Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2
The successor to its premium headphones cost $549 and are launching with enhanced active noise cancellation, the H2 chip, live translation, better sound quality, and more.
The Download: AstroTurf wars and exponential AI growth
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. Is fake grass a bad idea? The AstroTurf wars are far from over. In 2001, Americans installed just over 7 million square meters of synthetic turf. By 2024, that number was 79 million square meters—enough to carpet all of Manhattan and then some. The…
I Let AI Take Over My Research Workflow. Here’s What Happened.
AI won’t replace the researchers, but it can free them to focus on what matters most: interpretation, empathy and storytelling.
Young Entrepreneurs Are Building Businesses Around ‘Grandma Hobbies’ and Demand Is Surging
From needlepoint to mahjong, young people are building thriving companies around tactile, offline hobbies that help customers escape technology.
Learn How to Read Anyone in Minutes — Your Practical Guide to Mastering the Art of Observation
Influence isn’t built by talking more. It’s shaped by something most professionals overlook — and once you see it, every interaction changes.
Your AI-Powered Writing Doesn’t Have to Sound Like AI
Save your writing with Undetectable Humanizer.
Nurturing agentic AI beyond the toddler stage
Parents of young children face a lot of fears about developmental milestones, from infancy through adulthood. The number of months it takes a baby to learn to talk or walk is often used as a benchmark for wellness, or an indicator of additional tests needed to properly diagnose a potential health condition. A parent rejoices…
Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets
PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.
The Download: glass chips and “AI-free” logos
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. Future AI chips could be built on glass Human-made glass is thousands of years old. But it’s now poised to find its way into the AI chips used in the world’s newest and…
How to Safeguard Real Progress for Women at Work — Even If Your Company Did Nothing For Women’s History Month
If your company quietly canceled Women’s History Month, consider these three actions to start with, to continue to advance women in our workplaces.