SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, June 13, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters A Delaware judge ruled on Friday that Tesla‘s board of directors must defend at a trial Chief Executive Elon Musk’s multibillion dollar pay package, […]
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Pentagon will deploy US forces to the Middle East after Saudi Arabia oil facilities attack
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. De’Angelo Sidney, an aerial port specialist with the 36th Contingency Response Group, marshals a C-130J Super Hercules at the Saipan International Airport, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 28, 2018. Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia | US Air Force WASHINGTON — The Pentagon […]
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s former NYC apartment is on sale for $4.7 million — look inside
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s former New York City apartment is on the market for $4.7 million. The modern, 2,427-square foot home, located in Manhattan’s Soho neighborhood, was featured in Vogue and Elle Décor. It was designed by famous Italian architect Claudio Silvestrin. Two neighboring apartments were combined to create the current layout, […]
See portraits of Jeff Bezos and Lin-Manuel Miranda that are headed to the National Portrait Gallery
Portraits of Jeff Bezos and Lin-Manuel Miranda are heading to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 15. The oil-on-canvas painting of the richest person in the world, Amazon CEO Bezos, was commissioned from artist Robert McCurdy. McCurdy also painted billionaire Warren Buffett in 2013 (that portrait is […]
‘Perfectly real’ deepfakes will arrive in 6 months to a year, technology pioneer Hao Li says
Manipulated images and videos that appear “perfectly real” will be accessible to everyday people in “half-a-year to a year,” deepfake pioneer Hao Li said on CNBC on Friday. “It’s still very easy, you can tell from the naked eye most of the deepfakes,” Li, an associate professor of computer science […]
Palantir to seek at least $26 billion valuation in fundraising push
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp arrives at the “Tech for Good” Summit in Paris, France May 15, 2019. Charles Platiau | Reuters Palantir Technologies is targeting a valuation of at least $26 billion in a private fundraising round, the first for the Peter Thiel-backed data analytics startup in four years, […]
Trump nominee to lead federal media agency funded private company with donations from his nonprofit
Michael Pack Source: US Senate President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a federal media organization has been funding his own private film company with donations from a nonprofit that he runs. Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker, saw at least $1.6 million in donations from his nonprofit sent into the coffers […]
Trump’s nominee to lead federal media agency used nonprofit donations to fund private company
Michael Pack Source: US Senate President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead a federal media organization has been funding his own private film company with donations from a nonprofit that he runs. Michael Pack, a conservative filmmaker, saw at least $1.6 million in donations from his nonprofit sent into the coffers […]
Gates on crazy early days at Microsoft: We ate powdered orange Tang instead of stopping for meals
Before there was Soylent, there was Tang. “I would buy a bottle of Tang, which is an orange sugary drink [mix] that they took to the moon that you know, instead of going to meals, I would just pour orange Tang on my hand and lick it off my hand as […]
At least 4 dead in tour bus crash near Bryce Canyon, Utah, officials say
File Photo: Bryce Canyon National Park Getty Images A tour bus carrying Chinese-speaking tourists crashed near a national park in southern Utah, killing at least four people and critically injuring up to 15 others, authorities said Friday. The morning wreck near Bryce Canyon National Park, known for its distinctive landscape […]