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Jim Farley, Ford's CEO, said a Toyota 4Runner made in Japan could cost $10,000 less than a Ford Bronco made in Michigan.
AI
2025-07-30T05:16:01Z
Elon Musk explains why xAI is calling its staff engineers, not researchers
"There are only engineers. Researcher is a relic term from academia," Musk said of xAI's approach.
News
2025-07-29T15:11:04Z
As it happened: A timeline of how the NYC shooting unfolded
Four victims, including an NYPD officer and a Blackstone executive, were killed in an NYC shooting at 345 Park Avenue.
AI
2025-07-28T05:16:28Z
Mark Cuban said the Trump administration needs to crack down on ads in AI models
"The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions," Cuban wrote on X.
Politics
2025-07-25T04:34:43Z
Elon Musk fires back at Trump's claim that his companies will still enjoy subsidies
The president said in a Truth Social post that he wanted Musk's businesses to "THRIVE like never before."
Tech
2025-07-24T06:43:04Z
Sam Altman is worried about one kind of tech messing with kids' brains — and it's not AI
Altman said the "short video feed dopamine hit" might be "messing with kids' brain development in a super deep way."
Tech
2025-07-24T04:21:01Z
Elon Musk says Tesla has started making the product investors have been begging for
"It's just a Model Y. Let the cat out of the bag there," Musk said when asked about Tesla's budget-friendly EV in an earnings call.
Health
2025-07-23T06:28:20Z
Longevity enthusiast Bryan Johnson says he doesn't want to run his antiaging company anymore
"I don't need the money, and it's a pain-in-the-ass company," Johnson said of Blueprint.
Politics
2025-07-22T05:32:38Z
Jon Stewart defended his friend Stephen Colbert in an f-bomb-filled monologue against CBS and the Trump administration
Stewart said CBS was hoping to get into President Donald Trump's good books by canceling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Military & Defense
2025-07-21T04:19:26Z
A Delta pilot narrowly avoided a B-52 collision in North Dakota: 'I don't know why they didn't give us a heads up at all'
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is America's oldest bomber and has been flying for the US Air Force for 70 years.
Travel
2025-07-21T00:00:01Z
The biggest tech shift in travel isn't AGI — it's real-time translation, says a luxury hotel mogul
"People can go to the remotest village in Japan or Indonesia and not feel strange at all," Kwon Ping Ho, the founder of Banyan Group, said.
Culture
2025-07-17T05:54:14Z
Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland just sold the brand for $245,300. He still owes his victims $26 million.
"Fyre Festival is just one chapter of my story, and I'm excited to move onto my next one," McFarland said following the sale.
AI
2025-07-16T08:02:29Z
Former OpenAI engineer says the ChatGPT-maker doesn't really use email
"An unusual part of OpenAI is that everything, and I mean everything, runs on Slack," Calvin French-Owen wrote on his blog.
AI
2025-07-16T05:22:51Z
Elon Musk's xAI is willing to pay up to $440k if you're an engineer who can make anime girl avatars
xAI released two AI "companions" on its Grok platform, a Japanese anime girl named "Ani" and an animated red panda called "Rudi."
AI
2025-07-16T04:43:08Z
White House AI czar says resuming Nvidia's chip sales to China is all about capping Huawei's growth
David Sacks said this would "deprive Huawei of basically having this giant market share in China."
Politics
2025-07-15T09:09:13Z
Obama slams Big Law attorneys who won't fight Trump because they want to 'finish that kitchen rehab' at their Hamptons homes
"I'm not impressed," former President Barack Obama said at a private fundraiser.
AI
2025-07-15T08:05:41Z
Perplexity's CEO says he's not interested in a Big Tech acquisition
Tech giants like Meta and Google have been making huge investments and poaching talent from AI startups like ScaleAI and Windsurf.
AI
2025-07-15T04:46:00Z
Elon Musk said a year ago that AI has no use at SpaceX. Now he's willing to pay $170k a head for AI engineers.
Musk said last year that SpaceX and Starlink "uses basically no AI" because they "haven't seen a use for it."
AI
2025-07-14T05:33:36Z
Jensen Huang explains how he uses different AIs to get the best response
"You know this is no different than getting three opinions. Three doctors' opinions. I do the same thing," Huang said.
AI
2025-07-14T04:07:14Z
Elon Musk says Tesla shareholders will vote on investing in xAI
Musk said "Tesla would have invested in xAI long ago" if it was up to him.