On Thursday, employees and other insiders at Elon Musk’s rocket company will be released from their first stock “lockup” and can start selling some of their shares.
What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?
A new field of “tokenomics” has emerged to measure the return on all the money companies are pouring into artificial intelligence.
If You Can’t Beat A.I., Outdress It, Tech Firms and Their Swag Say
Over the years, tech workers have proudly worn nerdy company-branded gear. But this generation of hot companies is getting fancy with its merch.
Open Model Wars + Claire Stapleton’s Dishy Google Memoir + Substack’s Slop Fight
“It just seems like the temperature is rising on Silicon Valley.”
Google Earth Disables A.I. Tool After One Day Over Disinformation Concerns
A new Google Earth tool allowed the creation of A.I. deepfake maps. The company quickly pulled it back after users noted there were no safeguards to prevent content that could be harmful.
(BPRW) Higher Purpose Hub to Break Ground on $3 Million Regional Economic Opportunity Center, Launching a New Era of Community Investment in the Mississippi Delta
(Black PR Wire) CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Higher Purpose Hub will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, at 11 am, at 238 Issaquena Ave, Clarksdale, MS, marking the beginning of construction on its new regional economic opportunit…
(BPRW) Sonya Dunn Launches Historic General Election Campaign for Comptroller of Maryland
(Black PR Wire) Sonya Dunn is running to be the next Comptroller of Maryland to restore public trust in the state’s financial management. As Comptroller, she pledges to serve as a nonpartisan, independent taxpayer watchdog committed to protecting every ta…
Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble?
Inside the 81-year-old billionaire’s risky, debt-fueled scramble to transform his data empire into an A.I. juggernaut.
Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
Anthropic said its Claude-based security models gained unauthorized access to the sensitive production environments of three outside organizations during internal testing designed to measure the models’ offensive cyber capabilities. The events, which Anthropic revealed Thursday, are the second revelation in 10 days that AI models from the world’s wealthiest providers have trespassed into protected networks,...
Max-severity Exchange server flaw under active exploitation by Kremlin hackers
Russian state hackers are using a maximum-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook’s Exchange Server to backdoor unpatched machines and steal credentials and other confidential information from them, security researchers said Thursday. The attacks are coming from TA488, a tracking name for a group working on behalf of the Kremlin, Proofpoint researchers said Thursday. Proofpoint and the...