Google chief executive Sundar Pichai gave evidence on Friday at the federal financial conspiracy trial surrounding startup Ozy Media, countering founder Carlos Watson’s alleged claims that the search giant once sought to buy Ozy. Google did consider hiring Watson for a high-level news executive job in 2021 and putting 25 million dollars (£19.7 million) into […]
From ‘Whole Paycheck’ To Whole New Strategy: Whole Foods Founder Hails Bezos As ‘Retail Genius’ Whole Foods founder John Mackey has praised Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for his strategy, making the supermarket chain even more successful. He has also called him a “retail genius.” Here’s what went down. Don’t Miss: Before Bezos and Amazon acquired […]
Steven Schwartz was just 13 years old when he started his first side hustle. Like many teenage boys his age, he wanted a pair of sneakers—the Nike Kobe 7 Easter shoe, to be exact—but his parents wouldn’t pay for them. Instead of stomping his foot in protest, he found a like-minded teen on Facebook, Cameron […]
Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies is planning to work closely with domestic universities to boost basic research and draw in fresh talent, founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said during a visit to Sichuan University. Ren visited the university on June 5 in southwestern China, where he said that US-sanctioned Huawei is working closely with […]
If social media is the equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction, then Jack Dorsey would be a contender for the digital era’s Robert Oppenheimer. Speaking at the 16th annual Oslo Freedom Forum on Wednesday, the remorseful Twitter cofounder expressed how conflicted he felt at his own creation born out of the noble ideals of […]
Y Combinator founder Paul Graham said the startup accelerator didn’t fire Sam Altman. Altman had roles at OpenAI and Y Combinator before he left the latter in 2019. “We didn’t want him to leave, just to choose one or the other,” Graham said. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn’t fired from his position as Y Combinator […]
Celeste Racette, a former fraud investigator and founder of Save Century II, is running for a seat on the Sedgwick County Commission. Racette, who placed fourth as an Independent in a crowded field of Wichita mayoral candidates last year, is running as a Democrat to represent District 3 in western Sedgwick County. “I really do […]
Trump vowed to commute Ross Ulbricht’s sentence at the Libertarian National Convention. Libertarians view Ulbricht’s life sentence as a symbol of government overreach. Trump also promised to include a Libertarian in his cabinet if elected. Donald Trump made an address at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday, promising to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, […]
Former President Trump on Saturday vowed to commute the prison sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online drug-selling site Silk Road. The GOP frontrunner made the pledge while addressing the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C., in a bid to win over skeptical party activists, many of whom held up signs that read: […]
Donald Trump promised to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the online illegal drug marketplace Silk Road, in a raucous speech before the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night. “And if you vote for me, on Day One, I will commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht,” the former president said, generating cheers […]
With a purported IQ of 183, 14 masters degrees and at least two PhDs, Craig Wright certainly appeared to have enough intelligence to be the mythical founder of Bitcoin. The computer scientist had readily admitted to being the real Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the trillion-dollar cryptocurrency, after being uncovered by reporters nearly a […]
May 22—A Portland man who police say stabbed his neighbor to death more than a year ago has entered an insanity plea. Jonathan Alas, 29, was arrested in February 2023 and charged with murder in connection with the death of Christopher Godin. Godin, who was 58, once ran the popular Granny’s Burritos shop in the […]