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
Pokémon GO Trainers in the US, UK, Poland, France, Germany, and Australia are in for a treat this spring as POGO and the LEGO Group partner up to deliver an exclusive, interactive in-store collaboration at participating LEGO Stores nationwide. Running from now till 30 September 2026, the limited-time activation brings two giant pop-culture powerhouses together,
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Hatcher, the managing partner of Baringa. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I’ve been a consultant since the late ’90s. I spent most of my career focused on the energy sector, but these days, AI has become a big topic of conversation. I joined
Jeff Bezos is reportedly attempting to join the club of very rich Americans buying stakes in U.K. soccer teams. Bezos, alongside others including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is looking to buy at least a 30% stake in the English soccer team Liverpool at a £1.35 billion valuation (around $1.8 billion), The Guardian reports. If the
Adapted from Undesirable: Invasive Species, Humans and Where We All Belong, by Amy Crawford (Oxford University Press). In 1922, Popular Science ran an exclusive interview with Henry C. Wallace, then the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, about a small division of his department that had an outsize influence on Americans’ dinner tables—and imaginations. “[A] little band
Staying at one company for decades was once a badge of honor. But as layoffs have become more common and workers have turned to job hopping for higher pay and career growth, employee loyalty has become harder to find. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, however, still believes earning employee loyalty is worth every penny. That’s why
