Featured Podcasts Hard fork: “Le Quotidien” and “Les Opinions”: how AI changes solitude and taste The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest developments in a rapidly changing technological world. Subscribe to Hard Fork. The Upstart Podcast: May Habib, from the writer: Creating AI tools for ‘normal people’ at companies that labs leave behind Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs who are embracing the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear power, space and more. Subscribe to the The Upstarts…
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George Steer / Financial Times: Sources: Donald Trump Jr. got about $300,000 in Kalshi stock after becoming a strategic advisor in 2025, when Kalshi was valued at about $2 billion; now it’s worth over $22 billion— Private company valuations soared as the U.S. administration took a light touch on the sector
General view of the exterior of San Francisco Bay Stadium before the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group B match between Qatar and Switzerland on June 13, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.Fran Santiago | Getty ImagesAs people around the world look ahead to this summer’s World Cup, some of the brands generating the most buzz aren’t even official sponsors of the tournament.The list of official sponsors for this year’s World Cup, hosted in cities across the United States, Canada and Mexico, includes well-known names around the world like Adidas, Coca-Cola and Qatar Airways.But before the tournament even began, the spotlight turned…
HP computers at a Best Buy store on Black Friday in New York, November 28, 2025.Victor J. Bleu | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs the global race for artificial intelligence accelerates, memory chips are becoming more and more expensive. As a result, the costs of some consumer electronics are starting to rise for both retailers and consumers. Memory storage, called RAM, is crucial for all computing devices, including phones, tablets and laptops. The cost of chips has risen due to a supply shortage driven largely by massive demand for AI data centers. Companies such as Nvidia, Advanced microdevices And Google have…
Woman applying estrogen patch during hormone treatment.Half point images | Instant | Getty ImagesEstrogen patches are in short supply as demand for menopause drugs skyrockets, and it may take at least a year for manufacturers to catch up. Prescriptions for estrogen patches have increased 162% over the past two years, according to HealthVerity data. Already growing demand accelerated last fall when the Food and Drug Administration removed a more than 20-year-old black box warning discouraging women from taking hormone replacement therapy. Manufacturers are struggling to keep up. Three types of patches are in shortage, according to data from the American…
Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: May Habib, from the writer: Creating AI tools for ‘normal people’ at companies that labs leave behind Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs who are embracing the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear power, space and more. Subscribe to the The Upstarts podcast. The Nick, Dick and Paul Show: A Nick, Dick and Paul Buffet! Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky lift the curtain on AI, startups and the future that’s hurtling towards us, all with a healthy dose of irreverence. Subscribe to the Nick,…
Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: May Habib, from the writer: Creating AI tools for ‘normal people’ at companies that labs leave behind Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs who are embracing the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear power, space and more. Subscribe to the The Upstarts podcast. The Nick, Dick and Paul Show: A Nick, Dick and Paul Buffet! Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky lift the curtain on AI, startups and the future that’s hurtling towards us, all with a healthy dose of irreverence. Subscribe to the Nick,…
Thomas Claburn / The register: OpenAI says 97.9% of its employees now use Codex, up from around 40% in August 2025; Codex usage by non-developers increased 137x for individual users— The Codex is not really reserved for developers. — A company can learn a lot about the market by looking at its own employees.
Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal: How the development of AI in the United States is driving up prices for electricity, software and more; in a survey, 81% of economists say it will increase inflation over the next year— Demand for memory chips is driving up prices. Will the promise of increased productivity from AI arrive in time to temper this inflation?
Featured Podcasts The Upstart Podcast: May Habib, from the writer: Creating AI tools for ‘normal people’ in companies that labs leave behind Veteran technology journalist Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs who are embracing the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear power, space and more. Subscribe to the The Upstarts podcast. The Nick, Dick and Paul Show: A Nick, Dick and Paul Buffet! Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo and Paul Kedrosky lift the curtain on AI, startups and the future that’s hurtling towards us, all with a healthy dose of irreverence. Subscribe to the Nick,…