Why United Rentals’ CTO tried to break his own AI agent before giving it to thousands of employees
“I am personally going to interrogate it and ask it every question I can throw at it,” Leopold recalls of his mindset before going into the four-hour hackathon. “I’m going…
What Is the Best Sleeping Position?
So, what is the “best” sleeping position to get you there? It’s a tricky (if not impossible) question to answer, since everyone’s body, health, and preferences are different. But according to Jennifer…
Robinhood says prediction markets now bring in $100 million in annual revenue—but firm has no plans to launch its own
Tenev said Robinhood doesn’t intend to compete with these startups, but that it will instead continue to rely on its mass distribution channels to entice those firms to enter partnerships.“When…
Trump may have shot himself in the foot at the Fed, as Powell could stay on while Miran resigns from White House post
President Trump’s plans for a more receptive Fed may have backfired so spectacularly that Jerome Powell may end up staying as chairman beyond the end of his term, while Stephen…
Palmer Luckey says AI will make hardware so cheap you’ll be able to buy a ‘Ford F-150 for $1,000’
The Industrial Revolution ushered in a monumental shift from hand production to machine-operated production powered by steam engines. Decades later, Henry Ford invented the assembly line, dramatically lowering the cost…
Bill Gates ‘has to answer’ for Epstein files mentions, Melinda French Gates says, weeks after record $8 billion donation in divorce settlement
Files released by the Justice Department last week show Epstein had drafted notes to and about the billionaire, suggesting Gates had engaged in extramarital affairs, although representatives for Gates have…
Why President Trump’s latest crypto scandal could spell disaster for the blockchain industry
Some of the shrewder members of the audience immediately clocked what was happening. Trump, who has made a career out of branding everything from casinos to steaks to unaccredited colleges,…
Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie helped lure the Super Bowl when Levi’s Stadium was under construction. Now he’s mayor for the $440 million windfall
Since taking office in 2025, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has been on a mission to shake the city out of a post-pandemic economic slump. Now, Lurie has leveraged his connections…
Top energy expert says probability the U.S. will attack Iran soon is 75% as risk of major disruption to oil supply is priced in—‘this one is real’
Oil markets could be in for a major shock as President Donald Trump mulls a military strike on Iran, according to a top energy analyst.The Islamic Republic responded to domestic…
New ‘Project Vault’ critical minerals stockpile is ‘first step of many’ needed for U.S. to break China’s supply-chain chokehold
The plans for the emergency national stockpile of certain critical minerals, announced Feb. 2, comes after the Trump administration already has taken the unusual step of making direct investments in…
