This New AI Search Engine Has a Gimmick: Humans Answering Questions
Wired
A new AI-powered search engine called Pearl is launching today, with an unusual pitch: It promises to connect you with an actual human expert if the AI answer sucks. WIRED gave it a spin. more…
Microsoft is closing its British flagship store in London
The Verge
Microsoft is closing its store in London. The UK experience center will close in February, nearly six years after it first opened as a retail store. more…
Unmissable Deal: One of the Best Website Builders for Under $2.50/Mo
Gizmodo.com
Have you always wanted to create a website but found it too expensive or too complicated? The ongoing promotion on Hostinger's Website Builder might just change the game! more…
Pebble Founder Is Bringing the Smartwatch Back as Google Open-Sources Its Software
Gizmodo.com
Pebble was beloved by gadget nerds who sought a no-frills smartwatch with simple features. more…
HTC VIVE engineers join Google for Android XR push
Android Central
Google is paying $250 million to acquire certain HTC XR teams to develop the Android XR ecosystem. more…
The Galaxy S25 shows me that it's time for Samsung to build its own Snapdragon clone
Android Central
Samsung has the foundry, and Qualcomm can provide the licenses. more…
I make more money from my side hustles than my six-figure software engineering job. Here's how I build and manage my income streams.
Business Insider
A software engineer shares how he manages five side hustles that collectively bring in more money than his six-figure job. Automation is the key. more…
Lambda Labs' COO has left the AI cloud provider to head Positron, a startup trying to compete with Nvidia
Business Insider
Mitesh Agrawal is leaving Lambda Labs to head a little known AI hardware startup trying to take on Nvidia. more…
The tech industry is in a frenzy over DeepSeek. Here's who could win and lose from China's big AI win.
Business Insider
DeepSeek's ability to build powerful models more efficiently has put a giant question mark over the US tech industry's approach to AI more…
Investors are buzzing about voice AI. Here's where they see the most untapped potential.
Business Insider
Voice AI is rapidly advancing with startups raising over $398 million in VC funding in 2024, as enterprises adopt it at pace. more…
Meet Citadel partner Micah Nance, who went from Texas A&M to managing his own fund by age 35
Business Insider
Portfolio manager Micah Nance explains how he rose in the ranks of the $65 billion Citadel hedge fund and what he looks for in a new hire. more…
A Middle Manager’s Guide to Executing Strategy
Harvard Business Review
How to handle resistance from your team, and what to do if the new strategy isn’t working. more…
Infinite Reality will acquire virtual shopping platform Obsess
VentureBeat
Infinite Reality, an "immersive technology" company (previously known as the metaverse) has acquired virtual shopping firm Obsess. more…
Baya Systems raises $36M for AI and chiplet innovation
VentureBeat
Baya Systems, a chip technology company that wants accelerate intelligent computing, raised $36 million in funding. more…
Tech leaders respond to the rapid rise of DeepSeek
VentureBeat
Marc Andreessen, Yann LeCunn, and Mark Zuckerberg have all penned what appear to be responses to the Chinese open source model's ascent. more…
Investor Hits $300K Goal With $4.4M Portfolio, Shares His Top 10 Stock Picks – 35 Years Of Investing, Strategy and Big Wins From IMMU
Yahoo Entertainment
Building a great investment portfolio and, therefore, wealth takes a lot of patience and time. Portfolios can also take many shapes depending on the... more…
Nutritionists Want You to Ditch These 5 Inflammation-Causing Foods
Prevention.com
Chronic inflammation may lead to serious health problems. Here, nutrition experts share foods that cause inflammation and what to eat instead. more…
These U.S. Companies Are Pulling Back on Diversity Initiatives
Time
A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020. more…
How Business Can Sow Climate Optimism and Drive Action
Time
Today we know for a fact that our changes and investments will pay off—for people, for the planet, and for business. more…
Word of Mouth: Tokyo West
Cool Hunting
Nothing quite reveals a city’s soul like exploring it on foot. This is especially true in a sprawling metropolis like Tokyo where it can be quite tough for a visitor to get their bearings in … more…
Why Is the Mastermind of Trump’s Tariff Plan Still Sitting at Home in Florida?
