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Fast Company

A loneliness expert reveals the one question that prompts rewarding connections

When Monika Jiang set out to explore modern loneliness she asked a radical question: What if our experience of loneliness is our path back to each other" She took the leap—leaving her role as the head of Curation and Community at The House of Beautiful Business—with the intent that she’d continue ...

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Fast Company

A loneliness expert reveals the one question that prompts rewarding connections

Fast Company

As extreme heat threatens its future, the Olympic Games has become the world’s fair of sustainability

Europe is in the midst of a heat wave, and while Olympic athletes in Paris for the 2024 Summer Games might be spared the worst of it, the weather will still be hot. As global temperatures have risen, major sporting events like the Olympics and FIFA World Cup have had to adapt to high heat and extreme ...

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Fast Company

As extreme heat threatens its future, the Olympic Games has become the world’s fair of sustainability

Fast Company

Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which is the better app in 2024?

This week Apple brought Apple Maps to the web in beta, bringing it one step closer to parity with Google Maps, which has long been available via web browsers. Of course, iPhone owners will still turn to the app versions of their preferred mapping service when away from the desktop. Both the Apple ...

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Fast Company

Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: Which is the better app in 2024?

Fast Company

John Florence’s brand is riding the Olympic surfing wave

When John Florence paddles out for the surfing competition of the Olympic Games Paris, which starts this weekend, he'll be more than 9,000 miles away from the host city. That's because the surfing venue is at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, in French Polynesia, one of the world's most famous—and remote—surf ...

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Fast Company

John Florence’s brand is riding the Olympic surfing wave

Fast Company

Seal tags allow scientists to track ocean currents and climate change

A surprising technique has helped scientists observe how Earth’s oceans are changing, and it’s not using specialized robots or artificial intelligence. It’s tagging seals. Several species of seals live around and on Antarctica and regularly dive more than 100 meters in search of their next ...

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Seal tags allow scientists to track ocean currents and climate change

Ars Technica

SpaceX roars back to orbit barely two weeks after in-flight anomaly

"It was incredible to see how quickly the team was able to identify the cause of the mishap."

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Ars Technica

SpaceX roars back to orbit barely two weeks after in-flight anomaly

Fast Company

This privacy-first notes app is an ideal Chrome home page upgrade

Man alive, these humble web browsers of ours sure have come a long way. But for all the progress we’ve seen in the past several years, somehow, Chrome and most other modern browsers still fall short in one critically important area—and that’s what they show you when you first open ’em. The ...

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Fast Company

This privacy-first notes app is an ideal Chrome home page upgrade

The Verge

Here’s your first look at Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza

Image: Amazon Kiryu is getting a live-action makeover very soon. At Comic-Con today, Amazon revealed the first look at its upcoming adaptation of the Yakuza game series, with the show Like a Dragon: Yakuza (not to be confused with the game Yakuza: Like a Dragon). The streaming ...

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The Verge

Here’s your first look at Amazon’s Like a Dragon: Yakuza

Engadget

ISPs are fighting to raise the price of low-income broadband

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Engadget

ISPs are fighting to raise the price of low-income broadband

WIRED

Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing

DC went to YC to talk OS.

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WIRED

Open Source AI Has Founders—and the FTC—Buzzing

Ars Technica

NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft

Boeing won't start flying operational crew missions with Starliner until a year from now.

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Ars Technica

NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft

The Verge

Junji Ito’s terrifying Uzumaki hits Adult Swim in September

Image: Adult Swim Adult Swim’s long-awaited adaptation of Uzumaki finally has a premiere date — and an appropriately creepy trailer. The series, based on the classic horror manga from Junji Ito, will start airing on September 28th. Episodes will hit Adult Swim first, and then ...

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The Verge

Junji Ito’s terrifying Uzumaki hits Adult Swim in September

Engadget

Amazon is giving The Boys the prequel treatment

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Engadget

Amazon is giving The Boys the prequel treatment

Ars Technica

Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training

Use of motion-capture actors' performances for AI training is a sticking point.

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Ars Technica

Union game performers strike over AI voice and motion-capture training

WIRED

Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.

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WIRED

Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

The Verge

The best phone to buy right now

Photo Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Bad news: flagship phones cost a small fortune these days. Good news: we can help you pick the right one and get the most for your money. Continue reading…

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The best phone to buy right now

Ars Technica

AI and ML enter motorsports: How GM is using them to win more races

From modeling tire wear and fuel use to predicting cautions based on radio traffic.

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Ars Technica

AI and ML enter motorsports: How GM is using them to win more races

WIRED

Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men

The TikTok influencer and podcast host amassed millions of followers for her roasts—and swears she’ll keep doing it even if TikTok goes away.

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Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men

Engadget

You can date everything in Date Everything!

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You can date everything in Date Everything!

WIRED

The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (August 2024)

The Idea of You, Brittany Runs a Marathon, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.

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The 20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now (August 2024)

The Verge

Sauron returns in The Rings of Power’s season 2 trailer

Image: Amazon The first season of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power took its sweet time revealing the true identities of its two most mysterious characters. But when the show returns next month, it seems like it’s going to hit the ground running with big reveals ...

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Sauron returns in The Rings of Power’s season 2 trailer

Engadget

The Bioshock movie is still happening but with a reduced budget

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Engadget

The Bioshock movie is still happening but with a reduced budget

Engadget

Warner Bros. Discovery sues the NBA in a last-ditch effort to block Amazon’s new streaming package

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Engadget

Warner Bros. Discovery sues the NBA in a last-ditch effort to block Amazon’s new streaming package

The Verge

SpaceX says it’s fixed the Falcon 9 and will resume launches tomorrow

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, July 27th for its next Falcon 9 launch carrying 23 Starlink satellites into orbit. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX has completed its investigation into what caused an engine failure during a Falcon 9 launch on July 11th. The company has submitted a “mishap ...

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SpaceX says it’s fixed the Falcon 9 and will resume launches tomorrow

The Verge

The Boys is getting a prequel series

Amazon The Boys’ fourth season ended on a nightmarish note that made the show’s upcoming final chapter seem like it’s going to its most deranged. But during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Amazon revealed that while The Boys may be coming to an end, the larger franchise ...

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The Verge

The Boys is getting a prequel series

Ars Technica

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

Some users were outraged to learn this was opt-out, not opt-in.

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Ars Technica

X is training Grok AI on your data—here’s how to stop it

Ars Technica

Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all time

Chance that first detected emission line is a noise fluctuation is one in half a billion.

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Ars Technica

Astronomers find first emission spectra in brightest GRB of all time

Engadget

Here's how to stop Grok's AI models using your tweets for training

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Engadget

Here's how to stop Grok's AI models using your tweets for training

WIRED

2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech

Pole vaulting is a spectacular, dangerous sport. Modern poles could be drastically improved to make them more reliable, with healable tech being developed that could also be used in surfing and cycling.

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WIRED

2024 Summer Olympics: A Self-Healing Pole Vault Pole Is One Great Leap for Sports Tech

WIRED

Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It's Calling Again

In a recently uncovered 1983 speech, Steve Jobs predicted the ubiquity of personal computers. In 2024, AI has brought us to another inflection point.

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WIRED

Steve Jobs Knew the Moment the Future Had Arrived. It's Calling Again