Browser wars, a hallmark of the late 1990s tech world, are back with a vengeance—thanks to AI
Google has integrated Gemini into Chrome, while Perplexity and Opera have launched AI-native browsers too.
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I had a front-row seat to the social media revolution in global affairs roles at Twitter and Meta. The same mistakes are happening in AI
For over a decade, I worked in the engine room of the social media revolution. Some risks in the AI space look eerily familiar.
Why the New York Stock Exchange just crowned a Gen Z billionaire: Shayne Coplan figured out a society that gambles on everything
Coplan, 27, started Polymarket in the bathroom of his Lower East Side apartment.
Global selloff underway as traders sour on U.S. government shutdown and doubts about the Fed grow
It’s not chaos but it’s not good.
Ray Dalio says the U.S. is headed for civil war, with either side exerting ‘tests of power’ on their rivals
Dalio said there are two outcomes for America: Either the nation pulls together and rises above, or conflicting sides exert as much pain on the other as they can.
Rick Perry’s AI power startup Fermi already has a $16 billion market cap—and zero revenue
Fermi's partisan leanings even mean naming the site the "President Donald J. Trump Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus."
Wells Fargo was reeling from scandal. Jamie Dimon protégé Charlie Scharf bet his career on saving the 173-year-old bank
Regulators were circling. The stock was sinking. This is the inside story of how Scharf took the toughest job on Wall Street, and got a legendary corporation back on track.
Patagonia CEO says climate denialists are delusional: ‘If you step out of a window from the third floor talking about how gravity doesn’t exist, you’re still going to hit the ground’
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Battle over Elon Musk’s trillionaire pay package builds as pension funds face off against Tesla
Next month, investors will vote on setting Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the path to becoming the world’s first trillionaire.
