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Dec 19, 2025
Tesla's CEO had his 2018 pay package reinstated, Sequoia's Shaun Maguire courts controversy once again, and two puppies enjoy a spa day
Dec 18, 2025
TikTok signs paperwork to form a U.S. version of its app, Trump Media merges with a nuclear fusion company, and a crazy cockatoo that just can't stop
Dec 17, 2025
Reports say OpanAI is talking to Amazon about an investment and a partnership, Cisco has been hacked, and hockey players face off over romance novels
Dec 16, 2025
Databricks is putting together a monster Series L, Waymo also looks to raise billions, and a $14,000 Christmas card
Dec 15, 2025
Tesla takes off with the news that it is ditching drivers, Lightspeed raises $9 billion across six funds, and "slop" is the word of the year
Dec 12, 2025
Traders voice their doubts about tech's massive AI outlays, Elon Musk stirs up a major fight with the EU, and a Phantom for the ages
Dec 11, 2025
OpenAI is giving up $1B in equity to license Disney's characters, Do Kwon gets a 15-year stretch, and all hail the shrimp tower
Dec 10, 2025
DeepSeek raises new questions about the Trump administration's plan to sell Nvidia chips to China, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk race to put data centers in space, and a baby is born in a Waymo
Dec 9, 2025
SpaceX shoots for the moon with its IPO, Boom aims its turbines at data centers, and beware the swag gap
Dec 8, 2025
Paramount Skydance takes on Netflix for control of Warner Bros., Tiger Global promises to be a more humble VC, and London flat or Swedish prison?
Dec 5, 2025
Netflix bets big on legacy media, SpaceX zeroes in on an $800B valuation, and an Elon Musk robot dog
Dec 4, 2025
Meta is considering cutting way back on its metaverse plans, Marc Benioff calls LLMs "the new disk drives," and an octopus that can play the piano
Meta poached Apple's design chief, VCs are using a "kingmaking" strategy to pick AI winners, and Waymos are increasingly becoming "confidently assertive"
Dec 2, 2025
OpenAI is feeling pressure from Google and Anthropic, Kalshi raises a minster round, and the latest trend in Japanese toilets
Dec 1, 2025
Apple's shake-up underlines its need for a more robust AI product, Bitcoin takes another header, and the new largest city in the world is ...
Nov 26, 2025
Apple is set to become the world's largest smartphone producer, Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus makes its first acquisition, and Leslie Jones talks turkey
Nov 25, 2025
Nvidia is feeling the heat from fraud claims, China rolls out an army of industrial robots, and Beef the bulldog takes Instagram by storm
Nov 24, 2025
Amazon's AWS is committing to spend $50 billion on government computing infrastructure, Sam Altman and Jony Ive say they've come up with OpenAI's first device, and a major cryptology group loses a password
Nov 21, 2025
Another SpaceX rocket explodes, Sam Altman warns OpenAI staffers that Google is catching up, and young men embrace “goodnight, bro”
The market initially rejoiced at Nvidia's numbers before falling back to Earth, Kalshi lines up a big round, and cow cuddling
Nov 19, 2025
Nvidia's huge revenue numbers provide support for AI bubble naysayers, Yann LeCun joins the Meta exodus, and private wellness clubs gain ground
Nov 18, 2025
Meta beat the FTC in a case that tested the limits of Big Tech acquisitions, crypto hits the skids, and a British advert for the ages
Nov 17, 2025
Jeff Bezos is betting big on AI, Peter Thiel's hedge fund dumps its Nvidia position, and $1,500 ear buds
Nov 14, 2025
Documents point to OpenAI's soaring revenue and compute costs, Meta vows to track its employees' “AI-driven impact,” and baseball in Dubai
Nov 13, 2025
Thinking Machines reportedly wants a 4x valuation bump after only 4 months, Chinese hackers are feasting on Anthropic, and the iPhone Pocket receives mixed reviews
