How Xbox became the poster child for the video game industry's struggle

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Microsoft's Xbox made some big bets that haven't paid off.

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Inside the strange side hustle of teaching AI to think like a lawyer

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When arbitrator Jessica Crutcher logs off after a day of hearing disputes, she starts a graveyard shift training AI models.

Kevin O'Leary has entered a new villain era

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O'Leary Ventures is developing data center campuses in Utah and Canada.

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How Domo went from a $2.8 billion darling to fighting for its survival

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In 2022, the founder of software company Domo stepped down as CEO after he was accused of sexually assaulting an employee on a work trip, an allegation he denied. A year later, he came back to lead the company.

SpaceX employees got rich off stock options. Ex-Blue Origin workers say theirs are worthless.

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Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have cosmic ambitions for Blue Origin and SpaceX.

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The AI boom is giving these execs more power — and headaches — than ever

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CFOs are the gatekeepers of one of the biggest spending booms in decades.

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A Disney exec's gushing posts about his AI assistant 'Sam' have employees chattering

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A Disney AI executive has created a virtual assistant named "Sam" that he called his "son."

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Jason Cox sounds more like a proud parent than a Disney executive when describing "Sam," his AI assistant.

Wolfgang Puck didn't think his son would follow in his footsteps. Now he's preparing the succession.

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Wolfgang Puck and his son, Byron Lazaroff-Puck.

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LinkedIn's layoffs will come with operational changes, memo shows

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Mira Murati's AI dream team got their stock options. Now many are out.

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Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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