George Makihara seemed to have found an easy path to riches. In one video the college student posted in January, he jumped with joy after betting that President Trump would say the word “McDonald’s” that month. The supposed payout: $100,000. But Trump never uttered the word publicly. And the clip came from two months earlier. […]

Deedy Das dropped a blunt assessment on X over the weekend. “Most software engineers are facing an identity crisis bordering on depression,” the Menlo Ventures partner wrote. “The craft they loved is dead.” His post cut through the usual venture chatter. It captured what many in the field have felt but hesitated to say out

SAN DIEGO — China now runs more clinical drug trials than the United States. Its share of early-stage drug development programs has climbed dramatically. Yet when senior American executives and academics size up the global biotech race, they still hand the overall lead to the US. The findings come from a fresh poll by the

In the early hours of June 20, 2026, millions of Brazilian cellphones lit up with an unexpected and unsettling notification. “Alerta extremo – Defesa Civil:misantropi4.” The message, broadcast as an extreme alert through the national civil defense system, woke residents across São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná and the Federal District. “Misantropi4” is a leetspeak

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has described how artificial intelligence has fundamentally altered the way his company operates, from internal processes to product development and long-term strategy. In a recent interview covered by Yahoo Finance, Pichai explained that the technology now influences nearly every aspect of Google’s work, creating both opportunities and new responsibilities for one

Google has announced that organizations using its Workspace productivity tools must complete their transition to enhanced security protocols by September 30, 2026, or face potential service disruptions. The company detailed the requirements in an official update aimed at strengthening protections against unauthorized access and data breaches across Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and other core applications. The

Satya Nadella built much of the infrastructure powering today’s AI surge. Now the Microsoft CEO says the industry risks repeating the worst mistakes of globalization. He warns a handful of frontier model makers could strip companies of their own expertise. And leave entire sectors dependent on a few black-box systems. “You can’t say, hey, all

Billions tap out messages on WhatsApp every day. They trust the blue ticks and the lock icon. The company says only the sender and receiver can read them. End-to-end encryption, they call it. Yet a Medium essay by security researcher Adrian Găitan argues the promise amounts to one of the largest deceptions in consumer technology.

Lucid Motors is shedding roughly 1,500 jobs. That amounts to 18 percent of its workforce. The move comes only four months after a 12 percent reduction earlier this year. And it marks the first big operational reset under Silvio Napoli, the former Schindler Group executive who formally took the CEO role on June 1. The

Jack Conte built Patreon to let artists get paid directly by their fans. Now, as its CEO, he finds himself battling the very internet forces that once promised creators freedom. In a wide-ranging conversation released today, Conte described how the platform has transformed from a simple billing service into something far more ambitious. He calls