M&A. Reddit CFO Andrew Vollero said the online forum site is looking for companies that can leverage Reddit’s scale, meaning their products will be more impactful once adopted by Reddit’s vast user base, or companies that can help the company grow […]
Here’s how Roblox’s age check works
A month after introducing mandatory facial recognition to access chat on the platform, Roblox said that as of January 31st, 45% of its daily active users were age-tested. The launch of Roblox’s age checks comes on the heels of a series of lawsuits over child safety, including lawsuits from the attorneys general of Texas, Kentucky, […]
A senator who has repeatedly warned about secret surveillance by the U.S. government issues a new alarm over “CIA activities”
A senior Democrat familiar with some of the U.S. government’s most secretive activities said he was “deeply concerned” about certain activities by the Central Intelligence Agency. The two-line letter, written by Sen. Ron Wyden, the longest-serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, does not specify the nature of the CIA’s activities or the senator’s specific […]
Kindle Scribe Colorsoft is an expensive but beautiful e-ink color tablet with AI features
If you primarily want to mark up, highlight, annotate, and even jot down notes on your e-books and documents on your tablet device, Amazon’s new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft may be worth the hefty investment. For others, it’s probably hard to justify the cost of an 11-inch, $630-plus e-ink tablet with a writable color display. However, […]
EU says TikTok must disable ‘addictive’ features like infinite scroll and fix recommendation engine
The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of intentionally designing its app to be “addictive”, with features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications, and a recommendation engine. In preliminary findings of an investigation aimed at determining whether TikTok complies with the European Union’s broader digital services law, the European Commission said the short video […]