Editor’s note: The following is the first profile in a series of articles in coming weeks about startup founders from non-technical backgrounds who have launched successful venture-backed companies. In November 2022, Adeel Khan was doing something rare for a longtime educator: taking time off. Having launched his career as a teacher in Atlanta Public Schools,…
GameStop has agreed to swap $1.4 billion of zero-coupon convertible notes for stock, a deal that would retire about one-third of its note principal if it closes. The resulting shareholder dilution will remain unknown until the company discloses the final share count. The company’s Aug. 3, 2026 filing covers about $400 million of notes due…
CNBC host Jim Cramer says he intends to sell his Bitcoin (BTC) after IBM’s chief executive warned that quantum computers could eventually break the cryptography protecting it. He has not confirmed a completed sale, disclosed a position size, or published a wallet address. Traders responded by treating the call as a reason to buy. Why…
The purchase illustrates just how interconnected Elon Musk’s universe of companies are. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
Users can claim Cloudflare wallet handles now, while funding and payment features will arrive later. Source: www.theblock.co Read Full Story
At Kilo Code, engineers are reading or writing code themselves only about 1% of the time now, according to co-founder Emilie Schario — the rest is agents. That shift is forcing new questions onto dev teams: which systems are safe to hand over, who cleans up when models goof up, how to support multi-model architectures,…
Scientists are using OnlyFans to help fund decades of marmot research, while unofficial memecoins inspired by the project have emerged on Solana. Source: decrypt.co Read Full Story
AWS now allows vibe-coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It’s another step toward decoupling apps from models. Source: techcrunch.com Read Full Story
California has the highest gas prices in the country as well as the busiest containership port, meaning consumers across the country could feel the impact of higher diesel. Source: www.cnbc.com Read Full Story
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Humanoid robots usually elicit more cringe than awe: They stumble, kick children, and despite advances are still worse at using their hands than my toddler. It’s a nascent industry, and such robots…