Kirk McKinney was riding his bike near his home in Massachusetts about six years ago when he came across a gold mine: a dumpster full of trash, sure, but also speakers and electronics. “Someone had thrown away this perfectly good pair of speakers,” he told Business Insider. “I asked the guy at the landfill if
The AI talent wars don’t let up, and neither does Anthropic’s wave of big-name hiring. The artificial intelligence startup has hired Tom Blomfield, co-founder of British fintech company Monzo and one of the biggest names in UK tech. Blomfield said Monday that he will take a leave of absence from Y Combinator, where he has
As extreme wealth taxes gain steam in the United States, the ultra-rich are planning escape routes, even if they never end up using them. Californians will vote in November on a measure that would impose a flat 5% tax on the state’s more than 200 billionaires. Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page moved assets
Ukraine said on Thursday that its forces had carried out more than 16,000 ground drone missions in June alone, more than double the January figure. “From logistics to medical evacuation, UGV units are taking on the most dangerous tasks,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said in a social media post on X announcing the June
Satya Nadella quietly criticized AI labs like Anthropic for the way they train their models. In an X post on Sunday, Microsoft’s CEO said that model makers complaining about distillation are hypocritical. Distillation is the process of training a less powerful model based on the results of a stronger one. “While the great innovation that
The man who headed Trump Accounts said President Donald Trump wants to automatically open accounts for all American children. In an “All-In Podcast” interview published Saturday, Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner talked about the early success of Trump Accounts and how Trump wants to increase its adoption. “In fact, the president suggested that we would
