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Humanoide Roboter: Microsoft, Nvidia und Jeff Bezos stecken Millionen in Figure
Hunderte Millionen US-Dollar erhält das Robotikunternehmen Figure in einer neuen Finanzierungsrunde, um humanoide Roboter schneller zu kommerzialisieren.

KI-Suche Perplexity integriert native Anzeigen
Die KI-Suchmaschine Perplexity wird künftig Werbung anzeigen. Jeff Bezos hatte zuletzt Millionen in den Google-Konkurrenten gesteckt.
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Filing: FTC says Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and other Amazon execs used Signal's disappearing messages to conceal evidence in FTC's antitrust case against Amazon (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Amazon’s Bezos, Jassy Deleted Chats Amid FTC Antitrust Probe
Top Amazon.com Inc. executives including founder Jeff Bezos and Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy destroyed text messages discussing business, the Federal Trade Commission alleged, erasing evidence the agency could have used in its antitrust case against the retail giant.

"The agency accused Amazon of using the app, which can be set to automatically delete messages, to hide information related to the FTC’s ongoing antitrust investigation into the company. "
Jassy, Bezos, other Amazon execs used Signal messaging app, a problem for FTC | The Seattle Times

Jassy, Bezos, other Amazon execs used Signal messaging app, a problem for FTC
The Federal Trade Commission accused Amazon of using the messaging app to hide information related to the agency's ongoing antitrust investigation.

Sources: Jeff Bezos is investing $100M, Microsoft is investing $95M, and Nvidia $50M in humanoid robot startup Figure's ~$675M funding round at a ~$2B valuation (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bezos, Nvidia Join OpenAI, Microsoft in Funding Humanoid Robot Startup Figure AI
Jeff Bezos, Nvidia Corp. and other big technology names are investing in a business that’s developing human-like robots, according to people with knowledge of the situation, part of a scramble to find new applications for artificial intelligence.

@… OK, well, in our household, sometimes we're shopped some stuff online, but we don't use Mr. Bezos, invasive empire. Other companies also offer goods on online shopping.
And some times before, as a janitor, I've seen too many empty amaz'n boxes on trash place,
that company is too invasive for me

Amazon-Chefs sollen Signal-Chats vor Kartellaufsicht versteckt haben
Mittels sich selbst löschender Nachrichten des Messengers sollen Jeff Bezos und Co. eine Untersuchung der FTC behindert haben. Diese beschwert sich bei Gericht.

In latest round, "MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million -- more than double her initial plan -- to nonprofit applicants...
"Scott has given away $16.5 billion from the fortune she came into after divorcing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos."
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MacKenzie Scott donates $640 million to nonprofits
The billionaire philanthropist and author MacKenzie Scott announced Tuesday she would give $640 million to more than 360 organizations in response to an application process she launched last year. The award is more than double the amount that she initially promised in an open call for applications. The selected organizations will receive grants of $2 million or $1 million. Previously, Scott and her team have selected organizations and provided them with large, unrestricted gifts. Scott has shak…

Humanoid robot maker Figure AI confirms it has raised $675M at a $2.6B valuation and shows off a general-purpose robot called Figure 01 (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/robot-startup-figure-valued-at-2po…

White House hosts star-studded state dinner including Clintons, Bezos, and finance giants (Misty Severi/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2962116/white-house-star-studded-state-dinner-clintons-bezos-finance-giants/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240411/p3#a240411p3

Filing: Jeff Bezos sold 12M Amazon shares last week, netting just over $2B, his first Amazon stock sale since 2021; Amazon said Bezos plans to sell up to 50M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Jeff Bezos Sells $2 Billion of Amazon Shares in First Sale Since 2021
Jeff Bezos unloaded 12 million shares of Amazon.com Inc. this week, the first time the billionaire has sold the company’s stock since 2021.

«Amazon, pour moi, c’est une très bonne plateforme. Beaucoup de compagnies québécoises veulent être lŠ. Peut-être qu’Š la sortie de la pandémie, Le Panier bleu est moins important qu’il l’était. »
Pierre Fitzgibbon, ministre de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie du Québec.
C'est Jeff Bezos qui doit être mort de rire.

