Elon Musk hinted on Saturday at working on new bells and whistles for the Model 3, the car billed as Tesla’s ticket to mainstream auto manufacturing, but one that’s been dogged by a production backlog. On Twitter, Tesla’s CEO said that he was working on two separate versions of the car, and called its driving […]
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Virtual reality, or VR, is the futuristic scenario you’ve seen in sci-fi movies where someone puts on a headset and then enters another environment: a digital world with movie-like scenes, immersive games, maybe a web browser. The recent hit movie “Ready Player One” was all about virtual reality, and in fact Facebook reportedly gave the […]
Read moreA few weeks ago I was at a restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the annoyingly pretentious kind that’s given an ironic Hebrew name because its menu mainly consists of pork and shellfish dishes. Usually I Instagram Story my experience — after all, how can one enjoy their meal unless everyone else they know can see what […]
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A royal wedding, in pictures: Britain's Prince Harry marries Meghan Markle
Prince Harry, grandson to Queen Elizabeth II, married American actress Meghan Markle on Saturday, in a ceremony that took place at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The wedding was a global affair, with thousands camped out along the procession route to Windsor Castle. Around the world, millions were watching on television — even in […]
Read moreVenture capitalist David Lee was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma 24 years ago when he was a graduate Student at Stanford. Rhett Krawitt’s acute lymphoblastic leukemia was discovered eight years ago when he was just a toddler. Both are now cancer-free. Lee has a thriving investment career in Los Angeles and Krawitt is a Bay Area […]
Read moreSecurity is tight at this brick building on the western edge of Berlin. Inside, a sign warns: “Everybody without a badge is a potential spy!” Spread over five floors, hundreds of men and women sit in rows of six scanning their computer screens. All have signed nondisclosure agreements. Four trauma specialists are at their disposal […]
Read moreA group of about 30 engineers sipped coffee and tapped out notes on their laptops, while a charismatic Google employee named Michael “Mig” Gerard whipped through a presentation on how to best apply machine learning, a trendy sub-field of A.I. in which software programs get “smarter” at solving problems over time as they receive more […]
Read moreKrishna Yeshwant, a doctor and investor with GV, Alphabet‘s venture firm, takes a lot of meetings with entrepreneurs that have lofty goals to fix health care. But different patients have different needs. So to help entrepreneurs empathize with their users, he came up with a simple, foursquare box that he’ll scrawl on a napkin, in […]
Read moreJack Dorsey has become one of the most influential techology entrepreneurs in the world, joining the ranks of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. He boasts the unique distinction of running not just one but two major companies, Square and Twitter. The dual role has earned Dorsey a net worth more than $4 billion, according to […]
Read moreThe Chinese air force has landed long-range bombers for the first time on an airport in the South China Sea, a state newspaper said Saturday, in a move likely to further fuel concerns about Beijing’s expansive claims over the disputed region. The China Daily newspaper reported that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted takeoff […]
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