Zohran Mamdani is taking a page from the DOGE playbook. The New York City mayor announced a new Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE, on Thursday. City Hall said the agency will ensure “the government keeps pace with New Yorkers’ needs,” by cutting bureaucratic red tape, reforming civic procedures, and making it easier for residents … Read more
Earlier this month, xAI signed a major compute deal with Anthropic, pledging billions of dollars a month for exclusive use of the company’s Colossus cluster. It was a coup for both companies, giving xAI some much-needed revenue and helping Anthropic catch up in the never-ending race for compute. But this morning on X, Elon Musk … Read more
It looks like the Ballerina Farm kids could soon be booked and busy. In a first for the homesteading lifestyle brand owned by the husband-and-wife team Hannah and Daniel Neeleman, one of their nine children starred alone in a Ballerina Farm promo video posted on May 26. If this becomes a regular thing, the Neelemans … Read more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating how electric car maker Rivian services its vehicles’ rear suspension components, after receiving two reports from owners who lost control of their cars while driving. The federal safety regulator’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) said on Thursday that both vehicles had been previously serviced, one of which … Read more
Waymo is rolling out a new driverless taxi to help the company expand into more cities and tackle tougher driving conditions, including snowy roads, the company announced Wednesday. The new vehicle, dubbed the Ojai, will begin serving select customers in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix in the coming weeks. Rides will be free of … Read more
Waymo’s new robotaxi is certain to be a game changer for the over-packers. Waymo, Alphabet’s robotaxi company, said on Thursday that it will start giving select riders access to its new baby-blue vehicle, the Ojai, in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles over the next several weeks. The Ojai — pronounced “Oh-hi” — has a … Read more
A federal judge has declined to halt President Trump’s executive order creating a federal voter list and limiting mail voting, clearing the way for potential sweeping changes in how American elections are run shortly before this year’s midterm elections. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee in Washington, late Wednesday rejected the request by … Read more
Just ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June, Bloomberg has published leaked renders of what Apple’s planned AI upgrade could look like on iPhone — including a brand-new Siri app meant to rival ChatGPT and other AI chatbots — as well as how Siri’s new capabilities will be woven throughout the operating system. … Read more
Reid Hoffman thinks people are sleeping on one of the biggest potential moneymakers in AI. The LinkedIn cofounder said there is a significant revenue opportunity in investing in companies using AI in medicine on an episode of ‘The Possible Podcast’ on Wednesday. “Now it’s the time for medicine,” Hoffman said. “They’re googly-eyed about the … … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether E. Jean Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store 30 years ago, lied during the course of civil litigation against the Republican president, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person who … Read more
The word “recursion” is the latest buzzword in AI circles. Two separate startups have taken on the name, and many more have started referencing Recursive self-improvement (RSI) in their roadmaps. Like AGI before it, RSI has become a three-letter byword for a cataclysmic AI takeoff – even if there’s still a little disagreement about exactly … Read more
A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, squeezing Americans’ finances and creating political challenges for President Trump and congressional Republicans with midterm elections just five months away. Inflation jumped to 3.8% in April compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from 3.5% in March … Read more
Over the past decade, I’ve been hired as a bridesmaid over 125 times, so I know my way around a wedding. I started my business, Bridesmaid for Hire, to provide a service to brides who need someone by their side on their big day — whether it’s because they don’t have any close friends or … Read more
Reporting from Sacramento — California’s 168-year run as a single entity, hugging the continent’s edge for hundreds of miles and sprawling east across mountains and desert, could come to an end next year — as a controversial plan to split the Golden State into three new jurisdictions qualified Tuesday for the Nov. 6 ballot. (Jon Schleuss / … Read more
Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit. The two companies are also exploring how to integrate Visa’s payment products into Replit, so that developers — and the AI agents they build — can accept payments directly from customers without leaving the platform. Visa added that more than 1,000 of its employees … Read more