The New Yorker
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Robert Lighthizer, the former U.S. Trade Representative who lost his bid to rejoin the White House but who still believes President Trump’s protectionist instincts can jumpstart American manufacturing. more…
Gen Z is turning this CEO's business model upside down
Hubspot.com
Gen Z is turning the marketing world upside down. Here's how Hootsuite CEO Irina Novoselsky is embracing the change. more…
UK Deals: Find These Insane Pokémon TCG Pulls With These ETB Deals
IGN
There's so many SIRs, IRs and more than trainers can just grab off store shelves thanks to these UK deals more…
We now know why AMD chose to delay RDNA 4 — well, kind of
Digital Trends
Many expected AMD's RX 9000 series to arrive this month, but it won't be here until March. An AMD executive wrote a quick post to explain why. more…
AI isn't going to build your startup
Justinjackson.ca
AI won't replace human expertise in SaaS - quality, experience design, and genuine customer care still matter most when building software products. more…
Why Your AI Product Team Needs an AI Quality Lead
Freeplay.ai
Ship better products with LLMs. Freeplay gives product teams the power to prototype faster, test with confidence, and optimize features for customers. more…
Sei (YC W22) Is Hiring
Hacker News
Who?
We are Sei, an AI-powered regulatory compliance platform. Since launching, a few months ago, we're live with large enterprises across the US, Europe, and APAC and growing at double digits per month.
We are backed by world-class investors including Y Comb… more…
Machine Learning in Production (CMU Course)
Github.io
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Show HN: libmodulor – An opinionated TS library to build multi-platform apps
Github.com
An opinionated TypeScript library to create business oriented applications. - c100k/libmodulor more…
Why OpenAI's $157B valuation misreads AI's future (Oct 2024)
Foundationcapital.com
I break down the logic behind the company's towering price tag and why I think the most valuable AI companies have yet to be built. more…
An experiment of adding recommendation engine to your app using pgvector search
Silk.us
Learn how to use vector search to seamlessly add AI innovation to your applications without compromising performance or reliability. more…
No one is disrupting banks
Popularfintech.com
At least not the big ones more…
Schrödinger: The Nvidia biotech partner Jensen Huang told to "think bigger"
Hntrbrk.com
Is it a turning point? more…
The impact of competition and DeepSeek on Nvidia
Youtubetranscriptoptimizer.com
Automatically generate polished and beautiful documents from your YouTube videos! more…
Jürgen Schmidhuber – Can All-Purpose Robots Fuel a Comeback?
Idsia.ch
Can All-Purpose Robots Fuel a Comeback? more…
Mineral Oil Cooled PC
Pugetsystems.com
History of Puget Systems mineral oil aquarium PC project from our earliest prototypes up through the do-it-yourself kits we offered for sale. more…
Apple @ Work: Breaking down how to best integrate the Mac at work
9to5Mac
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & protect App… more…
The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge tease made the Galaxy S25 look even more boring
Android Police
I don't get why Samsung would confuse its fans by teasing it like this more…
Why DeepSeek’s AI Model Just Became the Top-Rated App in the U.S.
Scientific American
A Chinese start-up has stunned the technology industry—and financial markets—with a cheaper, lower-tech AI assistant that matches the state of the art more…
Apple Park by Foster + Partners was the most significant building of 2017
Dezeen
We continue our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series with a look at Apple Park by Foster + Partners, the most recognisable office of the past 25 years. Arguably no company has ever used architecture to define its brand more successfully tha… more…
25 years of Apple's innovation in selling technology
AppleInsider
To celebrate the arrival of 2025, I decided to compile a series of Apple's top ten major areas of innovation occurring over the past 25 years. Some of these revolutions are overlooked when looking back at the company's dramatic turnaround and decades of intro… more…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighs in on the $500 billion Stargate project, seemingly dismissing Elon Musk's liquidity concerns: “All I know is, I’m good for my $80 billion.”
Windows Central
Nadella says the company will continue investing in Azure despite OpenAI's recent $500 billion Stargate project to build infrastructure across the US. more…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims Microsoft won't use OpenAI in the future — Microsoft already admitted GPT-4 is too expensive and isn't fast enough to meet consumer needs
Windows Central
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff claims Microsoft won't use OpenAI in the future, following the announcement of the $500 billion Stargate project to build AI infrastructure for the ChatGPT maker's cloud computing needs. more…
OpenAI unveils $500 billion Stargate project to emancipate its overreliance on Microsoft's infrastructure — as Elon Musk questions investor liquidity
Windows Central
OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and President Trump unveil a $500 billion dubbed Stargate project to build massive data centers for AI advances in the United States. more…
NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 launch could be the worst ever — can AMD capitalize?
