Meta grants executives up to $921 million in stock options on the same day it lays off 700 workers
Meta disclosed in SEC filings on Tuesday that it had granted stock options to six of its most senior executives, the first such awards since
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PaperShell secures €40.3M EU grant to build its first full-scale factory
The Swedish deeptech company has signed a Grant Agreement with the European Commission under the EU Innovation Fund, unlocking €40.3M of a €83M project to
SoftBank secures $40B bridge loan to fund its OpenAI bet
The unsecured facility, arranged with JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Mizuho, SMBC and MUFG, matures in March 2027. Once SoftBank’s $30B follow-on investment in OpenAI closes
One-third of help-desk tickets stop work, says study
Nearly one-third of all help-desk tickets handled by large organizations are work-stoppers, according to a study from help-desk automation company Fixify, which also found Tuesday
AI regulations are already out of date — IT leaders need to think ahead
Most AI regulations passed in the last few years are already irrelevant, but enterprises should think ahead with rudimentary governance plans for quicker compliance, said
The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?
The Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark tells Ezra Klein what he sees coming in the new era of A.I. agents.
Internet Yiff Machine: We hacked 93GB of “anonymous” crime tips
P3 Global Intel claims that it has “quickly become the new standard in tip management for Crime Stoppers programs, [Law Enforcement Agencies], and government agencies
As RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ways turn toxic to GOP, CDC director is hard to find
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t had a director since August, and now it’s without even a temporary one after the Trump administration
tozero launches Europe’s first industrial battery recycling plant
The Munich startup’s demo plant at Chemical Park Gendorf in Bavaria processes 1,500 tonnes of battery waste a year and produces 100 tonnes of high-purity
European Parliament votes to delay EU AI Act implementation
The European Parliament’s Thursday vote to delay parts of the EU AI Act adds more uncertainty to the already chaotic AI compliance universe. But analysts
An Invisible Bottleneck: A Helium Shortage Threatens the Chip Industry
With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I. chip makers there
Elon Musk loses big in court; X boycott perfectly legal
On Thursday, Elon Musk lost his lawsuit alleging that advertisers violated antitrust law by colluding on an ad boycott after he took over Twitter, gutted
Spotify seeks $300M from Anna’s Archive, which ignores all court proceedings
Spotify and major record labels are seeking a $322 million default judgment from Anna’s Archive, which hasn’t responded to court proceedings over its scraping of
European Parliament delays implementation of parts of the EU AI Act
The European Parliament’s Thursday vote to delay parts of the EU AI Act adds more uncertainty to the already chaotic AI compliance universe. But analysts