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Startups have never been able to offer the same sizable salaries as big tech companies. Now with companies like Meta and OpenAI willing to pay million-dollar salaries amid the AI race — the compensation divide has grown even larger. Early-stage startups are not doomed though. If they develop a compensation strategy that is generous, fair,…

Image Credits:Andrew Harnik / Getty Images 11:22 AM PST · November 7, 2025 The Washington Post has said that it was one of the victims of a hacking campaign tied to Oracle’s suite of corporate software apps.   Reuters first reported the news on Friday, citing a statement from the newspaper that said it was affected…

Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to be able to put all the Cybercabs it builds on the road, and thanked Waymo for “paving the path…

Musk said he picked the date so he “could say I was just kidding” if it changes again. He had spent months teasing a reveal by the end of this year…

Apple is turning to Google’s technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant…

Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shake-up at the company…

While Roy Lee, the founder of Cluely, argues that startups should be thinking harder about social media virality, he also admits that brand awareness alone won’t lead to sustained growth. “I can’t say if it’s a mistake, but maybe we launched too early,” Lee said onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 last week. “The whole idea…

Beta Technologies’ public market debut is a capstone to founder and CEO Kyle Clark’s untraditional approach to building an aviation company…

Amazon won’t allow agents on its site that don’t identify themselves as such. Perplexity is not pleased…

Image Credits:Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg / Getty Images 1:01 PM PDT · November 1, 2025 Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X. While both men were founders at OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, they have subsequently sparred across social media, court filings, and corporate blog posts.…