Elizabeth Lopatto

Epstein paid for the bridge player to attend a school where she learned to program. Later, he hit up Gates to reimburse him for the cost. “The sum was immaterial for the two men and the tone of the message was that Epstein knew about the affair and could expose it,” the Journal wrote, citing anonymous sources. Gates’ spokeswoman says he did not make a payment and that Gates had “no financial dealings” with Epstein.

Please imagine this playing when I compose my little skeets.

Wendy’s is permanently closing its ghost kitchen business. Butler Hospitality, a ghost kitchen company, shut down entirely. Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens lost a bunch of restaurant partners. Uber Eats is trimming its menu.

At least three meetings were scheduled in 2014, according to reminder emails Epstein’s assistant sent him. Epstein of course also spent time with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman, and Mark Zuckerberg.

As global levels of debt are rising, debt collectors are using AI to hound borrowers.

Here’s a profile of a 34-year-old social network, ECHO, run by a woman named Stacy Horn:

TechCrunch did the math, and it couldn’t be more than $57.4 million, not the $100 million Musk has been claiming. OpenAI became a for-profit business after Musk stopped donating.