Nine people aboard a private jet were killed when it crashed and exploded in a fireball near Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday afternoon. The plane, a Learjet built in 2004 and registered as N722BD, had departed from Austin and was en route to the Bahamas. The identities of the passengers and pilots were not immediately available.
A new supply crunch is closing in on the AI boom as Wall Street starts to reach the limits of how much capital it’s willing to hand over to Silicon Valley. Hyperscalers have already been grappling with shortages of chips, materials and other physical inputs needed for AI infrastructure. They are also running out of
Don’t be cantankerous. David Heinemeier Hansson has some advice for engineers as they adjust to AI. Often referred to as DHH, Hansson created the webapp framework Ruby on Rails and has fashioned himself into a software sage. On Monday, Hansson shared his prediction on X: “The age of agents is going to be amazing for
Data scientist Thomas Miller’s site handicapping outcomes for the U.S. Senate races now shows overwhelming odds that the Democrats will take control, numbers much more commanding than even the polls and prediction markets are showing. As of around 9 am ET on Monday, Miller’s site, Virtualtout.io, gave the Democrats a 90% chance of winning at
After more than four years of living in Athens, Greece, I’ve still retained a few very American habits. For instance, I love sleeping with my AC on at 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, and waking up to make a big breakfast of waffles with maple syrup. I still don’t take a two-week vacation in
Gordon Ritter is Founder and General Partner at Emergence Capital, where he led the first major investment in a fledgling cloud computing company called Salesforce. His ability to see around corners continued with Veeva Systems, which he backed in 2008 when the company had just 25 employees and less than $1 million in revenue. Today,
