technology
Could MrBeast IPO? His CEO wants fans to have ‘a chance to be owners of the company’
Would you buy stock in a twenty-seven-year-old named Jimmy? Source link
Roblox banned in Russia, local media says
Russia’s communications agency cited the presence of LGBTQ content on the platform as one of the reasons behind the ban. Source link
Andy Jassy says Amazon’s Nvidia competitor chip is already a multi-billion-dollar business
Can any company, big or small, really topple Nvidia’s AI chip dominance? Maybe not entirely but Amazon is already making big bucks trying. Source link
Trump administration rolls back fuel economy standards, again
The regulatory decision would make it harder for future administrations to implement stricter fuel efficiency standards. Source link
WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use
Though WordPress’s Telex is still an experiment, the vibe coding software has already been used to help build real-world websites. Source link
VCs deploy ‘kingmaking’ strategy to crown AI winners in their infancy
While VCs have long used big investments to spur category winners, they are taking this strategy to new extremes. Source link
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers’ data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI. Source link
Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract
Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth magnets startup, has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S. defense department. Source link
Tonight, the future of deep tech will be explained to you at StrictlyVC Palo Alto
On Wednesday evening at Playground Global in Palo Alto, some very smart people who are building things you don’t understand yet will explain what’s coming. This is the final StrictlyVC event of 2025, and truly, the lineup is ridiculous. Source link
Fintech firm Marquis alerts dozens of US banks and credit unions of a data breach after ransomware attack
Marquis said ransomware hackers stole reams of banking customer data, containing personal information and financial records, as well as Social Security numbers, belonging to hundreds of thousands of people. The number of affected people is expected to rise. Source link