Tech's hottest job: Documentary filmmaker

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Lume isn't just a modern and expensive lamp; it doubles as a laundry folding genie. And to hype and humanize this alien-like robo housemaid before it starts shipping this summer, the company behind it, has launched an all-out, high-gloss social media video blitz.

Ask your landlord to lower your rent — now

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Apartment key on a keyring with three dollar signs; a hand crosses out two of the three signs.

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A few weeks ago, Marco Bario texted his landlord with an unusual request.

The guy with a 'killer idea for an app' can finally build it. So can everyone else.

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A tech employee visibly looking stressed at a desktop computer

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The rise of shadow AI

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Young tech founders are dumping their girlfriends and going 'monk mode'

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Young founder in a suit showing heartbroken gestures.

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Among the more unexpected effects of the AI race is the rise of a breakup line: It's not you, it's my startup.

Help, I think I'm building an AI tool to lay off my coworkers

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An employee sitting next to an empty desk with a box of items and a glitching computer

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My week inside the new Silicon Valley news rabbit hole

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The CEO behind 'Grand Theft Auto' doesn't drink, smoke, or play video games

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Strauss Zelnick

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Strauss Zelnick avoids vice. His company makes billions selling it.

The longtime CEO and chairman of Take-Two Interactive Software is the straight-laced leader behind one of the bestselling and most violent entertainment properties of all time, "Grand Theft Auto."

How Google made peace with war

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Photo collage featuring Google logo, CEO Sundar Pichai, Army Tank, and a protest sign that reads

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On April 27, more than 600 Google employees signed a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to prevent the Pentagon from using the company's AI products for classified operations.

I built an agent to do my job. Then it hung up on my boss.

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Amanda Hoover (left) and a close-up of Robot hands and human hands typing on a laptop.

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Rather than wait to find out if AI will replace me, I built my replacement.

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