business finance
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Sam Altman May Have Found a Loophole to Cash in at OpenAI
Sam Altman reportedly has no equity in OpenAI, a strange move for a tech founder, but new reporting from Wired this weekend shows the CEO would profit from an OpenAI deal to buy AI chips. OpenAI signed a previously unknown deal back in 2019 to spend $US51 million on advanced chips from a startup Sam…
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I’m Already Cringing at the Websites Using Google’s New .meme Domain Name
Google released a new top-level domain that lets website creators throw .meme at the end of their URL this week, and I for one am already terrified of the websites about to be created. Internet users can create domains with .meme starting today as part of Google’s early access period, but it will cost you…
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Do You Use Okta? Hackers Probably Have Your Name and Email Now
Okta announced on Tuesday that hackers who breached its systems in October stole details about every user of the identity management service’s customer support platform, contradicting the company’s announcement in early November that only one percent of users were affected. The stolen data includes the names and email addresses of every client in Okta’s customer…
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California Legislators Slam ‘Rash’ NASA Cuts to Marquee Mars Mission
Six California lawmakers wrote to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson last week to oppose the agency’s recent cuts to the Mars Sample Return mission, which aims to bring samples collected by the Perseverance rover on Mars to Earth. The letter was written by congresspeople Judy Chu, Laphonza Butler, Mike Garcia, and Young Kim, as well as…