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Android’s “Scam Detection” protection in Google Messages will now be able to flag even more types of digital fraud. more…
Android’s “Scam Detection” protection in Google Messages will now be able to flag even more types of digital fraud. more…
Meta’s building a new AI data center so massive in Louisiana that the local utility company has plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants to provide it with enough electricity. Now, advocates and lawmakers are pressing Meta for answers about how it’… more…
Rewind a few years, and it looked as if offshore wind might take off in the US. The Biden administration moved to open up much of the nation's coastlines to development, blue and even a couple swing states agreed to work with the White House to speed things u… more…
Today, I’m talking with Gerrit Kazmaier, the new president of product and technology at Workday, an enterprise software company. Decoder listeners probably know the name Workday; a lot of companies use its platform for HR and finance management, which the sui… more…
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Google is enhancing Android with AI-powered accessibility features, including improved TalkBack and Expressive Captions. more…
Dropbox VP Morgan Brown started as a biology major and dropped out of college. He worked his way up the career ladder by displaying his work. more…
This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower. more…
While Big Pharma seems ready to weather the tariff storm, independent pharmacists and makers of generic drugs — which account for 90% of U.S. prescriptions — see trouble ahead for patients. more…
Three-year-old startup Harvey helped wake up the legal world to what AI could do for lawyers. A stampede of rivals followed. more…
Chelsey Fleming, a Google UX research lead, shares how companies can create effective human-AI partnerships in the workplace. more…
Donald Trump wants Apple to make iPhones in the US. That won't happen, says journalist Patrick McGee, who just wrote a book on Apple's ties to China. more…
Postscript offers $2.5 million in tariff relief for affected brands by reducing rates, providing free AI tools, and introducing cashback initiatives. more…
Artificial intelligence is gaining ground in healthcare, and tech's biggest players are racing to stake their claims. more…
After seeing social media posts encouraging people to leave their jobs, Jay Wallace decided to quit his. It didn't work out as he expected. more…
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Business Insider's Seed 40 list celebrates the top women early-stage investors who provide crucial support to budding startups. more…
TaleMonster Games, an Istanbul studio founded by five Peak Games veterans, has raised $7 million in funding. more…
Starting today it will be available as a research preview for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users, with support later for Plus and Edu. more…
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IGN interviewed Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser to discuss the opening of Nintendo San Francisco, which is Nintendo's first public retail store on the West Coast. We also asked Bowser about Switch 2's price, if Nintendo can meet demand in the United… more…
As of today, May 14, grab the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge bundle for $1,099.99 at Amazon, preorder the Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy set at Walmart, and score Squishmallows from just $5.97 at Woot's Garage Sale. more…
Build nostalgia and relive classic Star Wars saga scenes as you recreate the Millennium Falcon — now at its lowest price. more…
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Fear of AGI. A disastrous staff meeting. The true story behind the chaos at one of the world’s most powerful tech startups. more…
This is part two of a series of stories by Robert Gaskins who helped invent PowerPoint at Forethought Inc. in 1984 (read part one here). It was the first significant acquisition made by Microsoft. We spoke to Robert about building a startup in the 1980s and… … more…
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About Stack AI Vision: Democratize access to Large Language Models, so that anyone can build AI-powered applications that generate positive impact to the world. Product: A user-friendly and intuitive No-Code platform integrating best AI models (OpenAI, Anthro… more…
Growth Manager TL;DR: Help us drive revenue growth, ideally exponentially. We’re looking for our first dedicated Growth leader to turn Tiptap’s raw momentum (30 k+ GitHub stars, 7 M monthly downloads, users like GitLab & LinkedIn) into a repeatable, scalable … more…
Discover why Nextcloud file uploads for Android app are not working properly, and how Google’s app store rules are hurting Nextcloud users. more…
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Shopify says it wants to make commerce better for everyone. Insiders tell a different story. more…
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In comments to press this morning, President Donald Trump said he has an issue with Apple’s handling of the tariff policy in regard to iPhone production. Trump wants Apple to build iPhones domestically in the United States, but has clearly seen the recent … more…
Apple is launching a brand new Home product in the coming year. I’ve been calling it ‘HomePad,’ and these are five of the core features it will bring with it. more… more…
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Ahead of Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2025 on May 15, Apple has once more unveiled a slew of new features coming to iOS 19, macOS 16, and visionOS 3.Enlarging text and using an attached iPhone to bring Magnifer to the Mac — image credit: AppleWhile Appl… more…
In the new book The AI Con, AI critics Emily Bender and Alex Hanna break down the smoke and mirrors around generative AI. more…
Cupertino's plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs US president Donald Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook he has a problem with his plan to manufacture iThings in India.… more…
After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better English hospitals are voicing their concern about the functionality provided by Palantir, the US spy-tech firm that won a £330 million ($437 million) deal to run the Federated Data … more…
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New polymer microparticles can be used to deliver vaccines at different times. The work could lead to childhood vaccines given just once, eliminating the need for booster doses. more…
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The transcript from this week’s MiB: Karin Risi, Vanguard’s Chief of Strategy & Product, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts… more…
