Man with less than $1 in account makes bogus bid to bail out space company: SEC
Former NASA executive Edin Uzo Okoro reacts to the Boeing Starliner launch and shares his thoughts on the growth of the private space sector. A Fort Worth, Texas man is facing serious rebukes after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced plans to sue him for making a “false offer” to buy the now-bankrupt space company […]
Can chipmaker Nvidia remain world’s most valuable company
Chipmaker Nvidia has seen its market capitalization more than triple this week. Trillion dollars, surpassing Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company. This historic surge has been compared to the frenetic days of the dot-com era almost 30 years ago. Is that true? As for Nvidia, it’s probably not a bubble, at least not […]
Oilers join rare company by forcing Game 7 in Stanley Cup Final after trailing 3-0
The Edmonton Oilers last week became the 211th team in NHL history to lose a series, 3-0, and they are now one win away from becoming just the fifth team to pull off the comeback. The Oilers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Friday, becoming just the 10th team in NHL history to force a […]
Disney senior VP claims company hires based on race
Executives at the Walt Disney Company argued that the storied brand has sweeping race-based hiring practices but uses coded language to avoid responsibility. In a series of undercover videos produced by investigative journalist James O’Keefe’s O’Keefe Media Group, Disney Senior Vice President Michael Giordano detailed a series of questionable hiring practices and beliefs that have […]
OpenAI co-founder devotes new company to 'safe superintelligence'
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said this week: New artificial intelligence venture It focuses on safely developing “superintelligence.” The new company, Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI for short), has a sole purpose: to create safe AI models that are more intelligent than humans. “Building a secure superintelligence (SSI) is the most important technological challenge of our time,” […]
Paige Spiranac has company; Christo Lamprecht signs with WME Sports
Christo Lamprecht, the 6-foot-8 South African who led the first round of the British Open as an amateur last year, has signed an agency with WME Sports after turning professional. He joins social media star Paige Spiranac, who joined WME Sports in May. The agency, a subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings, which holds stakes in […]
Ex-OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever — who helped oust Sam Altman — to start safe AI company
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist at ChatGPT developer OpenAI, who led the campaign to oust the company’s CEO, Sam Altman, is starting a new artificial intelligence company. The company is focused on creating a safe AI environment at a time when some of the biggest tech companies are trying to reign in the […]
Boeing crash victims5′ families ask DOJ to fine company $24B, prosecute former execs
Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour told lawmakers that the company was cutting corners in assembling the 787 and 777 planes, and that his superiors retaliated against him for blowing the whistle. (Photo courtesy of Senator Hawley’s Press Office) Families of people who died in two separate Boeing 737 Max plane crashes five years ago are asking […]
Boeing crash victims’ families push DOJ to fine company $24 billion for ‘deadliest corporate crime in US history’
Families who lost loved ones in the two Boeing crashes in 2018 and 2019 Request to Federal Prosecutor It plans to launch “aggressive criminal prosecutions” against the aircraft maker on Wednesday. The Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted the company in 2021 on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States after the crashes of Lion […]
Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company
Nvidia, a key player in the tech industry, surpassed Microsoft and Apple to become the most valuable publicly traded company in the world on Tuesday. The company’s stock rose 3.5%, lifting its market value to about $3.3 trillion, while competitors Microsoft and Apple dipped. The graphics chip-centric company has skyrocketed in value in the past […]