Lovers and haters are erecting monuments for their favorite tech billionaire, Elon Musk. Just north of the US-Mexico Border, near Brownsville, Texas, sits Starbase, SpaceX’s massive rocket launch and development site. In 2025, the surrounding area became incorporated as the City of Starbase, with a population of more than 500 residents, though thousands of people
Bosses everywhere are scrambling to figure out if and how to grade their employees’ AI use. At Gusto, a platform for human resources, managers slot workers into one of five AI archetypes during quarterly reviews. They may begin as “observers,” those who aren’t yet using AI on their own. “Integrators” have made AI part of
Tesla has revealed a $10.1 billion proposal for a solar factory in Texas, offering the clearest look yet at how CEO Elon Musk could pursue his ambitions to ramp up solar manufacturing in the US, documents show. In a tax-incentive application filed in Texas, Tesla proposed a solar factory, code-named Project Crystal Sun, that would
Karoline Leavitt’s goodbye to the White House came with an unexpected disclosure. The outgoing White House press secretary announced Wednesday that she would leave her role at the end of August after struggling to balance the job’s demands with raising two young children. “The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth
Jeff Dean spent 27 years helping build Google. Now, investors could be betting $1 billion that he can build the next big thing in AI outside it. The legendary Google engineer has been in discussions for $1 billion in financing at a valuation of around $10 billion for his new AI startup, Discovery Loop, people
Another YouTube creator is facing online backlash over the use of artificial intelligence. Cliff Tan, who runs a popular interior design YouTube channel called “Dear Modern” that has 2.4 million subscribers and a corresponding TikTok account with 3.6 million followers, posted a video on Monday in which he apologized for promoting an AI company. “Yesterday