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- Who is Chris Olah? The atheist Anthropic cofounder the Pope chose to sit beside him at the Vatican and tell the tech industry it can’t govern itself
The Anthropic cofounder is worth $8 billion and won a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship in 2012.
- SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son Becomes Asia’s Richest Person Amid AI Boom
Masayoshi Son has overtaken Indian mogul Mukesh Ambani as the richest person in Asia, as surging SoftBank shares led him to amass a fortune of $97 billion.
- Scott Pelley Alleges CBS Management Asked Him To ‘Inject Falsehoods’ Into Story After ‘60 Minutes’ Firing—Full Statement
The long-time “60 Minutes” correspondent and former CBS anchor was fired on Tuesday after clashing with CBS News’ leadership over the firing of his colleagues.
- Barcelona Open Rashford Transfer Talks With Manchester United
FC Barcelona have opened talks with Manchester United regarding Marcus Rashford's possible permanent transfer.
- Perez: ‘Real Madrid Will Announce First, Big New Signing On Thursday’
Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said that his club will announce a new signing on Thursday during an interview with El Espanol.
Technology
- How long will it take to rebuild Blue Origin's launch pad? We asked some SpaceX vets.
"Everyone is in a place where it’s no fun to be there."
- Male bowerbirds prefer to dazzle females with bright human-made items
"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”
- Microsoft plans Linux tools and an RTX Spark desktop for Windows developers
One hardware announcement and several software highlights from Microsoft Build.
- Microsoft's Project Solara is an Android OS designed for agents instead of apps
Microsoft missed the boat on apps, so get ready for agents.
- Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says
Lawsuit: Ring cameras scan guests and passersby and use AI to identify faces.
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