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AI mania tanks CoreWeave’s Core Scientific acquisition — it buys Python notebook Marimo |
11:53 AM PDT · October 31, 2025 Core Scientific shareholders on Thursday voted down an all-stock acquisition offer from partner and competitor CoreWeave that was…
Bluesky hits 40 million users, introduces 'dislikes' beta |
Social network Bluesky, which on Friday announced a new milestone of 40 million users, will soon start testing “dislikes” as a way to improve personalization…
What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about AOL’s acquirer |
Bending Spoons’ four cofounders this week joined the billionaire ranks. CEO Luca Ferrari’s stake in the Milan-based tech conglomerate is now reportedly worth $1.4 billion,…
AI researchers 'embodied' an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams |
The AI researchers at Andon Labs — the people who gave Anthropic Claude an office vending machine to run and hilarity ensued — have published…
Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs |
As tech companies tout their plans for massive new data centers, consumers are increasingly worried the AI-driven gold rush will ultimately drive up the price…
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls the prediction markets |
9:59 AM PDT · November 1, 2025 On Thursday, at the end of Coinbase’s third quarter earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted that he was…
Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster |
1:01 PM PDT · November 1, 2025 Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X.…
How AI labs use Mercor to get the data companies won’t share |
Instead of signing expensive contracts with companies for their data, AI labs these days are trying a new tack: tapping former senior employees from those…