The founder who runs a billion user company with 40 people (and no phone) Getty ImagesMost tech billionaires can’t function without their phones. Pavel Durov built a billion-user messaging app without one. Pavel Durov, the 41-year-old founder and CEO of Telegram, runs one of the world’s most valuable tech companies with just 40 engineers. His…
ToplineShares of companies producing rare earth minerals surged Monday as JPMorgan announced a decade-long $1.5 trillion “Security and Resilience Initiative” aimed at investing in industries like artificial intelligence, manufacturing and critical minerals—and surely to curry favor with President Trump, who has urged major entities to invest in his “America First” economic agenda. JP Morgan headquarters…
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Amazon’s stock slipped 1.2% on Tuesday, despite bullish sentiment from Bank of America analysts around Q3 year-over-year spending trends. The company’s shares, which are down 4.3% this month, have been trying to regain momentum, as Amazon ramps up e-commerce and logistics engines ahead of the …
SpaceX is quietly standing up a volunteer fire department to serve the sprawling launch-and-manufacturing Starbase complex, tightening its control over emergency response at a site known for rapid — and sometimes explosive — rocket development. A certificate of formation filed with the Texas Secretary of State on June 30 shows the creation of what’s called…
A decade ago, two college students built a fire extinguisher that snuffed out a fire using nothing more than a booming 10-inch subwoofer. The internet lapped it up, and Jimmy Fallon even booked a demonstration for “The Tonight Show.” But since that brief viral moment, there hasn’t been much more than a whisper about the…
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To purchase gold isn’t much different from hiding money in the proverbial coffee can. Yes, rising gold signals a little or a lot of economic decline. The yellow metal’s upward trajectory in dollars brings to mind a weekly gathering of old at Caltech. Professors wouldn’t talk about the experiments that worked, rather they’d revel in…
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