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Why I turned down £100,000 on Dragon’s Den for help in my taboo-busting business
Peony Li shocked viewers on Thursday night when she turned down the Dragons’ investment offer – BBC There aren’t many people who turn the tables on the formidable moguls Dragon’s Nest. That’s why viewers were impressed when Peony Li said: “I’m out”, turning down a £100,000 investment in her company when she appeared on the … Read more
Nvidia fever is here. Why the chipmaker is the most popular stock in the world.
SAN FRANCISCO — In high school, the only thing Pablo Nava Barrera knew about was Nvidia, which made the graphics card in his video game computer. But when he started looking for internships last fall, the second-year computer science student at San José State University discovered that the company’s chips were behind “generative” AI tools … Read more
The first U.S. lunar lander launched in more than fifty years is headed for a fiery end. This is what happened in space
The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more
The first U.S. lunar lander launched in more than fifty years is headed for a fiery end. This is what happened in space
The Peregrine spacecraft — launched last week in the first U.S. mission to pursue a moon landing in more than 50 years — is on its way back to Earth and is expected to make a fiery return after a critical fuel leak scuppered its lunar ambitions. The failed moon landing attempt is a setback … Read more
Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of thousands who will be cryogenically frozen after death – in the industry that sells life after death
Dr. Jerry Lemler, former president and CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, stands in the Patient Care Bay area where the heads and bodies of 49 individuals are kept in cold storage at the company’s headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, July 12, 2002.Jeff Topping/Reuters Cryonics companies cryogenically freeze people after death in the hope that … Read more
OpenAI’s unusual nonprofit structure led to a dramatic ouster of its sought-after CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unlike Google, Facebook and other tech giants, the company behind ChatGPT was not founded as a business. It was established as a non-profit organization by founders who hoped it would not be tied to commercial interests. But the arrangement became complicated. While OpenAI later transitioned to a for-profit model, its controlling … Read more