Before Trump was inaugurated, the USDS administrator was Mina Hsiang. After she left, Ted Carstensen was the highest-ranking legacy USDS leader, but he resigned from the organization on February 6. “After Ted resigned, we received no correspondence as far as who the head of this organization was,” says a current USDS employee, who requested anonymity
Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has announced her new startup. Unsurprisingly, it’s focused on AI. Called Thinking Machines Lab, the startup, which came out of stealth today, intends to build tooling to “make AI work for [people’s] unique needs and goals,” and to create AI systems that are “more widely understood, customizable, and generally capable”
Around the globe, business leaders are exploring AI’s potential to help them operate more efficiently and drive better business outcomes. But not all businesses are on a fast path to achieving impactful AI results. According to 2025 IBM research, for example, 77% of executives say they need to adopt gen AI quickly to keep up
SAVE 53%: As of Feb. 18, the Roomba Combo j5 is on sale for $249 at Amazon. That’s a $280.99 discount from its original $529.99. If you’re on a tight budget or live in a tight space, one of the main calls to you’ll have to make during robot vacuum shopping is whether you care about
Argentina’s president Javier Milei has come under fire for the abrupt collapse of a cryptocurrency he promoted, in a move that has triggered lawsuits and calls for his impeachment. Milei is facing more than 100 complaints against him at the country’s supreme court, accusing him of participating in an alleged scam related to the cryptocurrency
When he was a senior studying at Texas A&M University, Matthew Iommi realized that there were no good options for transporting groups of people. Fellow college students heading out for the night together didn’t have access to on-demand rides with the same convenience, accessibility, and affordability of typical ride-hail platforms, like Uber and Lyft. “Once
Virtual private networks have risen from obscurity to become the frequently preferred method of linking private networks. Although VPNs became popular because they enabled using the Internet to secure network connections, thereby eliminating the need for expensive dedicated circuits, VPN adoption skyrocketed because the technology also proved relatively simple, reliable, and secure. Considering VPNs foolproof,
Elon Musk took time away from infiltrating the White House on Tuesday to launch the latest edition of xAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok 3. The tech billionaire and “special government employee” unveiled his AI company’s latest model during a demo livestreamed on Musk-owned X. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk’s DOGE.gov website can apparently be edited by
The Ratio Four coffeemaker does one of two things: It will make one delicious mug of coffee. Or it will make two delicious mugs of coffee. Technically, you could also make one and a half mugs of delicious coffee, or a half a mug. But this is where it stops. This is the end of
Hours after Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month. On the support page that lists X’s premium plans, the monthly subscription price