Windows Central
New rumors have emerged detailing RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 stock shortages at major retailers just a week ahead of the official launch. With AMD waiting in the wings with its RDNA 4 GPUs until March, the extra time to build up stock could pay off. more…
New Surface Pro details emerge as Microsoft prepares to downgrade Windows 10 and OpenAI is accused of cheating on AI benchmarks
Windows Central
New Surface devices are on the way and the mystery of an Xbox controller listing has been solved. We also saw OpenAI accused of cheating on benchmark tests recently. more…
How Samsung and Partners Are Shaping a Sustainable Future Through Mobile Technology
Yanko Design
How Samsung and Partners Are Shaping a Sustainable Future Through Mobile TechnologySustainability has moved beyond buzzwords; it’s now an urgent necessity for industries worldwide. In the field of technology, where innovation often comes with an environmental… more…
Stargate, smargate. We're spending $60B+ on AI this year, Meta's Zuckerberg boasts
Theregister.com
Can't keep the drama Llama out of this race
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans on Friday to blow through as much as $60 to 65 billion in 2025 on plenty more AI resources for his social media mega-corp – and signaled his intention to continue the spending… more…
How Use WordPress Multisite To Create a Website Subdirectory via @sejournal, @atuljindal01
Search Engine Journal
Take control of your WordPress websites with Multisite. Learn how to create a network and efficiently manage all your sites.
The post How Use WordPress Multisite To Create a Website Subdirectory appeared first on Search Engine Journal. more…
Proxmox vs. Hyper-V: Clash of the virtualization platforms
XDA Developers
Can Microsoft's Hyper-V beat the community-favorite Proxmox Virtual Environment? more…
Infiniti Is Killing The QX50 And QX55, But They're Selling So Slowly That Dealers Won't Notice For Six Months
Jalopnik
Infiniti’s already small lineup is about to get a little smaller. Following the discontinuation of the old-ass Q50 sedan, the brand is killing off its QX50 and QX55 crossovers at the end of 2025, but it’s building enough of them to keep dealers stocked for at… more…
Transcript: Mike Freno, Barings Chairman and CEO
Ritholtz.com
The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Mike Freno, Barings Chairman and CEO, 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 on your favo… more…
Why Your SEO Playbooks Need To Collaborate With Sales And Brand Teams via @sejournal, @TaylorDanRW
Search Engine Journal
Create, execute, and sustain effective SEO strategies with an SEO playbook. Align your initiatives with business goals and promote teamwork across different teams.
The post Why Your SEO Playbooks Need To Collaborate With Sales And Brand Teams appeared first o… more…
25 Sneaker Releases to Look Forward to in 2025
HYPEBEAST
We’re not even a month into 2025 and there are already plenty of sneaker drops to get ready for. Between official reveals, runway shows, leaked pairs and rumored releases, we’ve rounded up all of the key storylines to be aware of (as of January 23, at least).… more…
Blasts from military weapons may injure the brain through its blood vessels
NPR
When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they may be exposed to blast waves that damage blood vessels in the brain. more…
Meet the new neighbors: 7.5 million chickens and their mountains of manure
Vox
MALCOM, IOWA — When Carolyn Bittner moved to Malcom, Iowa, in 2008 to serve as a pastor at two churches, she had no idea the town was also home to millions of egg-laying chickens. Three miles from her home, those chickens — which now total around 7.5 million … more…
Savonarola Residence / Romano Tinazzi
ArchDaily
The project involved the renovation of a single-family house, part of the urban fabric along Via Savonarola. Originally built in the early 20th century to house railway workers' families, the building is classified under a protection grade as specified in the… more…
4 TikTok Alternatives to Consider
Buffer.com
Here are 4 promising TikTok alternatives that offer exciting opportunities for creators to grow, experiment, and thrive. more…
Every Bob Dylan Album Cover Ranked
Rolling Stone
Some are iconic images that changed rock, others make you wonder “What was he thinking?” more…
What’s next for robots
MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Jan Liphardt teaches bioengineering at Stanford, but to many strangers in Los Altos, Calif… more…
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra hands-on: AI-driven features lead the way
Quartz India
AI enhancements and a larger display define the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra more…
Zuckerberg Warns of Higher-Than-Expected CapEx at Meta in 2025
Yahoo Entertainment
(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. plans to invest as much as $65 billion on projects related to artificial intelligence in 2025, including building a giant ... more…
Urgent Messages from Eternity
The New York Review of Books
An exhibition of Franz Kafka’s postcards, letters, and manuscript pages rekindles our sense of him as a writer deeply connected to his own time and place. more…
Farmer George
The New York Review of Books
Bruce Ragsdale’s Washington at the Plow examines the connections between the first president’s commitment to agricultural innovation and his evolving attitudes toward his enslaved laborers at Mount Vernon. more…
Google Open Sources Pebble and There May Be Pebble Watches Again
Droid Life
Pebble, one of the original Kickstarter darlings from over a decade ago that helped launch the world of smartwatches through its unique e-paper display and handling of notifications, has been absent from our attention for a number of years. After releasing se… more…
Stargate: What is Trump’s new $500bn AI project?
