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[ad_1] If you need evidence that people are so over dating apps, look no further than the App Store, where at one point this week the most popular app was one that claims it can help women navigate dating more safely and weed out the worst guys.Tea, an app exclusively for women, lets them reverse image search men’s photos, run background checks on potential suitors, and post reviews of men, either deeming them green-flag or red-flag daters. The company website says that “Tea ensures that women have the information they need before meeting someone new,” and was born in 2023…

[ad_1] Product managers and data scientists have no place on a founding team, said Surge AI’s CEO, Edwin Chen.Chen said on an episode of “No Priors Podcast” published Thursday that he often hears early-stage founders list the roles among their first five to 10 hires. “This is just wild to me,” he said.Chen, who used to be a data scientist himself, said he would not hire data scientists early.”Data scientists are great when you want to optimize your product by 2% or 5%, but that’s definitely not what you want to be doing when you start a company,” he said.”You’re…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he won’t touch the federal subsidies Elon Musk’s companies are enjoying because he wants Musk to continue to prosper.Musk, however, begs to differ.”The ‘subsidies’ he’s talking about simply do not exist,” Musk wrote in an X post on the same day.The Trump administration has already scrapped or slapped expiry dates on every clean energy incentive “while leaving massive oil & gas subsidies untouched,” Musk wrote in his post.Musk’s EV company, Tesla, is already feeling the pinch. Tesla said during its earnings call on Wednesday that removing the $7,500 EV credit under Trump’s…

[ad_1] Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, makes bold projections for his ventures. Robotaxi is no exception.Wednesday’s earnings call, however, didn’t give specifics on one big question: How is robotaxi’s pilot launch going in Austin? The self-driving car program launched in June.”They’ve got to show progress, and that’s what we didn’t get,” Gene Munster, a managing partner of Deepwater Asset Management who writes about Tesla and Alphabet, told Business Insider.Here’s what Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s VP of AI software, said after an analyst asked for key performance indicators around robotaxi, including the number of vehicles Tesla is operating, miles driven autonomously, and the…

[ad_1] When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn moreThe best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 cases provide lasting protection in slim, lightweight forms that don’t inhibit features like wireless charging.Below, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorite cases from our testing experience with options from Samsung themselves and trusted third-party brands.Our top pick among the best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 cases is the Otterbox Galaxy Z Flip 7 Thin Flex case, an ultra-slim, durable, clear case that prevents use-related yellowing and is easy to hold. For a budget option,…

[ad_1] Is this the beginning of the end for American chipmaking? It could very well be.Intel, the iconic US semiconductor manufacturer, warned on Thursday that it may stop developing its next-generation chip, known as 14A.The company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday that it is focused on developing 14A and finding a large customer. It was Intel’s first warning of the possible fallout from failure.”If we are unable to secure a significant external customer and meet important customer milestones for Intel 14A, we face the prospect that it will not be economical to develop and manufacture Intel 14A and…

[ad_1] The Federal Communications Commission’s approval of the merger between Skydance Media and Paramount Global comes with a lot of conditions on the content the company can produce across its programming, which includes CBS and Nickelodeon.The FCC said in a statement Thursday that it approved Skydance’s $8 billion acquisition of the media giant. Brendan Carr, chairman of the FCC, said that Americans “no longer trust the legacy national news media” and that Skydance had agreed to make “significant changes” at CBS.”In particular, Skydance has made written commitments to ensure that the new company’s programming embodies a diversity of viewpoints from…

[ad_1] Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite eked out gains to reach record closes, and what’s on the radar for the next session. Record breakers The S & P 500 closed at a record for the 13th time this year on Thursday. The Nasdaq Composite posted its 14th record close of 2025, too. The S &…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell can’t seem to get on the same page about numbers.That goes for not only the interest rates Trump would like to see lowered, but also the cost of renovating the Federal Reserve building and whether there is inflation in the country.On Thursday, Trump became the first president in nearly two decades to visit the Federal Reserve after George W. Bush in 2006. He said the Federal Reserve renovation project now costs “$3.1 billion,” up from the current budget of $2.5 billion.”I’m not aware of that,” said Powell while shaking his head.The cost…

[ad_1] Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is making progress on his plan for the company to shed its inefficiencies. And that includes spiking several manufacturing projects. The semiconductor giant reported Thursday in its second-quarter earnings report that it will delay, and in some cases not move forward with, multiple manufacturing projects. Specifically, Intel said it was no longer going forward with its previously announced projects in Germany and Poland. Those projects included an assembly and testing facility in Poland and a chip factory in Germany. Both projects have been sitting in limbo since being suspended in 2024, shortly after being announced.…