When your core product tanks public opinion, apparently the solution is to save humanity—at least until the next quarterly earnings call.
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Read full article →When your five-year plan hinges on admitting you don't know what you're doing, you've entered a new era of CEO candor.
Read full article →Nothing says 'rigorous fundamental analysis' like becoming bullish on a gambling app when politics gets weird.
Read full article →Europe's landmark AI Act moves from aspirational rulebook to actual enforcement, forcing the industry to discover compliance exists.
Read full article →Two companies claiming to be humanity's firewall against AI risk just publicly disagreed on whether to hit the brakes—and guessed wrong about which one should.
Read full article →Big Tech's capex splurge makes the dot-com bubble look like prudent financial planning.
Read full article →Regulatory agencies finally notice that Andreessen Horowitz and friends have been playing musical chairs with startup governance for decades.
Read full article →The entire trillion-dollar AI boom just discovered its most inconvenient opponent: voters who live near data centers.
Read full article →The retail giant abandons its proprietary payment religion just as the market moved on without it.
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