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Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI, Alleging His Company Uses “AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims”
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Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI, Alleging His Company Uses “AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims”

xAI filed its own lawsuit the same day, accusing St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s 14 known children, of violating its terms of service.
Sports Betting Sites Make It All Too Easy to Lose Everything You’ve Got
the over-under

Sports Betting Sites Make It All Too Easy to Lose Everything You’ve Got

DraftKings and FanDuel are thriving—but lax regulations, understaffed “responsible gambling” departments, and lack of resources for gambling addicts can make sports betting platforms uniquely insidious, author Danny Funt reveals in this excerpt from Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.
The Technology Brothers Have Silicon Valley in Their Thrall. Now They’re Coming for You
NEW MEDIA

The Technology Brothers Have Silicon Valley in Their Thrall. Now They’re Coming for You

John Coogan and Jordi Hays have a Maybach, Palantir pals, and TBPN, an irresistibly insidery podcast with a billionaire fanbase. For these two Gordon Gekkos of the venture capital era, the sky’s the limit.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mom Is Posting From His Substack. Why?
Politics

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Mom Is Posting From His Substack. Why?

The report shared Tuesday may be part of the convicted fraudster’s parental push to secure a presidential pardon.
The Double Bind of the AI Bubble Means We’re Screwed Either Way
not okay, computer

The Double Bind of the AI Bubble Means We’re Screwed Either Way

Either the bubble bursts and wipes out a huge sector of the economy, or AI replaces human workers across industries.
Meet the MemeCoin Traders Risking Everything to Retire Their “Whole Bloodline”
CRYPTO

Meet the MemeCoin Traders Risking Everything to Retire Their “Whole Bloodline”

Meme House LA represents the next level of the coin-trader future—a brave new world that is part Bravolebrity, part Wolf of Wall Street, and all casino.
Trump’s YouTube-Insurrection Settlement Will Fund Golden White House Ballroom
Tech

Trump’s YouTube-Insurrection Settlement Will Fund Golden White House Ballroom

The company has agreed to fork over $22 million to Trump, which will be used for the president’s passion project.
Donald Trump Shitposts AI Slop Amid Shutdown Impasse
Politics

Donald Trump Shitposts AI Slop Amid Shutdown Impasse

From the war in Gaza to the imagined arrest of Barack Obama, there’s no topic so serious that the president won’t promote a meme about it.
Who’s Who in the TikTok Deal?
Tech

Who’s Who in the TikTok Deal?

Trump says a trio of billionaires will oversee the social-media platform’s algorithm.
A Secret Room, a $160K Longevity Chamber, Breathing Lamps, and Brain Wave States: Inside Elite Athletes’ Recovery Tricks
Game, Set, Match

A Secret Room, a $160K Longevity Chamber, Breathing Lamps, and Brain Wave States: Inside Elite Athletes’ Recovery Tricks

The Ammortal chamber, a high-tech tool for fast recovery, claims to be able to reset the nervous system, offering what feels like hours of restoration in 25-minute sessions. Vanity Fair got a peek at the US Open’s hush-hush recovery room.
Why Are Grown Men Throwing Dildos at WNBA Games, and WTF Does Crypto Have to Do With It?
A College Dropout, an Ex–Investment Banker, a Guy With a 28-Bedroom “Mega-Villa”: Meet Crypto’s Newly Minted Billionaires
Tech

A College Dropout, an Ex–Investment Banker, a Guy With a 28-Bedroom “Mega-Villa”: Meet Crypto’s Newly Minted Billionaires

The Bullish and Circle IPOs minted a bunch of new billionaires this summer. The president is raking it in too.
Inside Pantheon, the Cult Cartoon That’s Blowing Minds in the AI Industry
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Inside Pantheon, the Cult Cartoon That’s Blowing Minds in the AI Industry

Show creator Craig Silverstein tried to capture the “balance between horror and the aspirational potential of the tech” with his short-lived animated series, which has become a sleeper hit in Silicon Valley.
Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him
Business

Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him

Shannon Liss-Riordan is one of the country’s most renowned labor lawyers. Lately, she’s also developed a specialty in “billionaire justice.”
Welcome to Praxis: The High-Tech, High-Testosterone Eden That Will Save the World
Tech

Welcome to Praxis: The High-Tech, High-Testosterone Eden That Will Save the World

Dryden Brown has raised half a billion dollars to build a city where the rich will get richer, discuss The Odyssey, and, he thinks, restore Western civilization. Heaven, it turns out, just may be an hour north of Santa Barbara, on a US Space Force base—if Trump lets him.
Eric Schmidt Says We Shouldn't Fear AI&-Except for the Risk of Nuclear War
Tech

Eric Schmidt Says We Shouldn't Fear AI—Except for the Risk of Nuclear War

In a TED talk last month, the investor and former Google CEO argued that AI will save us from a future where there are “not enough humans.”
“Some Weird Elon Musk Shit”: Inside LA’s Young, Testosterone-Fueled Sperm Race
it’s all in the name

“Some Weird Elon Musk Shit”: Inside LA’s Young, Testosterone-Fueled Sperm Race

Eric Zhu, the 17-year-old who drew hundreds to the first-of-its-kind event, claims American men are experiencing an “absolutely insane” fertility crisis. He’s raising awareness with a billionaire-backed company that’s turned sperm into sport.
The Dark History of How China Captured Apple
Business

The Dark History of How China Captured Apple

In his new book, Apple in China, Patrick McGee examines how Tim Cook unwittingly led Apple right into the heart of Trump’s trade war.
Everything We Know So Far About Jeff Bezos’s Relationship With Donald Trump
Business

Everything We Know So Far About Jeff Bezos’s Relationship With Donald Trump

The brief spat between the White House and Amazon Tuesday was a trip down the very rocky memory lane of the billionaires’ bromance.
Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s “Raw-Dogging Reality”
Tech

Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s “Raw-Dogging Reality”

His reality just happens to include an underground tunnel and a statue of his wife in the front yard.
Marc Andreessen Touted the Open Web. Now He Lives Life in Exclusive Group Chats
Tech

Marc Andreessen Touted the Open Web. Now He Lives Life in Exclusive Group Chats

Far be it for the billionaire class to have to answer to the riff raff on social media.