July 10, 2026

He Got Laid Off and Made a TikTok Video As a ‘Joke.’ Six Years Later, He Has a Following of Millions: ‘I Didn’t Think There Was a Demand for This’

Creator Mamadou Ndiaye on obsession, opportunity cost, and how he grew “Casual Geographic” ainto a massive brand.

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ABL Space Systems provides update on the road to second RS1 launch

October 26, 2023

ABL Space Systems has been quiet since the company conducted its first launch attempt in January, which resulted in the rocket crashing back down to Earth a little over 10 seconds after lift-off. Now we know why: they have been very, very, very busy. In a detailed blog post on Wednesday, CEO Harry O’Hanley described […]

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How Reviewers Can Help Local Businesses Thrive

October 26, 2023
In this episode, Gwyn C., a Yelp Elite reviewer, reveals an insider’s perspective on how she writes online reviews and provides examples about how small businesses can leverage customer feedback.

Threads isn’t dead and it now has polls and GIFs too

October 26, 2023

Meta’s X rival, Instagram Threads, is copying a couple more X features today with the launch of support for polls and GIFs. The update comes in rapid succession to other releases for the new app, which have included support for a web version a (free) edit button, profile switching, likes, full-text search, a chronological feed, […]

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OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including nuclear threats

October 26, 2023

OpenAI today announced that it’s created a new team to assess, evaluate and probe AI models to protect against what it describes as “catastrophic risks.” The team, called Preparedness, will be led by Aleksander Madry, the director of MIT’s Center for Deployable Machine Learning. (Madry joined OpenAI in May as “head of Preparedness,” according to […]

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