VC Jenny Fielding sparked debate on X by questioning the practice of pre-seed founders hiring executive assistants (EAs). She argued that founders may have outdated views on spending during a time of tighter funding.
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2024-12-27 04:39:53 AM |
In 2024, Elon Musk's jets made 355 flights, with 31 going to or from Mar-a-Lago, where President-elect Donald Trump resides. Musk's planes also visited swing states and Washington D.C. during Trump's campaign, indicating Musk's political interests.
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PoliticsMusk | Rating: 59 | 2024-12-27 02:59:30 AM |
Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) requiring OpenAI to generate at least $100 billion in profits. OpenAI is not expected to reach this milestone until 2029.
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AIMicrosoft | Rating: 56 | 2024-12-26 09:28:58 PM |
23andMe suffered a data breach exposing genetic and ancestry data of nearly 7 million customers. Hackers exploited weak security by brute-forcing access to thousands of accounts. 23andMe later implemented multi-factor authentication.
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Security23andMe | Rating: 57 | 2024-12-26 07:29:26 PM |
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has secured $6 billion in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to $12 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Fidelity, and other prominent investors, with Kingdom Holdings contributing approximately $400 million. This investment values xAI at $45 billion, nearly double its previous valuation.
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AIxAI | Rating: 60 | 2024-12-26 02:39:17 PM |
AMD is set to hold a press conference at CES 2025, where it is expected to unveil its next-gen GPU, possibly as part of the RX 8000 or RX 9000 series, to compete with Nvidia's RTX 5000 announcement.
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Duplicated with: | 2024-12-26 11:29:47 AM |
The holiday season is a good time to help loved ones improve their cybersecurity by sharing good security advice and making meaningful changes to protect them from common online threats.
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2024-12-26 06:08:57 AM |
Kruze Consulting analyzed data from 450 seed-stage startups and found that technical engineering/product positions tend to be paid more than CEOs, while COO/operations roles are paid even higher on average.
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2024-12-26 12:49:21 AM |
GV, a venture firm backed by Google, has invested in 800 companies over the last five years, with a total investment of over $10 billion across its 15-year history.
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FintechGV | Rating: 67 | 2024-12-25 10:59:27 PM |
OpenAI has considered building a humanoid robot, having previously invested in robotics companies and having a robotics division that was closed in 2021.
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AIOpenAI | Rating: 47 | 2024-12-25 11:59:05 AM |