Amazon Reportedly Pays $40 Million for Documentary on Melania Trump

In another conspicuously fortuitous development for the incoming president, Amazon has opted to develop a documentary on his wife, Melania Trump. The doc, which Puck has referred to as a…

RFK Jr. Made a Million Dollars From His Anti-Vax Work He Previously Claimed Was ‘Unpaid’

President-elect Donald Trump is currently trying to get his cabinet nominations approved and that includes one of his most controversial picks: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. RFK has been selected to…

OpenAI Shuts Down Developer Who Made AI-Powered Gun Turret

OpenAI has cut off a developer who built a device that could respond to ChatGPT queries to aim and fire an automated rifle. The device went viral after a video…

AMD has just quietly launched its cheapest CPU

Most of AMD’s new products get a whole launch event with a lot of fanfare, but some of them don’t get as much as a mention. The latter is true…

YC-backed Zimi raises $2M to help international merchants easily sell in the U.S.

Audrey Djiya and Peter Nsaka always wanted to be founders.  Djiya’s parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were all entrepreneurs, and even as she took a consulting job after college, she kept…

Illumen Capital doubles down on supporting underrepresented funds

Illumen Capital is doubling down on its support for fund managers and founders from underrepresented communities.  The firm is an impact fund of funds that has previously supported ways to…

Silicon Valley is so dominant again, its startups devoured over half of all US VC funding in 2024

For all the chatter about the decline of San Francisco, data repeatedly shows that the Bay Area, including the city itself, is still the best place for venture-backed startups. Startups…

Nvidia CPUs might be coming to laptops sooner than we thought

Mark Coppock / Digital Trends Semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia is gearing up to be one of the major chip suppliers for AI PCs in 2025, with an upcoming system on a…

Sequoia nears first Asia-Pacific deal since regional split

Sequoia is closing in on making its first deal in India and the broader Asia Pacific region since its split with former partners, according to four sources familiar with the…

Arlan Hamilton announces changes at Backstage Capital, will step into advisory role

Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital, announced Friday that her role at the firm she started in 2015 will evolve.  “After 12 years of being deeply involved in the day-to-day…