WeWork SoftBank gives WeWork's ousted CEO an unbelievable golden parachute Jason Weisberger

Business Investors throw $300m at dog-walking startup that hired ex-CEO of fraudulent anti-fraud company Lifelock Cory Doctorow

snake oil OpenAI reports "incredibly positive" vibe as shareholder value sinks Jason Weisberger

AI DeepSeek puts U.S. AI companies in deep trouble Rob Beschizza

artificial intelligence New AI converts customers' abusive phone rants into calming tones Mark Frauenfelder

Business WeWork was once "valued" at $47 billion. Now it's bankrupt Rob Beschizza

coronavirus Baseball stadium invites dancing robots to mask eerie emptiness during game Carla Sinclair

arbitrage Doordash charges $16 for a $24 pizza, so the pizzeria bought its own pizzas and made money Mark Frauenfelder

Technology Damien Patton, CEO of tech surveillance company Banjo, once helped KKK shoot up a synagogue: Report Xeni Jardin

Business Trump and Apple's Tim Cook to meet at Davos Xeni Jardin

Technology Pizza-making robot startup lays off 80% of staff Xeni Jardin

Business DOJ approves $26 billion T-Mobile and Sprint deal Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Uber is a "bezzle," doomed to disappoint the suckers who buy into its IPO Cory Doctorow

security Son of Spectre: researchers are about to announce eight more Meltdown-style defects in common microprocessors Cory Doctorow

telcoms Between Trump, Ajit Pai and a GOP Congress, there's never been a better time for a terrible Sprint/T-Mobile merger Cory Doctorow

Business Uber's major shareholders just dumped a ton of stock for a lowball offer 30% under the current share price Cory Doctorow

Business Major investors offer to buy a big stake in Uber — at a 30% discount Cory Doctorow

web theory The brewing crisis over the pile of poo emoji Cory Doctorow

robotic pets Sony re-introduces the Aibo robotic puppy Mark Frauenfelder

Robot priests Meet Pepper, Japan's robot priest that can now conduct funerals Carla Sinclair