A data-backed look at how users behave in Google AI Overviews: where they click, how far they scroll, and who trusts the AI-generated answers. The post The First-Ever UX Study Of Google’s AI Overviews: The Data We’ve All Been Waiting For appeared first on Sea… more…
I use a few AI tools with the goal of speeding up the process, whether it's related to a work or personal project. more…
We’ve well documented by now how the AT&T->Warner Brothers->Discovery series of mergers were among some of the most destructive and pointless “business deals” ever conceived by modern man. The mergers resulted in bottomless layoffs, the closure of numerous va… more…
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Social media platforms and analytics tools give you lots of metrics to track. But how do you know which ones are right for you — and how to make them work for your social media strategy? more…
A new study co-authored by UBC Okanagan's Dr. Julien Picault shows how scenes from hit shows like "Narcos" and "Stranger Things" can help students grasp complex economic concepts—from cartels and market control to creative destruction and inflation. more…
Elisabeth Lorenz & Marc Hackländer, 2025 RIMOWA Design Prize winners, and their mentor, adidas' Nic Galway, talk good design & the award-winning Hottie. more…
Worker cooperatives may sound like something out of the 19th century, but they still exist in the age of global capitalism. more…
Bullshit trailers are a blight on YouTube. And they have been for a long time. Just throw together clips of older movies and actors, title it “The Dark Knight Rises 2: Robin’s First Flight,” and sit back and watch the clicks (and the ad revenue) roll in. But … more…
I've avoided tariffs so far but couldn't help but wonder, should I be worried about working exclusively with suppliers in China? more…
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GitHub takes the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) pledge. The post Our pledge to help improve the accessibility of open source software at scale appeared first on The GitHub Blog. more…
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Sudeep Reddy, a veteran of Politico and The Wall Street Journal, will be MSNBC’s first Washington, D.C. bureau chief as the network is spun off from parent NBCUniversal and Comcast later this year. The D.C. bureau will at the Hall of States building, the same… more…
The new “Apple in China” book dives deep into Apple's vast supply chain network in China, arguing that a US-made iPhone is a naive strategy. more…
Anniversaries are usually times to celebrate—a birth, a marriage, a victory, an extraordinary achievement. But last month’s fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was not for most Americans a normal anniversary, worthy of normal celebration. It re… more…
The Yaber T2 Plus is the projector equivalent of the perfect roommate. It's quiet and ready for late-night movie marathons when you need it. more…
Accretion Pharmaceuticals launched its IPO on May 14, aiming to raise Rs 29.75 crore through a fresh issue of shares, with the IPO closing on May 16. The Gujarat-based company, which manufactures a range of healthcare products, plans to use the funds for capi… more…
With valuations stretched across segments and earnings growth under pressure, he advises a cautious and value-focused investment approach while positioning gold and even silver as smart plays in the current macroeconomic landscape. more…
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At Digiday’s Programmatic Marketing Summit, Elena MacGurn, svp of search at Digitas, broke down how the agency is adapting its search marketing strategy for clients amid the AI boom. more…
Marketers are still in wait-and-see mode, pressing pause on any advertising spending that doesn’t shore up their business for the time being. more…
Danielle Carney, head of live sports and video sales at Amazon, shares how the platform is wooing brands on its CTV pitch. more…
With AI-driven updates rolling out steadily and traffic patterns shifting, publishers are starting to plan for more zero-click searches. more…
This State of the Industry Report, produced in partnership with Piano, explores how publishers engage with social media, specifically paid social media, what strategies they use, the challenges they encounter and how they plan to overcome them. As social plat… more…
Trump made a big retreat on his China tariffs. But a second gambit, investment restrictions to isolate China, is already giving China fits. more…
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While Trump’s Liberation Day policies might bring about accidental degrowth, Democrats embrace DOGE-style Abundance. Is there another way? more…
Part the First: Retrospective Notes on a Pandemic. BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal, has recently published two interesting pieces on COVID-19. The first is an analysis by Anthony Costello, who was previously Director of Maternal, Child, a… more…
We've gone hands-on with Pokémon TCG’s Scarlet & Violet expansion, Destined Rivals. Check out our full preview of the set, featuring some of the most beautiful artwork and exciting cards in the Scarlet and Violet series so far. more…
As of May 16, TCGplayer is offering 10% back in store credit on all purchases, including Pokémon singles, Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy preorders, and Destined Rivals sealed product for today only. more…
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The “Find My Device” network has suffered from bad branding long enough. That’s why I was glad to see the transition over to “Find Hub” this week, but I think Google still has one more pillar to take care of, and that’s offering better AirTag competitors for … more…
The economics of manufacturing iPhones in the US don't add up, and that situation is unlikely to change, even as Trump pushes for it. more…
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Mark Zuckerberg pitches AI as friendship supplement. more…
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Ivey signed the bill over objections from representatives of the Alabama hemp industry and some state and local officials, who argue the new law threatens the viabilit... more…
Mixed reality content could be the future of marketing, with start-ups and big tech alike racing to support global brands looking to build more engaging experiences more…
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If we want AI to truly empower small businesses, we must build solutions that are designed with them in mind. more…
OnePlus has been building one of the most coherent and competitive ecosystems in the Android universe, and the Watch 3 helps this ecosystem stack up well against Samsung. more…
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