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Tim Cook is no longer Apple’s CEO, but he’ll continue to collect a CEO-sized paycheck.This week, Cook handed Apple’s reins to John Ternus after 15 years in charge, and took on the role of executive chair.Cook’s new job pays a $2 million salary instead of $3 million, and comes with…
I’ve never put $499 in my mouth before. I’ve never thought I needed to. Dyson, however, is trying to convince me otherwise.The $499 CameraJet is the first AI-powered toothbrush with a camera built into its brush head.In other words, it lets you livestream the inside of your mouth while you…
Skip the FOMO approach if you’re pitching Nicolas Sauvage.The founder and president of venture capital firm TDK Ventures said founders can’t sway him with claims that other investors are already buying in or that a funding round is quickly filling up.Sauvage told Business Insider that TDK Ventures takes a deliberate…
Not very long ago, if you asked someone what they thought about data centers, they might have asked you what a data center is.Now, an overwhelming majority of Americans know exactly what you’re talking about, and they’re against it. The anti-data center sentiment is so strong it has flipped politicians…
Here’s a novel problem companies may have to deal with in the AI era.A nefarious Big Tech employee leaves for a competitor with trade secrets, feeds them to an AI agent or model while employed by the competitor, and runs some tests using those secrets.Maybe the bad-apple employee then creates…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lauryn Bosstick, the 40-year-old founder and CEO of The Skinny Confidential, based in Austin. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Before founding The Skinny Confidential, I was bartending five to six nights a week while in college full-time. I also taught…
AI data centers have a branding problem, according to venture capitalist Gavin Baker.Baker is a longtime tech investor. He serves as managing partner and chief investment officer at the hedge fund Atreides Management, which has invested in multiple data center-related companies, such as Crusoe. On “The A16z Show,” he made…
Burning Man is falling out of favor with Gen Zers.As the annual counterculture festival kicks off in the Black Rock Desert of northwestern Nevada, the annual Black Rock City census survey, which tracks the demographics of festival attendees, shows that burners in their 20s hit a record low in 2025.According…
Ikea’s operators are betting more than a billion dollars on slashing the prices of some of its most popular products.Ikea’s largest franchise owner, Ingka Group, said Tuesday it would invest 1.2 billion euros, or about $1.39 billion, with other Ikea franchises and the Inter Ikea Group to lower prices for…
An entire batch of Russian low Earth orbit satellites, intended to help create Moscow’s version of Starlink, has failed to reach or remain at their anticipated altitudes just over a month after launch.The 16 Rassvet-3 satellites, launched on July 19, were originally supposed to orbit the Earth at an altitude of…
