El Salvador’s Leader Is Autocrat to Some, Godsend to Others

Lawmakers approved constitutional changes abolishing term limits and allowing President Nayib Bukele to stay in power indefinitely. Why now?

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The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block.

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The Insider’s Guide to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom

The city is the tech industry’s hub for artificial intelligence, 30 miles north of the home of companies like Meta and Google.

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The Man Who Would Save Fro-Yo

The frozen treat was inescapable a decade ago, then seemed to vanish. But one C.E.O., with help from the YouTuber Danny Duncan, is firing up the fro-yo time machine.

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Tech Billboards Are All Over San Francisco. Can You Decode Them?

Take this quiz to test how fluent you are in the lingo of today’s tech industry.

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The ‘Troublemaker’ Behind Netflix’s Biggest Gamble

Brandon Riegg pushed the streaming service to invest in live shows and sports, transforming Netflix into something more like a traditional TV network.

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Tesla Awards ‘Good Faith’ Shares to Musk Worth $29 Billion

The “interim” package announced on Monday was intended to help retain Elon Musk, whose previous pay plan was invalidated by a judge. The car maker’s chief has hinted that he needed a larger stake in the company.

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The Elite Ramp Up Their Fight Against Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the mayoral primary was a blow to wealthy interests in New York. Was it a blip, or does it signify a change in the political order?

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Joby Will Buy Blade’s Helicopter Taxi Business for $125 Million

Joby Aviation, which is developing electric aircraft, will acquire the passenger business of Blade, a New York helicopter operator, for $125 million.

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Swarming to San Francisco’s A.I. Boom: a New Crop of 20-Something CEOs

Some dropped out of M.I.T., Georgetown and Stanford. Others decided not to go to college. They all say they could not afford to wait to build their own artificial intelligence start-ups.

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