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A new wave of AI-powered "agents" is beginning to replace traditional Software-as-a-Service software, reshaping how businesses buy and use technology, according to billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban.  AI agents can "create your own marketing team… and do all these different things for you...

An artificial intelligence "actor" is back in the spotlight with a new music video fueling Hollywood's debate over AI performers. London-based production company Particle6 recently released "Take The Lead" on YouTube, starring its digital persona Tilly Norwood. The song pushes back on claims that...

If taxes disappeared tomorrow, would workers actually see more money—or would companies just keep the difference? Billionaire entrepreneur and Cost Plus Drugs co-founder Mark Cuban says that question misses the bigger point. In a 2019 GQ video where he answered fan questions, Cuban focused on...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a global box-office force today, but his legendary hustle started with a much leaner paycheck.  Long before he was building a tequila empire or headlining stadium-sized business ventures, he was grinding through the WWE on a gritty $150,000 contract—a...

Earth already runs on a delicate thermostat. Now imagine handing the controls to a network of satellites. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk floated exactly that idea on X in November. What started as a reply to a joke quickly turned into a bigger concept: a fleet of AI-powered satellites adjusting how...

Mark Cuban isn't buying the hype around humanoid robots. While many companies are racing to build machines that look and move like humans, the billionaire entrepreneur thinks that approach is headed in the wrong direction. Instead, Cuban says the future will look very different and it could result...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has made a career out of bold bets, but one of his strangest moves didn't involve tech or sports. It involved buying an entire town. Back in 2021, Cuban quietly purchased a tiny ghost town about an hour south of Dallas. The price tag for Mustang was around $2 million...

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM)  is moving humanoid robots onto a factory floor in Canada. At the same time, billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is openly questioning whether the entire idea has staying power. The contrast is hard to ignore. One of the world's largest automakers is scaling up real-...

"Shark Tank" investor Kevin O'Leary isn't known for tossing out compliments like free samples, but when it comes to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, he sounds like someone who's stopped debating the pitch and started tracking the results. "Very few people at this point would doubt Elon on anything," O'Leary...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how people think, Harvard University astronomer Avi Loeb said. "Recently, I noticed that some people around me are starting to lose their cognitive abilities as a result of excessive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms, such as ChatGPT, Claude or...

Billionaire Mark Cuban recently became a minority owner in live events company Burwoodland after an undisclosed investment, industry publication Music Business Worldwide reported. "It's time we all got off our a—s, left the house, and had fun," Cuban told Music Business Worldwide in January...

Artists shouldn't panic about being replaced by artificial intelligence, singer Boy George said. The technology now plays a big role in how he writes and experiments with new songs, George said early this month on the "Fearne Cotton's Happy Place" podcast.  "I've written like, five albums...

Billionaire Mark Cuban recently reiterated his disappointment with Democrats for failing to connect with everyday Americans, but pointed to two politicians he is hopeful about. Speaking at the Punchbowl News Conference in Washington, DC, last week, Cuban praised Texas State Rep. James Talarico, who...

Chief executives often talk about being more than their job. Scroll through interviews or social media, and you'll find them climbing mountains, training in martial arts, or even playing in bands. At first glance, it can look like they simply have more free time than everyone else. But research and...

Packing up a California life is one thing. Doing it days before a tax line in the sand? That's where it gets interesting. Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, 49, didn't just quietly switch ZIP codes. Earlier this month, a clip posted on X by the Technology Business Programming Network put the move...