Geek Wire - 6 hours 24 min ago
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Amazon’s efforts to compete with Trader Joe’s, and the related tactics revealed in “The Everything War,” the new book by Dana Mattioli of the Wall Street Journal. We also revisit last week’s episode with Mattioli and share some of the reactions to the discussion. Plus, the FTC probes Amazon’s internal use of Signal’s disappearing messages feature, a newly disclosed email shows how Microsoft scrambled to catch...
The Guardian - 12 hours 4 min ago
Brody and Luke Mullins offer an exhaustive, telling, mesmerising chronicle of the biggest business in US politics Donald Trump decries the proverbial Washington swamp. Congress does next to nothing. The band plays on: lobbying remains big business. In 2023, the industry hit a $4.3bn payday. This year shows no end in sight to the trend . As the US gallops toward another election, The Wolves of K Street befits the season. Brody Mullins , a Wall Street Journal investigative reporter and Pulitzer prize...
Tech Meme - 14 hours 35 min ago
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal : A look at AI companies gathering data from real people to create "digital twins", to use as fashion models, focus group members, or clinical trial participants — AI that can predict how specific humans will look, act and feel could do the jobs of fashion models, focus group members and clinical trial participants...
Tech Meme - 16 hours 10 min ago
Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal : Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are a simple, reliable, and smartly priced AI gadget, whereas Humane's AI Pin and the Rabbit R1 are more akin to science projects — There's a new WANTED poster in town... PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1: The smartphone ACCUSED OF: Stealing your attention, sanity and well-being REWARD …...
Wall Street Journal - 18 hours 5 min ago
China dominates the market, but U.S. defense needs are pushing a revival effort after decades of deindustrialization.
Wall Street Journal - 20 hours 5 min ago
The CEO is shifting the EV maker's strategy and suggesting that he could take his ideas on AI elsewhere.
Fortune - 20 hours 54 min ago
Last year's banking turmoil reignited debate about holding executives accountable for bad decisions.
CNBC - 22 hours 23 min ago
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday guided investors through an earnings-packed week on Wall Street.
Deadline Hollywood - 23 hours 18 min ago
La La Land had a ton of Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. But star Ryan Gosling is still bothered by one particular moment in the film. In a video interview with the Wall Street Journal, Gosling opened up about his issue. "There's a moment that haunts me where we're dancing, Emma [Stone] and I," he said. […]...
ABC News - 23 hours 46 min ago
Stocks closed sharply higher on Wall Street, erasing their losses for the week, after the government reported a cooldown in hiring last month...