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Tesla awards Musk $29 billion in shares with prior pay package in limbo

The legal battle over Musk’s $56 billion 2018 pay package is before the Delaware Supreme Court.

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Google removes over 50 DEI groups from a list of groups it helps fund

Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.

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Lyft and China’s Baidu look to bring robotaxis to Europe next year

The companies want to launch the robotaxi services in Germany and the U.K. first, pending regulatory approval.

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Legal AI startup Harvey hits $100 million in annual recurring revenue

Harvey launched in 2022 after the founders experimented with OpenAI’s large language model GPT-3, which came out before its viral AI chatbot, ChatGPT. 

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Spotify raises subscription prices

Spotify is raising prices for users in some international markets after a rough quarterly earnings report.

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Amazon shuts down Wondery podcast studio, cuts 110 jobs

Despite securing big names in the business, the company is now shifting its strategy in an effort to better compete with rivals like Spotify and YouTube.

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Baidu plans to expand its robotaxis to Europe with Lyft deal

Chinese tech giant Baidu is looking to expand its autonomous vehicle business globally through deals with Lyft and Uber.

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A.I. Has Ushered in Silicon Valley’s ‘Hard Tech’ Era

Goodbye to the age of consumer websites and mobile apps. Artificial intelligence has ushered in an era of what insiders in the nation’s innovation capital call “hard tech.”

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The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block.

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How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military

In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.

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