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a16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner
Andreessen Horowitz’s hiring spree continues. On Monday, Erik Torenberg announced that the giant VC ...View More
Bluesky launches blue check verification
Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumo ...View More
Palantir exec defends company’s immigration surveillance work
One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend of ...View More
OpenAI’s o3 AI model scores lower on a benchmark than the company initially implied
A discrepancy between first- and third-party benchmark results for OpenAI’s o3 AI model is raising q ...View More
Kids sure love video game movies
“A Minecraft Movie” isn’t just a hit — after three weekends in theaters, the film is estimated to ha ...View More
Your politeness could be costly for OpenAI
“I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank ...View More
Uncovered emails showed how Meta struggled to keep Facebook culturally relevant
With the first week of Meta’s antitrust trial behind us, documents shared by the U.S Federal Trade C ...View More
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy
3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s ...View More
Robots run a half marathon, slowly
It looks like humanoid robots have a long way to go before catching up with human runners. Beijing’ ...View More
Week in Review: Google loses a major antitrust case
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stuff for you this week: antitrust lawsuits agains ...View More
