Weekend Tech Innovation Roundup February 10, 2024

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He claims he only drove with the headset for 30-40 seconds while driving his Tesla.

“[I] was in the right place at the right time,” he said. “That’s why we filmed the police.” In other words, he filmed the cops on unrelated duties to make people believe he was arrested. – Jody Serrano / Gizmodo Read More

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The CEO of Meta may seem like a mild-mannered man. He’s soft-spoken, the corners of his mouth often turn upwards into something resembling a smile, and he’s polite. But it’s all a disguise – Mark Zuckerberg lives life on the edge. Meta even said in its latest annual report that its CEO could die because of his dangerous lifestyle. – Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo Read More

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Palantir has long positioned itself as a leader in technologies that will define the modern battlefield. The contours of that battlefield are now coming more clearly into view, says Alexander Karp, CEO of the data analytics company. – Mary Hui Read More

Tesla car chargers in Korea

Only 10% of EV chargers in Korea are fast chargers, according to the International Energy Agency
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Tesla sold only one car this January in South Korea, according to new data, as consumers there remain concerned with inflation and Elon Musk’s EV company continues to deal with a lack of chargers in the country. – Bruce Gil Read More

A Hertz rental car return sign at an airport with electrical wires and a plane in the background.

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Bill Gates speaking at the World Economic Forum

KoBold Metals is backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate and technology fund founded by Bill Gates in 2015.
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California-based KoBold Metals announced Monday (Feb. 5) that it has found an expansive copper deposit in Zambia. Backed by a group of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, the mining startup uses artificial intelligence to discover critical minerals needed for the energy transition. The company told Quartz that the site will be “one of the world’s biggest, high-grade large copper mines.” – Bruce Gil Read More

The logo of U.S. software company Palantir Technologies is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 22, 2020.

AI demand is boosting Palantir’s revenue.
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In the last three months of Dec. 2023, Palantir, a data management software company, which caters to military and intelligence agencies as well as global corporations, generated revenue of $608 million, up 9% from the same period last year. The company had hit another record profit in the fourth quarter, the most profitable in the company’s two-decade history. – Michelle Cheng Read More

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Spotify logo at the New York Stock Exchange

Spotify stock jumps following the company’s fourth quarter earnings report.
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