Cormac McCarthy

OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s Bid to Gain Control of the Company

OpenAI’s board of directors on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors to gain control of...

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

With TV cameras pointed at her, Felisa Wolfe-Simon began speaking at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2010.“I’ve discovered — I’ve...

A.I. Accelerates in Paris + Can A.I. Fix Your Love Life?

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioKevin reports back from the A.I. Action Summit in Paris,...

What’s Best, According to the Italian Mathematician Alessio Figalli

The words “optimal” and “optimize” derive from the Latin “optimus,” or “best,” as in “make the best of things.” Alessio Figalli, a mathematician...

Banks Sell $4.7 Billion of X’s Debt, in a Sign of Investor Demand

When Elon Musk bought X for $44 billion in 2022, more than a quarter of that was financed by loans from banks including...

TikTok Returns to Apple and Google App Stores

Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the United States on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the short-form...

Blue Origin Cuts 10% of Its Employees

Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email...

Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Keeps Corporate Structure

Elon Musk said in a court filing late Wednesday that he would withdraw his $97.4 billion bid to control OpenAI if the company...

For Trump and Fox News, New Policies Are Simply ‘Common Sense’

President Trump’s rapid-fire policy actions are reshaping the federal government, and to Fox News, they are simply pursuing “common sense.”Enacting “bold and sometimes...

Elon Musk’s X Settles Trump Lawsuit

X has agreed to pay in the range of $10 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump over the 2021 suspension...

Google Calendar Deletes Black History Month, Pride and Other Cultural Events

Google has for years used its popular online services to remind users about cultural events, marking its calendar app with occasions such as...

OpenAI Questions Rationale of Elon Musk’s Bid to Control the Company

OpenAI’s board of directors on Wednesday questioned the rationale of a $97.4 billion bid from Elon Musk and others to gain control of...

Early Crypto Traders Had Speedy Profit on Trump Coin as Others Suffered Losses

The curious trade came a little past 9 p.m. on Jan. 17 — a $1,096,109 bet less than two minutes after the soon-to-be...

Digital Estate Planning: How to Prepare Your Social Media Accounts

How do you want your social media pages, smartphone photos and computer files handled after you die? While property and money distribution are...

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