Jessica Mathews

Jessica Mathews

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  • Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 30, 2025. Musk, who stormed into US politics as President Trump’s chainsaw-brandishing sidekick, announced on May 28 that he is leaving his role in US government, intended to reduce federal spending, shortly after his first major break with the President over Trump’s signature spending bill. (Photo by Allison ROBBERT / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk’s latest blending of business interests puts his Grok AI chatbot in Teslas—and raises questions around data and privacy

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  • TOPSHOT – Elon Musk holds a chainsaw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chainsaw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentina’s President Javier Milei. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Elon Musk spent months slashing federal contracts — Now his AI company is celebrating a $200M Pentagon contract and new unit to get government business

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  • Katie Miller, former communications director for Mike Pence, left, and Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., depart following a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. US President Donald Trump during his joint address to Congress on Tuesday evening touted Musk’s work with DOGE, claiming the group has found significant “fraud, waste and theft.” Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Katie Miller—who left Trump’s White House with Elon Musk—surfaces at xAI

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  • Sana Javeri KadriNewsletters

    This founder has spent a decade building a multi-million-dollar spice company that is almost profitable. She still doesn’t want your venture capital dollars—at least not for now

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  • Sana Javeri KadriTech

    This India-born founder built a multimillion-dollar spice company after seeing turmeric lattes in California coffee shops. This is how she did it

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  • DETROIT, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 9: Ford Motor Company President and CEO Jim Farley speaks at a Ford “Detroit Proud” event at the 2025 Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place on January 9, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit Auto Show opens to the public on January 11th and runs through January 20th .(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)Tech

    Ford CEO Jim Farley says Waymo’s approach to self-driving makes more sense than Tesla’s

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  • LE MANS, FRANCE – JUNE 13: Ford President and CEO Jim Farley talks at a press conference at Circuit de la Sarthe announcing ORECA as their Hypercar chassis supplier and Dan Sayers into his new position as Ford WEC Hypercar programme manager, on June 13, 2025 in Le Mans, France. (Photo by Ker Robertson/Getty Images)Tech

    Ford CEO says new technologies like AI are leaving many workers behind, and companies need a plan

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  • Zoox’s new manufacturing facility is located in Hayward, Calif., and will eventually be able to produce more than 10,000 robotaxis a year.Tech

    Amazon-owned Zoox just opened a 220,000-square-foot manufacturing facility to build its robotaxi vehicles in California

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  • Tesla’s robotaxi service will initially feature about 11-20 white Tesla Y vehicles.Tech

    Ahead of Tesla robotaxi launch, residents in one Austin neighborhood say Model Ys—with drivers—are circling their blocks over and over

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  • A protester kicks a burning Waymo vehicle during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025.<br /> The protest erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began on June 7, with National Guard troops deployed to the city despite objections from local officials. Demonstrators called for an end to deportations and the dismantling of ICE. (Photo by Benjamin Hanson / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN HANSON/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    At least 6 Waymo autonomous vehicles have been vandalized amid anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles

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  • Visitors are viewing Tesla&#8217;s humanoid robot Optimus Prime II at WAIC in Shanghai, China, on July 7, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Departure of Tesla’s humanoid robot boss caps tough week for Elon Musk, amid bitter fallout with Trump

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  • Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, during an interview on &#8220;The Circuit with Emily Chang&#8221; at Anduril&#8217;s headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Anduril recently beat several legacy defense players in a contest for a major contract to develop an unmanned fighter jet for the US Air Force and is now valued at $8.5 billion. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    With massive funding round and $31 billion valuation, Anduril is nearing the size of defense industry giants it wants to displace

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  • Tech

    Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg ended their bitter feud to bolster Silicon Valley’s new love affair with the military market

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  • CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks at the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing &#8220;Cyber Rodeo&#8221; grand opening party on April 7, 2022 in Austin, Texas. &#8211; Tesla welcomed throngs of electric car lovers to Texas on April 7 for a huge party inaugurating a &#8220;gigafactory&#8221; the size of 100 professional soccer fields. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP) (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)Tech

    Questions swirl as Tesla nears Austin launch day for high stakes driverless robotaxi debut

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  • Magazine

    Peter Thiel’s protégés: a common thread runs through Trump’s tech team

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