His Sweet Side Hustle Started As a Bet. Now It Brings in Up to $70,000 a Month: ‘Never Supposed to Get This Far’
This 30-year-old entrepreneur is a high school dropout who turned an experiment into a business.
The Download: a biological de-aging contest and why LLMs don’t reason
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. A new contest pits competitors against each other in a race to biological youth —Jessica Hamzelou This week, I officially signed up for an unusual competition. One that rewards competitors for…
Why the Idea You’re Most Afraid to Share Is Probably the One Worth Sharing
Darwin waited 20 years to share the idea that would define his legacy. Founders make the same mistake — not because their idea isn’t ready, but because they know exactly what’s at stake.
The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?
This story appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. This weekend, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, posted an essay calling for a brake on the pace of development of LLMs. Amodei cites the looming dangers he sees from the technology, from its…
Amazon Prime Video takes on TikTok with short-form news clips
Prime Video is adding on-demand local and national news clips as Amazon joins other streamers experimenting with short-form video to capture younger viewers.
ClickFix attacks are tricking Mac and Windows users into hacking themselves
If you clicked on a fake HBO Max ad on Reddit in the past week, you might have fallen victim to a rising ‘ClickFix’ security threat.
Volkswagen’s crazy-efficient EV borrows an idea from Slate
Volkswagen’s new efficiency-minded halo car is almost twice as efficient as the most efficient production car, the Lucid Air.
With iOS 27, I’m actually using Siri again
Apple’s long-delayed Siri overhaul is finally here with iOS 27, and it changes how useful the assistant feels day to day
macOS 27: new Siri takes on AI productivity apps
macOS 27 Goldgen Gate gets a new Spotlight Search with Siri integrated
Fashion app Daydream uses Apple Intelligence to help you shop the outfits in your camera roll
Thanks to the launch of iOS 27, Daydream’s app now includes features that can turn saved outfit photos into shoppable results and search for products through Siri without opening the app.
Donated livers can be made biologically younger
Once an organ is removed from a donor’s body, the clock starts ticking. Surgeons usually flush the organ with a preservative solution, bag it, and put it on ice—where it immediately starts to degrade. The team has a matter of hours to get it into a recipient’s body. There’s another option—one that has been growing…