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Investor Matt Shumer says viral essay wasn’t meant to scare people
Investor Matt Shumer ignited a firestorm on social media this week with an essay that warned about the disruptive potential of AI. More than 80 million views later, he said it “wasn’t meant to scare people.” “I want to be very clear about this, the article wasn’t meant to scare people in this way,” Shumer […]
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Anthropic taps ex-Microsoft CFO, Trump aide Liddell for board
Chris Liddell, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, listens during an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, June 26, 2020. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anthropic on Friday announced it has appointed longtime executive and political operative […]
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Roku stock surges on earnings beat, record quarter for premium subscriptions
Shares of Roku jumped more than 6% on Friday after the video streaming company posted fourth-quarter results that trounced analysts’ expectations and offered strong guidance. Here’s how the company did based on analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 53 cents adjusted vs. 28 cents Revenue: $1.39 billion vs. $1.35 billion “The biggest driver […]
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Enterprise AI startup Cohere tops revenue target as momentum builds to IPO: Investor memo
Aidan Gomez, chief executive officer of Cohere Inc., at the Bloomberg Tech summit in London, UK, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence startup Cohere has told investors that it’s seeing momentum with enterprise customers, even as rivals like Google, Anthropic and OpenAI claw for market share. Cohere […]
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Waymo is paying DoorDash gig workers to close its robotaxi doors
A Waymo autonomous taxi outside the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Waymo’s cars are driven without humans. But when a departing passenger leaves a door open, the car won’t move until a person closes it. For that task, Waymo is […]
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Amazon’s Ring cancels Flock partnership amid Super Bowl ad backlash
Ring security cameras are displayed on a shelf at a Target store on June 01, 2023 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Ring is terminating its partnership with police tech provider Flock Safety, the Amazon-owned company announced Thursday. The partnership between Flock and Ring came under scrutiny after the Amazon doorbell company ran […]
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Pinterest shares tank 20% on earnings miss, weak guidance
Pinterest shares plunged as much as 20% in after-hours on Thursday after the social media company reported a fourth-quarter earnings miss and issued weak guidance. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: 67 cents adjusted vs. 69 cents expected Revenue: $1.32 billion vs. $1.33 billion expected Pinterest […]
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Airbnb shares rise on company’s revenue beat, rosy guidance
Shares of Airbnb were up about 2% in extended trading Thursday after the company reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations for revenue and offered rosy guidance for the current period. Here’s how the company did based on analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: 56 cents vs. 66 cents expected Revenue: $2.78 billion vs. $2.72 billion […]
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Anthropic closes $30 billion funding round as cash keeps flowing into top AI startups
CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters OpenAI has the largest private tech fundraising round on record. Rival Anthropic now has the second. Anthropic announced on Thursday the close of a $30 billion funding round […]
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Waymo begins deploying next-gen Ojai robotaxis to extend its U.S. lead
A Waymo autonomous vehicle outside the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Waymo on Thursday said it has begun using its sixth-generation driverless system to provide robotaxi rides to employees on Ojai vehicles, which use a base model made by Chinese […]
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