America’s new 1%: Free-spending DINKs shelling out for a luxury lifestyle of vacations and take-out
They have “the most spoiled dogs in the world.” They go on 10 vacations a year. They spend hours a day on their favorite hobbies. They’re DINKs, dual income, no…
Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buys $6 million banana—and plans to eat it unless Elon Musk wants to send it to space
In the same week in which Sotheby’s auction house sold a $65 million Claude Monet painting, it was a multimillion-dollar banana duct-taped to a wall that stole the show. The…
“Phantom chemical” identified in drinking water is new to science
Plumbed drinking water in developed countries is pretty clean, but invisible contaminants can still lurk. One mysterious “phantom chemical” has haunted drinking water for decades, and now researchers have identified…
SEC chair Gary Gensler resigns, leaves legacy of division and crypto feuds
On Thursday, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler announced on X that he would step down from his position on January 20, the date of President-elect Trump’s inauguration,…
The Rabbit R1’s new Teach Mode is another example of AI’s “test your products in the real world” ethos
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In today’s edition…Rabbit launches Teach mode for the R1; Microsoft and HarperCollins strike a deal for training data; Google gives Gemini memory; an…
e.l.f. Beauty pushes back on short-seller allegations, shares recover
The cosmetics and skincare company e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is denying allegations made by short seller Carson Block, founder of Muddy Waters Research, that the company has been inflating its revenue. “Muddy…
Elon Musk unveils plan to impose mandatory RTO for government workers, counting on a wave of resignations which he calculates will save billions
Donald Trump appointee Elon Musk unveiled his first blueprint to radically shrink the federal bureaucracy, which includes a strict return-to-office mandate. This, he says, would save taxpayers hundreds of billions…
The real reason Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown reformulated products
For most vegans, the 2009 introduction of Beyond Burgers represents a clear demarcation—of life before, when store-bought veggie burgers tasted like wax, and after, when they were not only exciting…
OpenAI partners with University of Pennsylvania to harness education crisis it helped create with ChatGPT
Generative artificial intelligence is the elephant in the (class)room at schools nationwide. And while many students have largely caught on to its omnipresence, teachers are lagging behind. OpenAI, the parent…
My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2024
It’s time. For the sixth year running I bring you my ultimate, easy, budget-adaptable Christmas gift. The one that feels thoughtful and personal yet takes seconds to buy and is…
