Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley's favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.
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Friday, May 15, 2026
Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators
Newly un-redacted crash reports reveal some of the troubles Tesla has had as it tries to scale its robotaxis.
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, will let you connect bank accounts
OpenAI is launching personal finance tools for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S. first
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US orders travelers on Air Force One to throw away gifts, pins, and burner phones after China trip
People who travelled to Beijing for a summit between the United States and China had to throw away items they received during the trip before boarding Air Force One, presumably for security reasons.
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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers
Prices have nearly doubled in the largest U.S. grid thanks to surging demand from data centers.
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Runway started by helping filmmakers. Now it wants to beat Google at AI.
AI video generation startup Runway is betting that video generation is the path to world models. And that being an AI outsider is an advantage, not a liability.
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Even GoPro is pivoting to defense
The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale.
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Meridian Ventures launched $35M fund to back MBA-deferred founders
Meridian Ventures, the venture firm founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, announced on Friday the raise of a $35 million second fund to back pre-seed and seed-stage companies founded by those who have deferred MBAs.
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Thursday, May 14, 2026
What the jury will actually decide in the case of Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman
Here's what the biggest tech court case of the year is all about.
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OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn’t be the first partner to feel burned
According to Bloomberg, OpenAI has enlisted an outside law firm to work through its options.
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Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard
A new open source gadget called Clawdmeter turns Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard for AI coding power users.
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YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month
Short-form video is built for mobile, so it may seem counterintuitive, but it's true: YouTube Shorts are becoming quite popular on the big screen.
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Cerebras raises $5.5B, kicking off 2026’s IPO season with a bang
A year ago, it looked like this day would never happen for Cerebras.
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OpenAI says hackers stole some data after latest code security issue
OpenAI said the damage was limited to the employees’ devices, and did not affect user data nor its production systems, and none of its intellectual property was stolen.
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Khosla Ventures is betting $10M on Ian Crosby, whose last startup, Bench, imploded
Crosby is building Synthetic, a fully autonomous AI bookkeeping service for other startups.
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