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Former Google, Tinder, and AWS interns share 4 tips for turning an internship into a full-time offer
It’s almost the end of summer, which means interns everywhere are approaching the looming question they’ve probably been avoiding: Am I getting a return offer? The job market may feel more chaotic and competitive than usual — and AI certainly adds a layer of uncertainty as it reshapes the workforce…
An industrywide power crunch is changing how Amazon runs its e-commerce empire
Amazon’s huge e-commerce business is redesigning its cloud setup as power and data center capacity become increasingly constrained. The multiyear effort, known internally as “Region Flex,” aims to reduce the concentration of Amazon’s online retail operations in a handful of large AWS regions and…
Tesla reveals solar plans that could advance Elon Musk’s push to outpace US panel capacity
Tesla has revealed a $10.1 billion proposal for a solar factory in Texas, offering the clearest look yet at how CEO Elon Musk could pursue his ambitions to ramp up solar manufacturing in the US, documents show. In a tax-incentive application filed in Texas, Tesla proposed a solar factory…
Paul Graham’s advice to founders struggling to make time for family: ‘You can’t get those years back’
Y Combinator cofounder Paul Graham is back at the startup accelerator this week, talking with founders about the challenges they’re facing — including how to make time for family. Graham said on X on Wednesday that it’s one of the most common questions he gets from founders of “big, established YC…
Moscow says it knows where Western ships sail as Putin threatens to seize vessels
Moscow says it knows where Western commercial ships are sailing, as President Vladimir Putin threatens retaliation if Europe starts seizing Russian vessels. The warning comes as European countries step up efforts to disrupt Russia’s maritime oil trade and its so-called shadow fleet, part of a…
Garry Tan says founders who tokenmaxx on AI agents will be 2 years ahead
Y Combinator’s CEO has a message for founders worried about burning too many AI tokens: Burn, baby, burn. On an episode of the A16z podcast released on Wednesday, Garry Tan said that founders should give themselves permission to spend heavily on AI tokens — even if it comes with a hefty price tag…
Jennifer Garner, 54, says there’s an advantage to becoming an entrepreneur later in life
Jennifer Garner, 54, said entering the business world later in her career has made it easier to admit what she doesn’t know. Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of “Forbes Talks,” the actor said one thing she enjoys about entrepreneurship is getting to be a beginner again. “I’m learning. This is all new…
I was rejected from the H-1B lottery 3 times. I spent $13,000 to secure another way to stay in the US.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sohan Sethi, 29, an Indian national who faced three H-1B lottery rejections before becoming an O-1 visa holder. He works in data analytics and AI at a healthcare company. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was sitting at the…
David Protein founder’s candy launch is full of AI typos. The brand’s president says it’s intentional ‘rage bait.’
In HallPass’ product shot, sugar is “suger,” and package is “pacaage.” The lower-calorie candy company comes from some big names in food. Its cofounders are Peter Rahal, the cofounder of David Protein and RxBar, and Michael Tierney, the founder of Stuffed Puffs. It also operates under Medici…
A ‘made with AI’ label on Karoline Leavitt’s departure message on X intensifies the AI watermark debate
Karoline Leavitt’s goodbye to the White House came with an unexpected disclosure. The outgoing White House press secretary announced Wednesday that she would leave her role at the end of August after struggling to balance the job’s demands with raising two young children. “The truth is since…