Senate passes GENIUS stablecoin bill in a win for the crypto industry
In a 68-30 vote on Tuesday evening, the Senate overwhelmingly passed the GENIUS Act with bipartisan support. Eighteen Democrats joined the majority of Republicans in passing the bill, which is the first to establish a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins, crypto tokens that are pegged to the value of the
Read morePolice shut down Cluely’s party, the ‘cheat at everything’ startup
The latest San Francisco startup culture drama happened on Monday night. And it occurred over “the most legendary party that never happened."
Read moreSam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Meta tried to poach its employees with nine-figure offers, but failed to recruit OpenAI's best people.
Read moreWhatsApp’s rollout of ads will change the app forever
This week, WhatsApp did something its founders said it would never do: it's putting advertisements inside the app. It ends WhatsApp's decade-plus run of offering an ad-free messaging and calling experience. Meta, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014, attempted to justify the decision by saying ads will be sequestered to its
Read moreOpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft
The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD.
Read moreEVs dominate the most American-made cars index and it’s not just because of Tesla
Tesla, Kia, and Volkswagen took six of the top 10 spots in the 2025 American-Made Index, which ranks vehicles built and bought in the U.S.
Read moreGoogle’s Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon
AI companies are battling to dominate the industry, but sometimes they’re also battling in Pokémon gyms. As Google and Anthropic both study how their latest AI models navigate early Pokémon games, the results can be as amusing as they are enlightening — and this time, Google DeepMind has written in
Read moreA comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
Read moreAmazon expects to reduce corporate jobs due to AI
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy expects that AI automations will both change how people work and change the number of people needed.
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