Al Jazeera English
AI giants join forces for a massive project aimed at growing technology in the United States. more…
As Trump takes US oath, Ukraine’s deep strikes weaken Russia’s war effort
Al Jazeera English
Ukraine attacks Russian oil refineries and war production with increasing success. more…
'Buzz me in:' Bees wearing itty bitty QR codes reveal hive secrets
Phys.Org
Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs. More than the latest in apiarian fashion, the little tags serve a scientific purpose: tracking when bees go in and out of their hives to better understand… more…
2025 could finally be the year of the external GPU
PCWorld
Years ago, I really wanted a laptop with an external GPU. It seemed like the holy grail of portable laptop gaming — a power-hungry GPU that lived on your desk, to be plugged in for gaming performance as needed, then unplugged when you needed to work on the go… more…
DeepSeek FAQ
Stratechery.com
DeepSeek has completely upended people's expectations for AI and competition with China. What is it, and why does it matter? more…
The LA Fires Exposed the Inequity at the Heart of GoFundMe
The Intercept
GoFundMe campaigns tend to favor the white and wealthy. After the Eaton fire, Altadena’s Black community is fighting back.
The post The LA Fires Exposed the Inequity at the Heart of GoFundMe appeared first on The Intercept. more…
Crypto hiring has 'come roaring back' as everyone from startups to Wall Street ramp up their digital-asset plans
Business Insider
Crypto firms and fintechs are ramping up hiring amid regulatory support and revived interest from Wall Street. more…
36 Galentine's Day gifts for every type of friend
Business Insider
We're celebrating the girls this Galentine's Day with special gifts and mementos carefully selected for every personality in the friend group. more…
These headphones can track brainwaves to measure your focus levels — here's what they're like to use
Business Insider
Made in partnership between Master & Dynamic and Neurable, the MW75 Neuro headphones use EEG sensors and AI tech to measure your concentration. more…
Assessing the most likely outcomes of Google’s pivotal ad tech antitrust trial
Digiday
Pundits ponder the least and most effective remedy requirements as the industry awaits the verdict of Google’s second antitrust battle with the DOJ. more…
Attacks on Maven proxy repositories
Github.blog
Learn how specially crafted artifacts can be used to attack Maven repository managers. This post describes PoC exploits that can lead to pre-auth remote code execution and poisoning of the local artifacts in Sonatype Nexus and JFrog Artifactory.
The post Atta… more…
9 amazing examples of motion in logo design
Creative Bloq
These logos have all been improved by adding movement. more…
Memecoins Are the Perfect Trumpian Swindle
The New Republic
President Donald Trump is not a technology enthusiast. The 78-year-old billionaire famously does not use email, own a personal computer, or send text messages. For most of the 2010s, he communicated with the world via his Twitter account. But even that did no… more…
Dealing With Hair Loss? Stick To This Expert Grocery List To Support Hair Health
mindbodygreen.com
If you want to optimize your nutrition for healthy hair, look no further than this list from integrative physician and skin care specialist Jessica Maloh, N.D. more…
What Is Cloud Computing?
SitePoint
Learn what cloud computing is, its benefits, types, key providers, and cost-saving strategies to help businesses innovate and scale efficiently.
Continue reading
What Is Cloud Computing?
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SQL Commands: The List of Basic SQL Language Commands
SitePoint
This article provides a comprehensive guide to master SQL Commands. Explore DDL, DML, DCL, and TCL commands along with examples, SQL dialects and best security practices for efficient database management.
