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AI headshots are changing the way job seekers are seen and get hired
AI headshots are becoming popular on LinkedIn and in professional portfolios as job seekers look for affordable profile pictures to give them an edge.Since first impressions happen almost entirely through a screen, a clean, appealing…
Proxy advisor ISS opposes Tesla CEO Elon Musk $1 trillion pay plan
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023.Gonzalo Fuentes | ReutersTop proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services is…
Silicon Valley spooks the AI safety advocates
Silicon Valley leaders including White House AI & Crypto Czar David Sacks and OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon caused a stir online this week for their comments about groups promoting AI safety. In separate instances, they…
Kremlin’s Russia-Alaska tunnel pitch to Musk is ‘interesting’
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsKremlin envoy proposes 'Putin-Trump tunnel' to link Russia and U.S.
ReutersPresident Donald Trump said Friday that a Russian proposal for Elon Musk and his tunneling business, the Boring Company, to…
Stellantis teams up with Pony.ai to develop robotaxis in Europe
Automaker Stellantis and Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai have signed a non-binding agreement to build robotaxis for deployment in Europe.
The collaboration will integrate Pony’s self-driving software into Stellantis’s…
Benioff SF troop comment lead Ron Conway resign Salesforce Foundation
Ron Conway, founder of SV Angel, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2015 conference in New York on May 4, 2015.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDays after suggesting that President Donald Trump should send federal troops to…
U.S. set to block Hong Kong’s HKT from U.S. networks
People walk past a PCCW sign in Hong Kong.Mike Clarke | AFP | Getty Images Regulators in the U.S. have moved to block one of Hong Kong's largest telecommunications companies from accessing domestic networks, citing national security…
Defunct electric aircraft startup Lilium’s tech lives on over at Archer
Electric aircraft startup Lilium may have ceased operations a year ago, but its insolvency filing wasn’t quite the end of the German-based company.
There were multiple failed attempts to restructure the company, including a last-ditch…
Oracle stock rises as company confirms Meta cloud deal
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, center, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump,…
Jack & Jill raises $20 million to bring conversational AI to job-hunting
Between infinitely scrolling job boards and the puzzling rise of fake applicants using AI to apply en masse, job-searching has quickly become one of the most bewildering experiences the internet has to offer. Listings are posted and…
PayPal’s crypto partner mints $300 trillion stablecoins in ‘technical error’
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021. Dado Ruvic | ReutersPaxos, the blockchain partner of PayPal, mistakenly minted $300 trillion of the online payment giant's…
U.S. federal AI regulation is on the way, Sen. Marsha Blackburn
As U.S. states start to react to growing constituent concerns around the risks associated with artificial intelligence use, Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn said moving forward with a federal preemption standard is…
Electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies seeks to raise $825M in IPO
Electric aviation startup Beta Technologies has priced shares for its initial public offering between $27 and $33, in hopes of raising as much as $825 million, according to a regulatory document filed with the U.S. Securities and…
Walmart is deploying millions of IoT sensors across U.S.
Walmart is deploying millions of ambient Internet of Things battery-free sensors throughout its massive supply chain in the U.S.The retail giant is using technology from Wiliot in what the IoT vendor is calling the first large-scale…
Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in London in 2026
Waymo said on Wednesday it will offer a commercial robotaxi service in London in 2026, marking the Alphabet-owned company’s second international expansion following Tokyo.
The announcement follows weeks of speculation fueled by a…
ASML Q3 earnings report
Employees assemble a ASML NXT1970Ci photolithography machine at the ASML Holding factory in Veldhoven, Netherlands.Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML on Wednesday looked to calm concerns over…
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for adult users
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday the company will soon relax some of ChatGPT’s safety restrictions, allowing users to make the chatbot’s responses friendlier or more “human-like,” and for “verified adults” to…
Salesforce will bring Agentforce to OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff participates in an interview during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025.Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSalesforce is ramping up partnerships with leaders in generative…