The drive-thru billionaire who’s trying to save Subway
After Roark Capital’s $9.7 billion winning bid for the sandwich chain, Neal Aronson faces his biggest fast-food challenge yet.
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The big investor winners in Instacart’s $11 billion IPO debut—and the losers
Instacart’s three cofounders cashed in about $100 million from the IPO while firms who bought into InstaCart’s 2021 funding round dealt with a near 70% unrealized loss.
YouTube blocks Russell Brand from making money on his channel after sexual assault allegations
YouTube told Forbes Brand violated the platform’s “creator responsibility policy” and that it had taken steps to “protect the community.”
Microsoft’s Xbox plans leaked—unredacted FTC filing show talks about potential Nintendo acquisition
The leaked documents show Microsoft had other ambitious acquisition plans before settling on Activision and Zenimax.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants volunteers for first human trial of its brain-implant chips
Neuralink got FDA approval to start testing its brain implants on humans in May, and is now recruiting participants.
Google expands AI Chatbot Bard to Gmail, Drive and YouTube
The AI race between Google and Microsoft—which backs the creator of ChatGPT—is heating up.
Prince William and Kate Middleton on the hunt for royal CEO
Kensington Palace has posted a job advert, looking for a CEO to, among other things, ‘strengthen Household culture’.
iOS 17 update: The seven new iPhone features you need to know about
Apple’s iOS 17 update is out today – so beyond the glitz and glamour, what can we expect from the tech giant’s latest software release?
Aussie climate startup fires up with $8m from Google
Climasens was founded in Melbourne in 2017. The company and its partners received a grant this week from the Google.org Impact Challenge.
AI startup writer raises $100 million to take on ChatGPT enterprise
Firms like Spotify, Uber and Accenture use Writer’s generative AI tools to research, create and analyze content.