Elon Musk wants you to know Sam Altman received a refund for his Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still swiping at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. The two founders of OpenAI, of which Altman is CEO, have since sparred on social media, court filings and company blog posts. The latest exchange began when Altman posted what he called a “three-act story.” The screenshot shows […]
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls prediction markets
On Thursday, at the end of Coinbase’s third-quarter earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted he was “a little bit distracted” because he was “following the prediction market of what Coinbase will say on its next earnings call.” “And I would like to add the words Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain, Staking, Web3 here just to make sure […]
AI researchers begin to ’embodi’ LLM into robots and channel Robin Williams
AI researchers at Andon Labs (the same people who made a fuss by giving Anthropic Claude an office vending machine) have announced the results of a new AI experiment. This time, they programmed a vacuum cleaner robot with a variety of state-of-the-art LLMs as a way to see how ready LLMs are to materialize. They […]
What is Bent Spoon? Everything you need to know about AOL’s acquirer
This week, the four co-founders of Bending Spoons joined the ranks of billionaires. CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based technology conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion, while co-founders Matteo Danieli, Luca Querella and Francesco Patarnello each hold shares worth $1.3 billion, according to Forbes estimates based on shareholder data published by the Italian […]
Bluesky reaches 40 million users and introduces “dislike” beta
Social network Bluesky, which announced a new milestone of 40 million users on Friday, will soon begin testing “dislikes” as a way to improve personalization in places like the main Discover feed. This news was shared along with a number of other conversation controls updates and changes, including small adjustments to replies, improved detection of […]
Government hackers infiltrated telecommunications giant Ribbon for months before being arrested
US telecommunications giant Ribbon has admitted in an official document that government-backed hackers had access to its network for almost a year before being arrested. The major telecommunications company said in its 10th quarter disclosure document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week that in December 2024, “a suspected nation-state actor had […]
Perplexity signs multi-year licensing agreement with Getty Images
AI search startup Perplexity has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Getty Images, giving it permission to display Getty images across its AI-powered search and discovery tools. The deal marks a notable change for the company, which has been hit by allegations of content scraping and plagiarism, and signals an effort to establish more formal […]
Tim Cook says Apple is open to M&A in the AI field
Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled to investors that the company remains open to acquisitions and partnerships to move things forward in the AI space. The comments were made this week during the company’s 2025 Q4 earnings conference. The executive also provided a brief update on Apple’s next-generation AI-powered Siri, saying the service is still on […]
Luminar warns of layoffs, CFO loss, lack of funding
Lidar maker Luminar warned shareholders that it would run out of cash in early 2026 and announced a 25% reduction in its workforce – its second layoff this year – to stem the bleeding, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. It was not immediately clear how many workers would be affected. Luminar started this […]
Reddit CEO says chatbots aren’t driving traffic
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said AI chatbots are not a major traffic driver for the social platform, even though companies like OpenAI and Google have seen advances in people using AI for search. During Reddit’s Q3 2025 conference call, the executive said Google search and direct visits continue to be the biggest drivers of traffic. […]