Amazon founder Jeff Bezos isn’t thinking small. He’s thinking a trillion people big. On the “Lex Fridman Podcast” in 2023, Bezos laid out a vision that sounds more like science fiction than a business plan — but in his mind, it’s grounded in physics and scale. “I would love to see a trillion humans living … Read more
For star-struck podcaster Scott Galloway, the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday conjured “the most aspirational environment I’ve ever been in in my life”. I certainly felt aspirational. I aspired to have fun in the beautiful, curvaceous new wing of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – before my high heels began to hurt. … Read more
Philanthropist and early contributor to Amazon, MacKenzie Scott, continues to champion historically Black colleges and universities. On… The post MacKenzie Scott Donates $42M to HBCUs – 2024 Update appeared first on Archynetys. Source link
When US president Donald Trump vitiated scientific facts on Thursday, helping fossil-fuel fat cats by eliminating the government’s ability to regulate treacherous gases, a reporter asked what he says to people worried about the very real hazards of a hotter planet. “I tell them don’t worry about it,” he shot back. The administration has even … Read more
Saturday’s abrupt announcement that Will Lewis was stepping down as publisher and chief executive of the Washington Post acted as a bookend to a week in which the troubled newspaper itself became a major news story. In the United States, reaction to the layoffs of more than 300 staff, more than a third of the … Read more
Jeff Bezos has a considerable fortune. And though you might know him primarily because of Amazon, Bezos’ investments go way beyond that. There’s Blue Origin. There’s The Washington Post. And through his venture capital firm, Bezos Expeditions, the billionaire also has stakes in companies like Uber, Airbnb, and various AI startups. So, what else might … Read more
The riddle of the Slovenian Sphinx has been solved. The perennial question about what Melania Trump is really like, behind her exquisite mannequin’s mask, has been answered by her new infomercial, Melania. It turns out there is no riddle, no enigma, no mystery, no dark anguish. Melania is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to … Read more
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reshaping its 2026 product roadmap around higher-margin premium devices as chip shortages squeeze supply, signaling that hardware constraints, not demand, will drive its near-term growth. The company is restructuring its 2026 hardware lineup. According to a Nikkei Asia report on Friday, the company will prioritize the production and shipment of its … Read more
With tensions in Minneapolis still high and a possible US military strike on Iran looming, movers and shakers in the Trump administration took a timeout on Thursday night to attend a lavish event celebrating a big-budget documentary about first lady Melania Trump. The movie, Melania, was financed at an eyebrow-raising $75 million (€63 million) by … Read more
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