Elon Musk donated more than $260 million to elect Donald Trump

Fresh campaign financing data shows that Elon Musk poured more than $260 million into political groups in 2024 that helped Donald Trump win the presidential election and, consequently, secured a position for himself as the co-head of government efficiency, according to the Federal…Read More

OpenAI may be planning a ChatGPT Pro plan for $200 per month

OpenAI’s “12 days of shipmas” event doesn’t kick off for a few hours, but the first big announcement might’ve been revealed early. A staging page on a website used by OpenAI refers to a “ChatGPT Pro” plan that includes all the benefits of ChatGPT Plus, as well as new goodies. Recall…Read More

Threads tests a way to hide your replies from your profile

Instagram Threads, Meta’s competitor to Elon Musk’s X, is testing a way to make your replies to others’ posts less visible on the platform. The company is adding a new privacy feature that allows you to customize your profile to remove the tab that displays your replies. This leaves only…Read More

ThredUp fashion marketplace offloads its European business, Remix

Fashion resale marketplace ThredUp has divested its European business to focus on its core domestic U.S. market. ThredUp expanded into Europe in 2021 with the acquisition of Remix, a Bulgarian startup that operates across a handful of central and eastern European markets. Back in…Read More

GoBlue’s new app lets you track your Bluesky stats

A new app called GoBlue has launched to help those looking to track their following on Bluesky, the Twitter-like social network that’s rapidly grown in recent weeks to reach nearly 24 million users. Filling in a gap in the Bluesky ecosystem of third-party apps and utilities, GoBlue offers a s…Read More

Best Apple Watch apps for boosting your productivity

The Apple Watch helps people track their health and fitness, but it can also be a great tool to help people stay productive and get work done. This is especially true for people who gets easily distracted by their phone. Although the Apple Watch comes with simple built-in productivity apps like…Read More

Climate VCs are cautiously optimistic about a second Trump term — here’s why

President-elect Donald Trump made no secret during his campaigning that he doesn’t think the U.S. should take an aggressive stance on climate change. From leading chants of “drill, baby, drill” to frequently criticizing everything from wind turbines to electric veh…Read More

Learn how to use Apple Intelligence’s ‘Image Playground’

Apple just released iOS 18.1.1, but it’s iOS 18.2 that will come with exciting image generation features, such as “Image Playground,” Apple’s image creation feature that creates cartoon-like images from text descriptions. Here’s what you need to know about the Apple Intelligence feature, in…Read More

Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally)

If you’ve used ChatGPT Search or Perplexity you know that being able to search the web and get citations inline greatly improves these AI chatbots. Results are better when they involve timely information, and web search may reduce so-called hallucinations (i.e. when a generative AI o…Read More

TuSimple co-founder demands liquidation, sues company for control of his shares

Xiaodi Hou, the co-founder and former CEO of self-driving truck startup TuSimple, is demanding that the board immediately liquidate the company and return all remaining funds – roughly $450 million – to shareholders “on a pure pro-rata basis, regardless of share class…Read More

OpenAI’s Sora appears to have leaked

A group appears to have leaked access to Sora, OpenAI’s video generator, in protest of what they’re calling duplicity and “art washing” on OpenAI’s part. On Tuesday, the group published a project on the AI dev platform Hugging Face seemingly connected to OpenAI’s Sora API, which isn’t yet publicly available. U…Read More

Instagram takes on Snapchat with new location-sharing feature

Instagram is introducing the ability for users to share their locations with their friends via DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Monday. The feature indicates that the Meta-owned social network is looking to challenge services like Apple’s “Find My” and Snapchat’s Snap…Read More

Latin America fintech will be a market to watch in 2025

Heading into 2024, Mike Packer, a partner at fintech-focused QED Investors, predicted we’d hit the bottom for funding to Latin American fintech startups during the year. While momentum wasn’t a straight shot up and to the right, Packer’s prediction may still have come true. The volume of…Read More

The rise and fall of the ‘Scattered Spider’ hackers

The prolific hacking group broke into Caesars Entertainment, Coinbase, DoorDash, Mailchimp, Riot Games, Twilio (twice), and dozens more. 
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Tesla Superchargers: GM, Ford, Rivian, and other EV brands with access

EV owners of GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Cadillac Lyriq will now officially have access to Tesla’s Superchargers.
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