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Crypto founder Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison

Tycoon given even more jail time than prosecutors had requested

3 hours ago

Financial Times

Crypto founder Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison

WIRED Business

Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

The founder of Terraform Labs was sentenced today for lying about “experimental” coins that blew a $40 billion hole in the crypto economy.

4 hours ago

WIRED Business

Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

Financial Times

S&P 500 closes at record high as consumer-led rally blunts Oracle slide

Blue-chip index rises as investors shift away from big-name tech stocks

5 hours ago

Financial Times

S&P 500 closes at record high as consumer-led rally blunts Oracle slide

Inc.

Uber Just Added a Major Service Upgrade That Sounds Too Good to Be True

The company’s newest launch arrives just in time for the holiday season.

5 hours ago

Inc.

Uber Just Added a Major Service Upgrade That Sounds Too Good to Be True

Financial Times

HSBC axes 160-year-old management scheme in bid to cut costs

‘International Manager’ programme closed to new recruits as CEO Georges Elhedery reshapes Europe’s largest lender

6 hours ago

Financial Times

HSBC axes 160-year-old management scheme in bid to cut costs

Inc.

Rivian Is Coming for Uber and Waymo With Its ‘AI-Defined Vehicle’

The company unveiled its new AI assistant and revealed plans to move into the ride-hailing space.

6 hours ago

Inc.

Rivian Is Coming for Uber and Waymo With Its ‘AI-Defined Vehicle’

Inc.

GM Flubbed a Recall, Now It’s Facing a Massive Lawsuit

The company’s fix allegedly didn’t solve the problem, and customers are not happy.

7 hours ago

Inc.

GM Flubbed a Recall, Now It’s Facing a Massive Lawsuit

Inc.

How Much Water Does AI Actually Use? Depends Who You Ask.

Every time ChatGPT is tasked to write an essay or Claude is asked for help with vibe coding, water is being used. How much exactly?

7 hours ago

Inc.

How Much Water Does AI Actually Use? Depends Who You Ask.

Inc.

A Baby Was Born in a San Francisco Waymo—and It Wasn’t Even the First

An expecting mother gave birth in a Waymo this week on the way to a San Francisco hospital in a rare, but not unprecedented, event.

7 hours ago

Inc.

A Baby Was Born in a San Francisco Waymo—and It Wasn’t Even the First

Inc.

Stop Treating Nonprofits as Charities

The nonprofit crisis is a call to start funding them as essential infrastructure.

8 hours ago

Inc.

Stop Treating Nonprofits as Charities

Financial Times

Oracle investors cast doubt on its knack for divination

The database company’s stock looks like a leveraged bet on OpenAI being able to meet its long-term promises

8 hours ago

Financial Times

Oracle investors cast doubt on its knack for divination

WIRED Business

How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute

Taiwan’s digital payment infrastructure is tactile, decentralized, and completely distinct from China’s QR-code-dominated model.

8 hours ago

WIRED Business

How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute

Financial Times

China signals concern over falling investment

Communist party leadership pledges to ‘stabilise’ major engine of economic growth

9 hours ago

Financial Times

China signals concern over falling investment

WIRED Business

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors.

9 hours ago

WIRED Business

OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’

WIRED Business

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

Disney is hedging against the future. OpenAI is clearing a path for Sora. And together they’ve made a blueprint for how AI and Hollywood can move forward.

10 hours ago

WIRED Business

The Disney-OpenAI Deal Redefines the AI Copyright War

WIRED Business

Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers

The 300-person startup hopes bringing designers aboard will give it an edge in an increasingly competitive AI software market.

11 hours ago

WIRED Business

Cursor Launches an AI Coding Tool For Designers

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WIRED Business

How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace

With support from Microsoft, Stripe, and Shopify, Running Tide billed itself as on the cutting edge of carbon removal. In the end, it resorted to dumping thousands of tons of wood chips in the sea.

20 hours ago

WIRED Business

How the Next Big Thing in Carbon Removal Sank Without a Trace