<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUD3z6XZVm0/kurt-wagner</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Kurt Wagner - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AUD3z6XZVm0/kurt-wagner</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:33:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Company]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parag Agrawal says AI agents are the target customers for his new startup, Parallel.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/twitter-ex-ceo-parag-agrawal-is-moving-past-his-elon-musk-drama</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/twitter-ex-ceo-parag-agrawal-is-moving-past-his-elon-musk-drama</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shirin Ghaffary]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:00:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iz2zimpHJBQI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iz2zimpHJBQI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Parag Agrawal</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Picks Pimco, Blue Owl for $29 Billion Data Center 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Friends]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-07/ai-social-feeds-signal-a-future-of-artificial-friends</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-07/ai-social-feeds-signal-a-future-of-artificial-friends</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:02:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDCDQwClyTAQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDCDQwClyTAQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Charcter.AI application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The artificial intelligence startup, valued at $1 billion, allows people to create their own customizedchatbots, impersonating anyone and anything living or dead or inanimate.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snap Shares Decline as Ad Glitch Crimps Quarterly Sales]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/snap-s-second-quarter-sales-fall-short-after-advertising-glitch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/snap-s-second-quarter-sales-fall-short-after-advertising-glitch</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 20:15:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.2F_7gj5Nn0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.2F_7gj5Nn0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Snapchat login screen on a smartphone arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Snap Inc. shares tumbled about 14% on Wednesday after the company projected its first ever quarterly revenue decline, casting a shadow over other advertising-dependent businesses.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Says Open AI Hire is Superintelligence Group Chief Scientist]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/meta-says-open-ai-hire-is-superintelligence-group-chief-scientist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/meta-says-open-ai-hire-is-superintelligence-group-chief-scientist</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:00:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ij6dPhy.HUtE/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ij6dPhy.HUtE/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta to Stop Selling Political Ads in the EU, Citing Regulation]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/meta-to-stop-selling-political-ads-in-the-eu-citing-regulation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/meta-to-stop-selling-political-ads-in-the-eu-citing-regulation</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.NgJsHWuJB8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.NgJsHWuJB8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Facebook app.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Triggers Gold Rush for AI Talent in ‘Rational’ Bid to Win Out]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-24/meta-triggers-gold-rush-for-ai-talent-in-rational-bid-to-win-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-24/meta-triggers-gold-rush-for-ai-talent-in-rational-bid-to-win-out</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:02:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iF20V1mp6ESg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iF20V1mp6ESg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Hires Two Key Apple AI Experts After Poaching Their Boss]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/meta-hires-two-key-apple-ai-experts-after-poaching-their-boss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/meta-hires-two-key-apple-ai-experts-after-poaching-their-boss</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Gurman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 23:37:36 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilbApm9N3Jqk/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilbApm9N3Jqk/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Investors Settle Suit With Zuckerberg, Other Officials]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/meta-investors-told-judge-suit-settled-with-company-officials</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-17/meta-investors-told-judge-suit-settled-with-company-officials</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jef Feeley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:06:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iP1JX.69_TcE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iP1JX.69_TcE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meta Acquires Voice AI Startup PlayAI, Continuing to Add Talent]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/meta-acquires-voice-ai-startup-playai-continuing-to-add-talent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/meta-acquires-voice-ai-startup-playai-continuing-to-add-talent</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:37:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk’s xAI Seeks Up to $200 Billion Valuation in New Funding]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/musk-s-xai-seeks-200-billion-valuation-in-new-funding-ft-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/musk-s-xai-seeks-200-billion-valuation-in-new-funding-ft-says</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Ludlow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:15:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yaccarino’s Exit From X Leaves Musk Seeking Someone to Put Out the Fires]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-10/yaccarino-s-exit-from-x-leaves-musk-seeking-someone-to-put-out-the-fires</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-10/yaccarino-s-exit-from-x-leaves-musk-seeking-someone-to-put-out-the-fires</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:02:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihVycRj.oI34/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihVycRj.oI34/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Linda Yaccarino, chief executive officer of X Corp., during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. People flock to the gambling capital in the tens of thousands to soak up keynote events and fight through the throngs on show floors for a glimpse of some gadget that might be a harbinger of the future.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yaccarino Exit From X Lets Musk Shun Ads, Put Focus on AI]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/yaccarino-exit-from-x-lets-musk-shun-ads-put-focus-on-ai</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-10/yaccarino-exit-from-x-lets-musk-shun-ads-put-focus-on-ai</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i68GrHro.qaY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i68GrHro.qaY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 10, 2023, shows (L) SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023 and (R) the new Twitter logo rebranded as X, pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023.. The EU&apos;s digital chief Thierry Breton warned Elon Musk on October 10, 2023, that his platform X, formerly Twitter, is spreading &quot;illegal content and disinformation&quot;, in a letter seen by AFP. 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The luxury sector faces more scrutiny when companies report as feeble demand pressures margins.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>