Continue reading
SQL Commands: The List of Basic S… more…
How Jessica Chan, Perplexity’s one-person team tasked with building relationships with publishers, gets it done
Digiday
Jessica Chan is a one-woman team at Perplexity with quite the task at hand: convince publishers that Perplexity has something to offer them, at a time when media companies are increasingly seeking litigation against AI tech companies for copyright infringemen… more…
WTF are AI agents?
Digiday
Despite so much use of the A-word, it's still early for AI agent adoption, meaning marketers should ask what agents are for, how they’re made, what they do, what they might do — and what they can’t do — including potential reputational risks. more…
How ‘Dupes’, Fast Fashion and China’s Economic Slowdown Spell Disaster for the Luxury Sector
Nakedcapitalism.com
The luxury goods market is in bad shape, an indicator of how the moderately well off and "aspirational" shoppers are under income stress. more…
If I Was Starting My Career Over Again In 2025, This Is Probably the Camera I Would Choose
Fstoppers
Today, I’d like to take you along on a little thought experiment. If I were to get into a magical de-aging machine and be placed in a position to restart my career all over again in 2025, which camera might I choose to take me into battle? Now, let’s start wi… more…
Two Weeks With the Leica M11-D and I’m Ready to Hand Over $9,000
Fstoppers
Since the inception of digital photography, every camera marketed to consumers has had a large LCD screen. Without this screen, it is not possible to set preferences for basic camera operation, nor can you verify that you are capturing images at the correct e… more…
Google on how Pixel 9’s Add Me camera uses AR, TPU
9to5google.com
Add Me is one of the Pixel 9’s tentpole camera features, and Google has a blog post today explaining how it was developed. Personally, I’ve noticed that people didn’t really use Add Me until the holiday season.
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Rupert Murdoch’s media company settles with Prince Harry, including a rare full apology
Poynter
Sorry seems to be the hardest word. Well, it’s rare, anyway, in Rupert Murdoch’s media world. That’s what made Wednesday’s news so surprising. As expected, Murdoch’s British newspapers division, News […]
The post Rupert Murdoch’s media company settles with Pr… more…
Navigating the rising costs of AI inference in the era of large-scale applications
TechRadar
Exploring how organizations balance cost considerations while satisfying demands for speed and scale. more…
Your essential guide to Digital Twins: from basics to benefits - Part 1
TechRadar
Unlock the power of digital twins to optimize operations, reduce costs, and innovate smarter. more…
How food waste apps can help the climate and save you money
CBC News
In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at how much money food waste apps can save you, and how much they cut emissions; check out some automatic window shades inspired by pinecones; and see how an on-campus pay-what-you-can thrift store… more…
Scaling Wellness: 5 Lessons From Building Industry-Disrupting Companies
Forbes
Whether you’re selling products, pharmaceuticals, services, software, technology or systems, these key insights can help grow your wellness business into a movement. more…
Building A Culture Of Continuous Innovation
Forbes
Here are some key strategies for navigating challenges and seizing opportunities within our current AI revolution. more…
On Everyone’s Lips: Hailey Bieber’s Rhode Launches Peptide Lip Shape, Redefining Beauty
Forbes
Rhode is proving to be more than lip service: Its latest launch, Peptide Lip Shape, is set to redefine beauty. Hailey Bieber talks inspiration, vision and building Rhode. more…
Building The Business Case For Growth Investment
Forbes
Learn how Kristen Carloni and her team have used Strategic Response Management to drive more profitable and scalable growth at BlackRock’s Aladdin business more…
How LAMIK Is Redefining The $580 Billion Beauty Industry
Forbes
Companies like LAMIK Beauty, and its clean products, operates at the intersection of representation and innovation, proving that beauty can be inclusive, impactful, and profitable. more…
Business Process Reinvention Through AI: Building On A 30-Year Legacy
Forbes
His thesis was both radical and prescient: companies should eliminate work and processes that do not create value, rather than simply automating inefficiencies with te... more…
AI And The Future Of Partner Ecosystems: Building Smarter, More Profitable Partnerships
Forbes
The future of partner ecosystems is one of growing sophistication, driven by AI and automation. more…
The EPA Is Investing $2.4 Million To Bring New Technologies To Market
Forbes
The EPA has awarded $100,000 in small business innovation grants to 24 companies to develop their ideas, such as repurposing waste, into products to help the environment. more…
4 Steps For Modern Brand Leaders To Build Thought Leadership Through Content
Forbes
Using content in hopes of building brand expertise and trust? Here are four steps to get you headed in the right direction. more…