Superhuman founder Rahul Vohra on coping with email overload

Superhuman is a fast, pricey email service aimed at those whose work inboxes are exploding. People pay $30 a month for it, CEO Rahul Vohra says, because it’s as important for their work as any other core company software. 

The universality of email stress—workers spend more than two hours a day on it—has helped the company raise more than $100 million from the likes of Ashton Kutch

TikTok’s sell-or-ban bill gains steam in Congress ahead of upcoming vote

An effort to force TikTok‘s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move.

The Republican-controlled House included the measure in a sweeping $95 bill

NYC vs. Texas? Actually, they’re both top destinations for tech talent right now

Hundreds of thousands of tech workers have been culled from payrolls over the past year or so, but several areas around the country remain hubs for tech workers. That includes such cities as Austin, Seattle, and New York City, according to a new report from venture firm SignalFire

More trouble for Tesla: Layoffs, severance snafu, and a painful stock downgrade

In an email obtained by CNBC Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed staffers that the severance packages sent to some of the 14,000 workers laid off this week were “incorrectly low.”

Musk apologized for the mistake, stating that the problem is being “co

Microsoft is riding on geopolitics to extend its AI footprint

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Microsoft extends its grip on global AI with $1.5B share of the UAE AI company G42

Microsoft’

Humane’s ambient computing vision is a dead-end

Humane seemed to anticipate that the first reviews of its AI Pin would be brutal.

In an interview with Inverse and a statement to The Verge, Humane’s co-founders positioned the AI Pin not as a finish

This is how we can use AI to empower rural America

AI has become a market imperative for leading American businesses. However, current AI knowledge is largely centered around cities. Meanwhile, in rural America, income inequality has never been higher—nor has the digital divide been more deeply felt. The disparity between rural and urban wages also only seems to be widening.  

Although concerns persist abo

Top Wall Street brokerages start Reddit coverage but remain doubtful

Top Wall Street brokerages, whose investment banking units helped Reddit prepare for its public issue, started coverage of the social media company with doubts over its user growth, while staying bullish on ad revenue and its use of artificial intelligence (AI). Goldman Sachs and J.P.Morgan began with a “neutral” rating

Naval Ravikant’s AirChat social media app looks to connect people through natural voice

Venture capitalist Naval Ravikant has rolled out a social media app centered around communicating through voice notes, looking to challenge the dominance of text-based platforms such as Elon Musk-owned X and Meta Platforms

Experts worry the government was just given more cover to conduct mass surveillance

The House of Representatives’ vote last week to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by two years suggests the government will continue to enjoy its authority to collect the messages of Americans communicating with targeted foreigners abroad.

The FBI


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