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Alistair Barr

Not your father's Amazon

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Alistair Barr

How Anthropic is rewriting startup pay.

Anthropic's meteoric rise in valuation from $12.5 billion to $183 billion is rewriting startup pay, creating generational wealth for its engineers.

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp says top tech talent is about to get 'crazy valuable'

Palantir CEO hinted that the company could become leaner.

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AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot

Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneer in artificial intelligence. Now the AI godfather says an ex-girlfriend used it to break up with him.

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Elon Musk, who owns X, smiles in front of a purple backdrop.

Here's everything that's happened to Twitter since Elon Musk bought it and renamed it X

Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, now X, has had a huge effect on the social media platform. Here's all the changes he's made.

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A man sits next to a sign that reads, "Hunger strike Day 2 Deepmind stop the AI race."

The threat of 'superhuman' AI has sparked hunger strikes outside the offices of Anthropic and DeepMind

Two men on hunger strike outside the offices of Anthropic in San Francisco and DeepMind in London highlight the intense fears around AI development.

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The Pylon team is pictured in the Seoul airport.

I'm spending $170,000 to take my startup to Hawaii for the week. It's worth it.

Pylon CEO Marty Kausas said the off-sites help recruit talent, reward hard workers, and differentiate from a big company.

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Inside the lucrative, surreal, and disturbing world of AI trainers

There are no ghosts in the AI machine — just legions of hidden humans training chatbots to act more like us.

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Trump's Intel deal is drawing praise from an unusual place

"I am glad the Trump administration is in agreement with the amendment I offered three years ago to the CHIPS Act," Sen. Bernie Sanders said.

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I deleted every app on my phone except for calls and texts. It changed how I thought, slept, and spoke to people.

I deleted Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Spotify, YouTube, Google Maps, WhatsApp, and even email. I cleared my phone so I could have a clear mind.

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A woman in a light blue sundress stands outdoors smiling at the camera. She holds a leafy tree branch in front of her, with more greenery surrounding her in the background.

I was laid off 3 times in 2 years working in tech. Rather than get laid off again, I'm going back to school.

A former tech sales professional left the industry to become a teacher for more fulfillment and job security.

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man with his arms oflded, phone going into a yondr pouch

Katie Notopoulos

Yondr's CEO, who makes cellphone pouches for schools and concerts, uses only a flip phone — and stays off social media

Yondr makes the zippered pouches for phone-free zones, like schools and concerts. We asked the CEO about social media — and why he uses a flip phone.

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Elon Musk could get a $1 trillion pay package — but he has to find his successor first

Elon Musk's $1 trillion Tesla pay package requires finding a successor, which could be a tall order for a brand so tied to its CEO.

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Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk laughs during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, Britain, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.

Alistair Barr

Not your father's Amazon

How Anthropic is rewriting startup pay.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says top tech talent is about to get 'crazy valuable'

AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot

Here's everything that's happened to Twitter since Elon Musk bought it and renamed it X

The threat of 'superhuman' AI has sparked hunger strikes outside the offices of Anthropic and DeepMind

I'm spending $170,000 to take my startup to Hawaii for the week. It's worth it.

Inside the lucrative, surreal, and disturbing world of AI trainers

Trump's Intel deal is drawing praise from an unusual place

I deleted every app on my phone except for calls and texts. It changed how I thought, slept, and spoke to people.

I was laid off 3 times in 2 years working in tech. Rather than get laid off again, I'm going back to school.

Yondr's CEO, who makes cellphone pouches for schools and concerts, uses only a flip phone — and stays off social media

Elon Musk could get a $1 trillion pay package — but he has to find his successor first

The crackdown on Elon Musk's pay has backfired spectacularly

Why AI chatbots hallucinate, according to OpenAI researchers

The best 100-inch TVs of 2025 for a theater-like experience at home