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Opendoor is shutting down its India operations less than two years after opening offices there. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a post from Opendoor CEO Kaz Nejatian: “I shared this note earlier today with the entire team at Opendoor. Today we began to say goodbye to our colleagues in India as we wind down our India operations. Our customers are in America, and that’s where our...
A joint congressional report describes a spam operation that turned tens of thousands of fake podcasts into search-engine bait for illegal pharmacy and scam sites.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox’s current economics “cannot continue,” citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints tied to RAMaggedon, and an overextended studio portfolio. The memo stops short of announcing layoffs, but a Bloomberg report says substantial...
Analysts say IPO that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire has a ‘major disconnect’ on price
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch the biggest stock market float in history amid warnings that it may be overvalued.
The space exploration, satellite broadband and AI company will join the US stock market on Friday at a valuation of $1.78tn, after offering at least $75bn of shares to...
Regulator approval means patients who meet criteria such as having obesity will be able to purchase pills with private prescription
Patients will soon be able to buy the Wegovy weight-loss pill, the medicines regulator announced today.
It is the first GLP-1 receptor agonist tablet for weight-loss to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), making the UK the...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support it, according to research from OpenAI published Wednesday. OpenAI said it caught the influence campaign because China-backed operatives were using...
The Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy transportation route, has once again become the focus of market attention. If the strait is blocked or transportation is disrupted, the global crude oil supply chain will face a huge impact, international oil prices may rise rapidly, and this could trigger sharp fluctuations in global capital […]
A New Era of Finance: Autonomous AI Agents Without Sacrificing Ownership, Privacy, or Control As artificial intelligence evolves from answering questions to actively managing financial decisions, Bluwhale today announced the launch of its AI-native financial operating system — a platform designed to automate and optimize users’ financial lives while ensuring they remain firmly in control […]
As co-chief executive of the start-up Prometheus, the Amazon founder is using A.I. to improve how devices ranging from computers to jet engines are made.
I played the ultimate game of strategy on a variety of smart chess boards to find the best for online and in-person matches.
The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.
These WIRED-tested ebook readers let you take your library anywhere.
The Sam Altman, Dario Amodei feud is shaping AI’s biggest products – and now Wall Street’s biggest listings.
Longtime Slashdot reader MattSparkes shares a report from NewScientist, captioned: “For years we’ve had unconfirmed reports, rumors, hints… now we know.” From the report: Fully autonomous drones with no human oversight have killed soldiers on the battlefield for the first time. This is according to a senior figure in the Ukrainian defense industry, marking a watershed moment in warfare. The...
New research suggests that dozens of monetized YouTube channels are run by people and organizations that the US government has sanctioned for their ties to Tehran.
It’s the first estimate of how many Americans are sneaking onto Polymarket’s banned crypto-based platform.
If you’re someone who needs to (or likes to) take their work on the go, a portable monitor will make a huge difference. These are my favorite that I tested.
Cloud security has a people, process and ownership problem. Many organisations are dealing with all three at once.
This impressively light carbon commuter makes switching to an ebike easier than ever.
It might not feel all that different from older World Cups—for better or worse.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 34% of women own smartphones, with a 22% smartphone ownership gender gap, says the GSMA.