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- Oracle’s Nearly 50% Crash Since June 1 Plunges Larry Ellison From No. 2 To No. 8 In Billionaire Ranks
The Oracle chairman’s fortune has been cut by around $125 billion over the last month.
- Elon Musk and Sam Altman are accusing each other of scamming investors as SpaceX and OpenAI jockey to lead AI revolution
A social media fight erupted after their companies launched competing AI models one day apart.
- Northern Lights Update: 9 States Could See The Aurora Borealis Tonight
The northern lights may appear in some of the northernmost states Monday night.
- Who's An Impolite Canadian, For $100?
The impolite Canadian is not a new invention. It is our national inheritance, buried under a stereotype we mistook for a personality.
- America pays workers just 27% of what its wealth allows — the worst in the OECD
It does better at creating conditions where people can find a job, scoring about 75%, ranking 10th.
Technology
- California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers
There's a separate $1,750 rebate for used EVs, but both rebates have a price cap.
- Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets
OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.
- Solution to Feynman's reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to "silly sprinklers"
New study confirms 2024 "momentum flux theory" on how angular momentum of water flows drives rotation.
- States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
AG: Deal will bring "higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV."
- What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Anthropic—currently the world’s most valuable AI company, with a nearly $1 trillion valuation—has a reputation for publishing strange and heady research. It’s looking into whether AI models can feel pain, for example,…
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