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Trump says Musk went ‘CRAZY,’ suggests cutting government contracts for his companies
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak before departing the White House on his way to his South Florida home in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on March 14, 2025. Roberto Schmidt | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday called Tesla CEO Elon Musk “CRAZY” and threatened to cut his companies’ government contracts […]
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Anduril raises funding at $30.5 billion valuation in round led by Founders Fund, chairman says
The Anduril Industries headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has raised $2.5 billion at a $30.5 billion valuation, including the new capital, Chairman Trae Stephens said on Thursday. “As we continue working on building a company that has […]
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After Trump pulled NASA nomination, Musk ally Jared Isaacman says stint in politics was ‘thrilling’
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Days after his nomination for […]
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Reddit sues AI startup Anthropic for breach of contract, ‘unfair competition’
Mateusz Slodkowski | Lightrocket | Getty Images Reddit is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic for what it’s calling a breach of contract and for engaging in “unlawful and unfair business acts” by using the social media company’s platform and data without authority. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco on Wednesday, claims that Anthropic has been […]
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Republican FCC commissioner Simington will step down this week
Nathan Simington, Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee hearing on March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing on oversight of the FCC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Republican Federal Communications Commission member Nathan Simington said Wednesday he plans to resign this […]
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Uber delivery chief Gore-Coty is leaving after almost 13 years at ride-hailing company
Uber said Monday that Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, one of the company’s longest-tenured top executives and the head of is delivery business is leaving after almost 13 years. Gore-Coty joined Uber as a general manager in France in 2012, and worked his way up to become vice president of mobility for the Europe and Middle East region […]
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Meta and Anduril defense startup partner on VR, AR project intended for U.S. Army
Palmer Luckey, Founder @ Oculus VR Andutil Industries, during day two of Collision 2019 at Enercare Center in Toronto, Canada. Stephen McCarthy | Sportsfile | Getty Images Meta and Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, announced Thursday that they’ve formed a partnership to create virtual and augmented reality devices intended for use by […]
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Elon Musk thanks Trump, says he’s leaving government work with DOGE
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacts while wearing a cap with the words “Gulf of America” as he attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters With his official stint in government coming to an end, Elon Musk thanked […]
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has 1 billion monthly active users
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant now has one billion monthly active users across the company’s family of apps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday at the company’s annual shareholder meeting. The […]
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Elon Musk’s xAI partners with messaging app Telegram in $300 million Grok deal
Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk’s startup xAI is paying the Dubai-based messaging platform Telegram $300 million to roll out its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced in a […]
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