Look Again: That H&M Model Showing Off a New Look May Be a Digital Clone
In two photographs taken for the fashion retailer H&M, the model Mathilda Gvarliani is seen posing in a white tank top and jeans. The images look like takes from the…
Blackstone Considers Small Investment in TikTok
The private equity giant Blackstone is weighing taking a small stake in TikTok ahead of an April 5 deadline set by President Trump for the Chinese-owned app to change its…
Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to His A.I. Start-Up xAI
Elon Musk said on Friday that he had sold X, his social media company, to xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, in an unusual arrangement that shows the financial maneuvering inside…
FCC Orders Investigation Into Disney’s DEI Practices
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he had opened an investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the latest attempt under the Trump…
CoreWeave Disappoints on Opening of Trading
Shares of CoreWeave, the first artificial intelligence start-up to go public, finished its first day of trading at $40.01 a share, one penny above the disappointing initial public offering price…
The Tech Behind Signalgate + Dwarkesh Patel’s ‘Scaling Era’ + Is A.I. Making Our Listeners Dumb?
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, we dig into the group chat that’s rocking the Trump administration and talk about…
Trump’s Tariffs Leave Automakers With Tough, Expensive Choices
Automakers can respond to President Trump’s new 25 percent tariffs on imported cars and parts in several ways. But all of them cost money and will lead to higher car…
CoreWeave Scales Back Ambition for Its I.P.O.
When CoreWeave, the cloud computing company vying to become the first major artificial intelligence start-up to go public, filed paperwork for a public listing earlier this month, it was a…
ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli Style Animations Are Almost Too Good
Animated movies, like those from the famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, are not made in a hurry. The intricate hand drawings and attention paid to every single detail can make…
Democrats Fired from F.T.C. Sue President Trump Over Dismissals
Two Democratic former members of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued President Trump over his decision to fire them from the agency, accusing him of an illegal overreach of…