China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record speed. Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel […]
Y Combinator startups are fastest growing in fund history because of AI
Silicon Valley’s earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence. Startup accelerator Y Combinator — known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe — this week held its annual demo day in San Francisco, where founders pitched their startups to an auditorium of potential venture capital investors. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan told […]
David Sacks sold $200 million in crypto holdings before taking WH job
U.S. President Donald Trump sits next to Crypto czar David Sacks at the White House Crypto Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters David Sacks, the Trump administration’s AI and crypto czar, sold over $200 million worth of digital asset-related investments personally and through his firm, […]
Intel pops after naming new CEO, Wall Street backs turnaround effort
Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as CEO. Courtesy: Intel Intel shares popped more than 16% after the struggling chipmaker named Lip-Bu Tan its new CEO and Wall Street cheered the turnaround attempt. Tan previously served as CEO of chip software maker and Intel supplier Cadence Design Systems, and will rejoin the board after departing last year. […]
FTC asks to delay Amazon Prime case, citing staffing shortfalls
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission asked a judge in Seattle to delay the start of its trial accusing Amazon of duping consumers into signing up for its Prime program, citing resource constraints. Attorneys for the FTC made the request during a status hearing on Wednesday before Judge John Chun in the U.S. […]
Trust & Will raises $25 million in funding round, UBS invests
Trust & Will founders, Cody Barbo (CEO), Brian Lamb, and Daniel Goldstein. Courtesy: Trust & Will Legal technology company Trust & Will said Tuesday that it has raised $25 million in a Series C funding round. The San Diego-based firm, ranked No. 41 on last year’s CNBC Disruptor 50 list, has now raised $75 million to date. Trust & Will […]
Elon Musk’s X suffers multiple outages
Elon Musk’s social media platform X experienced several outages on Monday, leaving some users unable to load the site. Nearly 40,000 users reported problems with the platform around 10 a.m. ET, according to the analytics platform Downdetector, which gathers data from users who spot glitches and report them to the service. Around 28,000 people were […]
Student helps coders use AI to cheat in Google, other job interviews
A person walks past the entrance to a Google building in Dublin, Feb. 15, 2023. Artur Widak | Anadolu | Getty Images After landing internship offers from Amazon, Meta and TikTok, computer science student Chungin “Roy” Lee has decided to move to San Francisco. But he won’t be joining any of those companies. Instead, Lee will […]
Tesla shares declined every week since Elon Musk went to Washington
Elon Musk speaks during the first cabinet meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters Tesla’s stock has never had a stretch this red. For seven straight weeks, since Elon Musk went to Washington to join the Trump administration, shares in […]
Broadcom shares rise as AI growth powers strong guidance
Hock Tan, CEO of Broadcom. Martin H. Simon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Broadcom shares rose about 6% after the company posted strong first-quarter earnings and guidance that signaled ongoing artificial intelligence demand. The chipmaker posted adjusted earnings of $1.60 per share on $14.92 billion in revenue. That surpassed the adjusted earnings of $1.49 per […]