Fieldstone Bio is building microbes that can sense everything from TNT to arsenic
Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.
Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less
Just two years ago, Lorraine He, now a 24-year-old law student, was told to avoid using AI for her assignments. At the time, to get around a national block on ChatGPT, students had to buy a mirror-site version from a secondhand marketplace. Its use was common, but it was at best tolerated and more often…
Lucid’s record quarter got a lift from rental sales and company leases
Lucid Motors set a company record for deliveries in the first quarter of 2025, shipping 3,109 EVs to customers in North America, Europe, and Saudi Arabia. It appears that a new company car program and sales to rental fleets helped it get there. According to a footnote in Lucid Motors’ latest regulatory filing, it sold […]
Startups Weekly: A brighter outlook, but don’t get carried away
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Startup news this week was fairly routine — in a good way: Aside from a minor kerfuffle between Y Combinator and Google, there was no headline-grabbing drama. […]
Turn Simple Ideas Into Never-Ending Paychecks With This Low-Effort Passive Income Strategy
A micro-hustle lets you build once, sell forever and earn money while you sleep.
TikTok rolls out a new meditation feature to help you get off the app and sleep
TikTok is launching in-app guided meditation exercises, the social network announced on Thursday. The company began testing the meditation exercises with select teens earlier this year and is now making the feature available to all users on its app. The idea behind the feature is to help users improve their sleep quality and encourage them […]
This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug
Doctors say they constructed a bespoke gene-editing treatment in less than seven months and used it to treat a baby with a deadly metabolic condition. The rapid-fire attempt to rewrite the child’s DNA marks the first time gene editing has been tailored to treat a single individual, according to a report published in the New…
Being a ‘Good Communicator’ Isn’t Enough — and It’s Costing You More Than You Think.
Understand the myth behind “good communication,” and learn how to build a culture of effective communication.
It’s Time to Break the Cycle of Cheap, Disposable Junk — Here’s How Entrepreneurs Can Lead the Way
Consumers are addicted to cheap, low-quality products that are designed to fail. This addiction is taking a toll on our collective mental health.
Walmart Is Raising Prices, According to the Company’s CEO. Here’s When.
Walmart leadership said the company is still collaborating with vendors to keep its “everyday low prices.”
Microsoft’s Mass Layoffs Affected at Least 800 in Software Engineering, According to New Documents
About one-third of the total roles cut were reportedly at Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington.