There’s something oddly refreshing about starting the day by solving the Wordle. According to DeepWell DTx, there’s a scientific explanation for why our brains might feel just a bit better after a quick break to play a game. In fact, DeepWell now has the FDA […]
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What to read this weekend: The Night Guest, Is Earth Exceptional? and Into the Unbeing
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir Anyone who lives with a difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness and has endured the demoralizing process of trying to get proper treatment can tell you it is, at times, a […]
Why ORNG’s founder pivoted from college food ordering to real-time money transfer
Alex Parmley has been thinking about building his latest company, ORNG, since he was working on his last company, Phood. Launched in 2018, Phood was a payments app that let students use dining dollars to order food from third-party apps and merchants anywhere in the […]
8BitDo’s latest mod kit will make your old GameCube controller wireless and Switch compatible
A new, $26 solderless mod kit from 8BitDo can transform your old GameCube controller into a wireless Bluetooth device that works with Nintendo Switch and Android. It’ll also work with the original GameCube, but for that, you’ll have to buy the $26 Retro Receiver too. […]
Security News This Week: A Creative Trick Makes ChatGPT Spit Out Bomb-Making Instructions
Plus: New evidence emerges about who may have helped 9/11 hijackers, UK police arrest a teen in connection with an attack on London’s transit system, and Poland’s spyware scandal enters a new phase.
AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter
The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.
This is how bad China’s startup scene looks now
In early 2018, VC Mike Moritz wrote in the FT that “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China’s lead,” noting the pace of work at tech companies was “furious” and that China offered “investment opportunities in the best companies.” Soon after, it all imploded. […]
Kubernetes attacks are growing: Why real-time threat detection is the answer for enterprises
Over the last year, 89% of enterprises experienced at least one container or Kubernetes security incident, making security a high priority.
Microsoft’s Windows Agent Arena: Teaching AI assistants to navigate your PC
Microsoft unveils Windows Agent Arena, a groundbreaking benchmark for testing AI agents on Windows, accelerating development of AI assistants that could revolutionize human-computer interaction.
The Music Industry’s ’90s Hard Drives Are Dying
The hard disk drives that the music industry relied on to archive a generation of albums are increasingly unreadable.