QR codes were once a quirky novelty that prompted a fun scan with the phone. Early on, you might have seen a QR code on a museum exhibit and scanned it to learn more about the eating habits of the woolly mammoth or military strategies of Genghis Khan. During the pandemic, QR codes became the default…
LEDs light up in a server rack in a data center. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images When it was reported last month that Anthropic’s Claude had resorted to blackmail and other self-preservation techniques to avoid being shut down, alarm bells went off in the AI community. Anthropic researchers say that making the…
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 29: The U.S. Department of Education is seen reflected in the windows of a building on April 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Washington Post | The Washington Post | Getty Images As the Trump administration and Congress narrow options for student loan repayment and forgiveness, a good place to look…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images At Tesla, vehicle sales are slumping, profits are thinning and revenue from regulatory credit sales are poised to dry up due to Republican-led…
Former NBC Cable President Tom Rogers is dialing back his bullishness on Netflix. The media trailblazer, who was a self-proclaimed “raging bull” on Netflix, told CNBC’s “Fast Money” this week he’s starting to worry — and listed competition with free content on YouTube as a headwind. “[Netflix] still [has] more hit shows than all the…
Tesla has opened the doors to its first diner Supercharger station in Los Angeles. CEO Elon Musk first teased the concept of building a drive-in themed charging station in 2018. On Monday, that vision was finally realized. Tesla describes the two-story restaurant, constructed of a steel exterior inspired by the Cybertruck, as retro-futuristic. It features…
A vehicle Tesla is using for robotaxi testing purposes on Oltorf Street in Austin, Texas, US, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Tim Goessman | Bloomberg | Getty Images In an earnings call this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased an expansion of his company’s fledgling robotaxi service to the San Francisco Bay Area and other…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes a keynote speech during the Meta Connect annual event, at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said Shengjia Zhao, the co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, will serve as the chief scientist of Meta Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg…
Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, appears at an event organized by the company. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Intel‘s stock dropped more than 8% after the chipmaker said it would slash foundry costs in its latest attempt to turn around its struggling business. Concerns about where that leaves Intel’s chip manufacturing business…
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, speaks on a panel titled Power, Purpose, and the New American Century at the Hill and Valley Forum at the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Palantir has hit another major milestone in its meteoric stock rise. It’s now one of…
