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A Pakistani man who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly plotting to assassinate current and former U.S. government officials now faces accusations of terrorism, according to an indictment filed in federal court on Tuesday. Asif Merchant was initially charged in July on a single count of murder for hire in a criminal complaint that … Read more
OpenAI is reportedly in talks with investors to raise $6.5 billion in new funding, valuing the startup at $150 billion, according to Bloomberg and the Financial Times. That’s significantly higher than OpenAI’s previously reported valuation from earlier this year, $86 billion, and far higher than any other AI startup today. The funding round will reportedly … Read more
The coolest startup in the Bay Area isn’t making AI robots or self-driving taxis. It’s actually a baseball team. As his beloved Oakland A’s plan to leave the Bay, serial entrepreneur Paul Freedman sought out a different type of venture. What if he could take what he learned from leading edtech startups to build the … Read more
When Jen Barnett was a grad student in her 20s, she was overwhelmed with her studies and looking for a way out. “I walked out of class, dropped out and tried to buy a one-way ticket to France,” she explains. While her travel agent talked her off the ledge and convinced her to make it … Read more
Users will get their first chance to try out Adobe’s AI model for video generation in just a couple months. The company says features powered by Adobe’s Firefly Video model will become available before the end of 2024 on the Premiere Pro beta app and on a free website. Adobe says three features – Generative … Read more
In a world where people are experiencing increasing levels of workplace burnout—which is fueling a widespread desire to find more work-life balance—freelance careers, sometimes called gig work or consulting, are attracting more and more American workers. In an Upwork study, researchers found that 64 million Americans freelanced in 2023, making up 38% of the U.S. … Read more
Stefanos Loukakos, formerly a director at Meta’s business-focused Messenger division and, briefly, the tech giant’s blockchain org, noticed several years ago that online retailers were struggling to connect with potential shoppers. The problem, in his opinion, was that their marketing campaigns weren’t tailored enough. Merchants were sending generic social media, text, and email blasts that failed to … Read more
According to a recent FCC filing, the Oura Ring 4 is likely to launch any day now. In the meantime, however, the health hardware maker has another key bit of news to share. Oura announced Wednesday that it has acquired Veri, the Helsinki-based startup behind the metabolic health product of the same name. The announcement … Read more
Venture capital firm Fearless Fund and the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) have entered into a settlement agreement that will see the firm shutting down its Strivers Grant program. The program, initially sponsored by Mastercard, aimed to provide $20,000 to small businesses owned by Black women. But Fearless Fund was sued by AAER, run … Read more
Warsaw, Poland — Stanislawa Wasilewska was 42 when she was captured by Nazi German troops on Aug. 31, 1944 in Warsaw and sent to the women’s concentration camp at Ravensbrück. From there, she was sent to the Neuengamme forced labor camp, where she was given prisoner number 7257 and had her valuables seized. Eighty years later, … Read more