Fin du Panier bleu | « Ça va faire baisser mon chiffre d’affaires »
En annonçant la fin du Panier bleu, une société privée, le ministre Pierre Fitzgibbon a pris des marchands par surprise. Certains n’ont pas caché leur inquiétude de perdre des ventes si la place de marché, créée pour stimuler l’achat local, « ferme boutique ».

#Bezos

Billionaires should be banned
https://journa.host/@NatalieDavis/111925423796257227

Here’s a Pro Tip for anybody running ransomeware attacks: Stop wasting your time on hospitals and schools and penny-ante shit like that. Go after people like Musk, or Bezos, or Thiel. There’s hundreds of em worldwide. They’ve got all the money. They can afford to pay way better than the folks you’ve been fucking with. I dare you.

Meh

Analysis: Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg lead a group of insiders selling their company stocks in Q1, a sign that the tech bull run may be peaking (Financial Times)
https://t.co/Ej0ZiQZel3

Classic. Same as the "successful property entrepreneur".
https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/112101599488122960

#Bezos

Kontrastprogramm zu Bezos bei Lex Fridman:
Die Kompromissuche bei der EU-Gesundheitsdatenrichtinie
Logbuch:Netzpolitik: LNP486 Das fünfte Element
Webseite der Episode: https://logbuch-netzpolitik.de/lnp486-das-fuenfte-element
Mediendatei:

LNP486 Das fünfte Element
Product Liability Directive — Cyber Resilience Act — Platform Workers Directive — European Health Data Space — AI Act Die heutige Folge ist ein Spezial zur aktuellen EU-Gesetzgebung. Tim und Thomas besprechen mit Ralf Bendrath und Arnika Zinke, die beide für die Grüne Fraktion in der EU an der Gesetzgebung mitarbeiten, gerade bzw. bald beschlossene neue Richtlinien und Verordnungen. Einen besonderen Schwerpunkt legen wir dabei auf den AI Act und diskutieren seine Entstehung und konkre…

Q&A with Mona Chalabi about winning a Pulitzer for her in-depth reporting about Jeff Bezos' wealth, using data visualization to tell a story, and more (Cath Virginia/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24093294/mona-chalabi-interview-palest…

Mona Chalabi on data journalism and covering Palestine
An interview with a Pulitzer-winning data journalist and artist who tells stories using numbers.

This company intends to be the first to mine the moon
Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed a law that allows private American space companies the rights to resources they mine on celestial bodies, including the moon.

Now, there’s a private venture that says it intends to do just that.

Founded by a pair of former executives from Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Jeff Bezos, and an Apollo astronaut, the company, Interlune, announced itself publicly Wednesday by sayin…

This company intends to be the first to mine the moon
Nearly a decade ago, Congress passed a law that allows private American space companies the rights to resources they mine on celestial bodies, including the moon.. Now a company has said it wants to take advantage of that law.

Years ago, “everyone knew” Tesla was going to fail, but I knew people who were raving about the first few Model S and bought a “car down payment” worth of shares. By the time it was clear Tesla was going to make it, I had enough to buy a whole car and have some left over. I just bought some Rivian shares and put a $100 deposit on an R2. I’m betting that I can get a free R2 by the time it ships. I also think that if Rivian runs out of money Amazon/Bezos will bail it out/buy it.

I wonder when some actual billionaire will buy a ticket for every number whenever the payout beats the price. As I understand it, this one would cost $300MM to cover. Trump couldn’t do it, but Bezos or Musk could. https://press.coop/@NPR/112223015543631123

NPR :press: (@NPR@press.coop)
Attached: 1 image Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.3B ahead of Saturday night's drawing There have been 40 consecutive drawings since the last time someone won Powerball's top prize on New Year's Day. The jackpot ranks as the eighth largest in U.S. lottery history. #press https://www.npr.org/2024/04/06/1243218992/powerball-prize-billion-jackpot-saturday-drawing?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

Finnegan im Wow-Kleid - Biden-Enkelin war heimlicher Star im Weißen Haus #News #Nachrichten

How Amazon developed Just Walk Out since the early 2010s, driven by Jeff Bezos, as the company removes the tech from stores while expanding third-party sales (Matt Day/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Amazon Licenses Cashierless ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech to Other Retailers
The company is cutting back on the “Just Walk Out” tech in its own grocery locations.