Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Apple’s leaked camera-equipped AirPods might avoid the privacy pitfalls of other AI wearables by preventing users from recording photos and videos.
The Download: selling battlefield drone data and AI reshaping language
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Data from drones in Ukraine is fueling a new Wild West marketplace —Cory Alpert, a researcher at the University of Melbourne studying AI’s impact on democracy, who previously served in the…
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This Dad Lost His Job and Started Making a Breakfast Staple at Home. It Was So Good He Sold $85,000 Worth From His Kitchen.
Six years ago he’d never made a bagel. Now he’s baked more than 1.5 million of them.
Bluesky says its recent outage was caused by another DDoS attack
This is the latest large-scale DDoS attack to hit the social networking site this year.
McDonald’s Lost Money When Workers Missed Shifts. Here’s the ‘Crazy Beneficial’ Solution That Finally Fixed It and Saved $35,000 a Month.
A new app makes it easier for McDonald’s employees to get to their jobs.
Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans
The cheapest ad-supported “Select” plan is increasing from $7.99 to $8.99 per month.
She Grew Up in a Log Cabin in Canada. Now She’s Booking Wild Parties for the Ultrarich.
Olivia Ferney is setting Guinness World Records for clients who think nothing of spending six figures on a single night.
This CEO Runs More Pro Sports Teams Than Anyone in the World — Here’s Why He Doesn’t Measure Success In Wins
The CEO of Diamond Baseball Holdings oversees more professional sports teams than anyone in the world. Here’s why his winning strategy has nothing to do with the final score.
Where’s the Beef? Not on American Picnic Tables This Summer.
Beef has always been a summer staple. Now, for the first time in years, Americans are actually buying less of it
Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries
Battery materials startup Anthro Energy has broken ground on a Louisville factory to make electrolytes, including those for solid-state batteries.
Warp’s new system is an out-of-the-box software factory for AI development
On Tuesday, Warp introduced Warp Factories, a new infrastrructure system designed to make building AI software factories as easy as possible.