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Billionaire Peter Thiel gave a four-part series of rambling seminars about the antichrist. According to leaked audio, they were weird.

Audio of Peter Thiel’s Secret Antichrist Seminar Just Leaked

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Earlier this year, one of Meta's top executives left the company — and now, he's taking down the culture that surrounds it.

The Industrialists

Meta Defector Issues Devastating Psychological Takedown of Tech CEOs

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI tech startups have adopted the 996 work schedule from China, which entails people working a total of 72 hours per week.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Startups Are Making Their Employees Work Hours That Will Make You Break Out in a Cold Sweat

By Sharon Adarlo

One wannabe startup founder obsessed with Peter Thiel is exposing the depths of Silicon Valley's anti-college attitude.

College Dropout Entrepreneur Boasts That Peter Thiel’s Book Is “Probably the Best Book I’ve Read, and I’ve Only Read a Few Pages”

New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade

Artificial Intelligence

New Law Would Ban All AI Regulation for a Decade

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A startup called Firecrawl went viral last week for posting a — very real — job listing intended for an "AI agent."

Artificial Intelligence

Startup Adds Job Listing Specifically for AI Agents, With Horrible Salary

By Victor Tangermann

Silicon Valleys software engineers are finding their previously ironclad careers crumbling under the growing cost of AI development.

Silicon Valley Software Engineers Horrified as They Can’t Easily Find Jobs Anymore

Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back

Science & Energy

Fusion Startup Conducts Strange Ceremony Involving Woman With Wires Coming Out of Her Back

By Noor Al-Sibai

OpenAI just raised nearly $7 billion, raising its value to around $157 billion. Investors had to be willing to keep things exclusive.

OpenAI Stamps Feet, Says Investors Aren’t Allowed to Back Its Rivals

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Leaked OpenAI Documents Show Sam Altman Was Clearly Aware of Silencing Former Employees

Leaked OpenAI Documents Show Sam Altman Was Clearly Aware of Silencing Former Employees

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Silicon Valley chronicler Kara Swisher says Elon Musk's need for adoration and lack of real support has led the SpaceX CEO down a dark road.

Kara Swisher Says Elon Musk Is Addicted to a Bizarre “Drug”: Sycophancy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A giant group chat full of tech CEOs mobilized in the wake of Sam Altman's firing from OpenAI — and it may have gotten him rehired.

Tech CEOs Freaked Out About Sam Altman’s Firing in a Giant Group Chat

By Noor Al-Sibai

Once again, a much-hyped AI product launch has featured glaring AI hallucinations. This time, Humane's AI Pin is the one in the hot seat.

Artificial Intelligence

That Hyped Up AI Pin Made Two Idiotic Mistakes in Its Launch Video

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, an avid jiu-jitsu devotee, took to Instagram to show off recent training trophies: two black eyes.

Mark Zuckerberg Got Busted in the Face

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A billionaire-backed firm has reportedly purchased thousands of acres of California ranch land with the intent to build a new Silicon Valley.

Billionaires Are Reportedly Trying to Start a New City Near San Francisco

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A robot pizza delivery startup that has raised almost half a billion dollars has shut down after failing to realize its vision.

Robot Pizza Startup Shuts Down After Cheese Kept Sliding Off

By Victor Tangermann