Amazon’s path to net-zero carbon continues as the company announced Wednesday that it has agreed “to support the development” of several nuclear energy projects. “Nuclear is a safe source of carbon-free energy that can help power our operations and meet the growing demands of our customers while helping us progress toward our Climate Pledge commitment…
Nvidia is the second most valuable company in the world, with a market cap of over $3 trillion. At market close on Monday, shares of the AI chipmaker hit an unprecedented high of $138.07 before falling to $131.32 at the time of writing. Nvidia’s performance is tied to strong demand for its AI chips. Nvidia…
Microsoft has invested billions in AI and plans to reopen a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania to power the technology. Still, Marc Benioff, CEO of enterprise competitor Salesforce, says that Microsoft’s efforts aren’t enough and that Microsoft has actually done a “tremendous disservice” to the AI industry. “When you look at how Copilot has been…
In 2002, Chaya Conrad, a then Whole Foods bakery team leader in New Orleans, created a cake inspired by her grandmother. The fluffy yellow cake is layered with a frosting made with mascarpone and cream cheese and folded with berries. Over the last 22 years, the “Berry Chantilly” cake has become a wedding staple and…
At Tesla’s “We, Robot” event on Thursday, CEO Elon Musk announced the upcoming Cybercab robotaxi and 20-seater, self-driving Robovan, but the grand finale was a line of Optimus robots. Though Musk claimed that the humanoid robot was “the biggest product of any kind, ever,” new reports show that the futuristic robots were remotely controlled by…
The average Social Security payment is increasing by $48 per month next year. The Social Security Administration announced the 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025 on Thursday, marking the smallest increase since 2021. The average COLA was 2.6% across the past decade, with the 2024 change at 3.2%, according to the administration. The close to…
Leaders from Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon have hailed AI as the technology driving the next industrial revolution. And while AI can lead to business impact and productivity gains, it can also be “unreal and dystopian,” one Apple Intelligence user discovered. On Thursday, Nick Spreen, an app developer based in New York,…
Tesla’s “We, Robot” event Thursday night showed that Elon Musk is steering the electric car maker towards a self-driving future — one without steering wheels. Musk arrived at the event, held at Warner Bros. studio in Burbank, California, in a “Cybercab,” a self-driving car without the standard controls: no pedals, plug to charge, or steering…
Ryan Salame, a former FTX top executive who worked alongside Sam Bankman-Fried, is set to report to federal prison in Maryland on Friday. He pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud in May and will serve a sentence of seven-and-a-half years. Salame, 31, announced the change in location and scenery by updating his LinkedIn Thursday with…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rarely lays off employees and the people he hires seldom choose to leave the company, which is the second most valuable in the world. Though joining Nvidia’s 29,600-person workforce isn’t easy, Huang recently revealed how he approaches the hiring process — and it turns out that acing the interview isn’t the…
