More than 20% of Kamala Harris' July fundraising haul came from California, thanks to the tech world

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Harris has far more support from the tech world than Biden did.

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Elon Musk tells X staff to write a one-page summary of their achievements to get stock options, report says

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees they would need to work "long hours at a high intensity" after taking over Twitter — and said those unwilling to do so should leave.

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What OpenAI must do to stay on top

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Internal Amazon sales guidelines spread doubt about OpenAI capabilities, while bad-mouthing Microsoft and Google

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For young, promising venture capitalists, the path to partner has suddenly become much steeper

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As funding to startups stagnates, tech investors are putting fewer points on the board, making it harder to get promoted.

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Skyfire lets your AI agent spend your money. We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck the startup used to raise $8.5 million.

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Skyfire co-founders Amir Sarhangi and Craig DeWitt

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Mark Cuban is asking Elon Musk to post X's algorithm source code

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"Can you post the expected algorithm source code, before you implement them? So users can give feedback?" Mark Cuban wrote in an X post to Elon Musk on Sunday.

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Why does X Premium cost $8? Elon Musk figured that's how much a cup of Starbucks costs.

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Elon Musk.

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Y Combinator is making its first weapons industry bet on a company that wants to be the SpaceX of missiles

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"In a war with Taiwan, we would fire thousands of anti-ship missiles a week, and our stockpiles would run out in days.

The former Twitter director who went viral for sleeping in the office was deeply concerned about employee burnout

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Former Twitter Director Esther Crawford, right, who went viral for a photo of her sleeping at Twitter's HQ, expressed concerns to Elon Musk about employee burnout.

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