Author: News Room
Even off the clock, Danny Hamam feels like he’s falling behind.The software engineer, who lives in New York City, said every new AI tool release can trigger a fresh wave of anxiety.”The first thought that I get isn’t that, ‘Oh, this is so exciting. Another AI tool dropped.’ It’s, ‘I’m…
This World Cup will be the largest gambling event in US history. According to a PwC survey, 58% of Americans who plan to watch the World Cup will also plan to place a bet on a game.If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re considering one yourself.An expanded field…
Alex Karp has added to the growing list of billionaires buying large pieces of land for personal residences.The Palantir Technologies cofounder and CEO spent $120 million on a 3,720-acre ranch in Snowmass, Colorado — a ski town 15 miles north of Aspen.Karp, who’s worth $11.7 billion as of June 23,…
Cody Berman’s first entrepreneurial venture was a disc golf manufacturing company he started with a friend at 19.The business was not a financial home run, the now 30-year-old told Business Insider, but it taught him skills he would use for years: “I learned how to market, how to network, how…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matthew Willsey, a neurosurgeon who specializes in brain-computer interfaces. It has been edited for length and clarity.Before I became a neurosurgeon, I was an electrical engineer.I graduated from MIT with my undergraduate degree and pursued my master’s in electrical engineering. I…
After a long day selling multimillion-dollar condos in downtown Miami, Maile Aguila retreats to her five-acre farm about 30 miles south. The place is a far cry from the city’s soaring high-rises, where uber-rich buyers enjoy access to perks like indoor lap pools, private padel courts, and spacious balconies overlooking…
Polaroid is taking another shot at AI — this time by targeting the massive data centers powering the technology.The 89-year-old camera company recently unveiled a billboard at Brooklyn, New York’s iconic Coney Island Beach that reads: “Go jump in some water before the data centers drink it all up.”Polaroid is…
Fintech company Slash is touting a new product that doesn’t quite fit in line with its usual offerings — an AI-coded shooter game.In an X post on Tuesday, the San Francisco-based company wrote that one of its employees racked up a hefty AI coding bill building a video game.”We encouraged…
One AI startup just sued the US government for cutting its access to Anthropic’s top models.On Tuesday, legal tech company Legion filed a suit in Washington, D.C. over a government order requiring Anthropic to keep its models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 away from foreign nationals.Earlier this month, Anthropic said…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jareb Dougherty, 29, the co-owner of Donovan’s Irish Pub in St. Augustine, Florida. When his professional basketball career didn’t work out, he went on to manage a restaurant with his mother.It has been edited for length and clarity.When I say I…
