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I’m a founder and decadelong Microsoft engineer. Here’s who I’d hire to lead the next stage of AI.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rob Collie, a former Microsoft engineering leader. Collie’s book about organizational AI strategy, “Fair Game,” will be published on August 11. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. I spent 13 years at Microsoft and was one of…
The 10 Most Prestigious Streets To Own A Home In San Francisco, Ranked
Sotelo Avenue in Forest Hill is the most prestigious street to own a home in San Francisco. I know. Someone on Broadway just spit out their $28 espresso. Stay with me. For 25 years I’ve watched San Franciscans argue about neighborhoods when neighborhoods are the wrong unit of measurement. As a…
I’ve been to every major US national park. There are 5 I don’t plan on returning to, despite having great experiences there.
In my opinion, Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska is one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful places on earth. That’s why some may find it surprising that I don’t see myself going back anytime soon. Although I loved experiencing Glacier Bay on a Norwegian Bliss cruise, visiting can be both costly…
Palantir CEO says Dario Amodei is not the ‘caricature’ that Americans might believe him to be
Alex Karp continue to drag the AI labs — while defending one of their leaders, Dario Amodei. The Palantir CEO spent July outlining his thesis for “sovereign AI.” Firms should want to keep their data, he said; they shouldn’t fork it over to a third-party like OpenAI or Anthropic. (You might remember…
Phoebe Gates’ shopping app Phia is in damage control mode and offering refunds after a payment scandal
Clean up on aisle Phia. The shopping startup cofounded by Bill Gates’ 23-year-old daughter, Phoebe, is doing damage control after a bombshell Bloomberg report revealed it had been earning commissions on sales it didn’t help drive. Phia is working with at least one affiliate network, Impact.com, to…
Meet the Hunt family, the billionaires behind the Kansas City Chiefs and one of America’s richest dynasties
In May 2024, Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered a commencement speech at Benedictine College, a small private Catholic liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas. In his address, Butker told women in the audience they’d been told “the most diabolical lies” about the value in pursuing a career…
WaPo’s opinion editor is leaving a year after a controversial shake-up. Read his memo to staff.
The Washington Post’s opinion editor is leaving after about a year. Adam O’Neal was hired as part of owner Jeff Bezos’s push to champion “personal liberties and free markets” in the opinion section. O’Neal had been a correspondent at The Economist. A replacement hasn’t been named. Bezos unveiled…
Inside Goodwill, the world’s biggest thrift machine
Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a retail store. Now, Goodwill is using AI listing tools to sell the best items online before they ever reach the floor. That’s squeezing the flippers who built businesses on those finds…
20 Cheap Home Decor Stores That Let You Deck Out Your Home for Less
QualityHD / Shutterstock.com The expense of decorating your place can come as a shock. A couple of throw pillows, an area rug and some curtains could total up to more than a month’s rent. But you shouldn’t have to drain your bank account or go into debt adorning your home. Sure, you’ve probably…
The HIV shot that could change medicine is facing its biggest test: Getting to patients
For the first time in the four-decade fight against HIV, there is a “miracle” drug that can all but eliminate the risk of infection, but in the Latin American countries where it was tested, most people can’t afford it. Trials show that lenacapavir, made by Gilead Sciences, is almost 100% effective…