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FastCompany

A once-abandoned parking garage in Buenos Aires is now a stunning tower with a park on top

Four years ago, if you found yourself at one particular intersection of Buenos Aires, you would see a nondescript, three-story parking garage with no cars inside. That building still exists—but it’s completely unrecognizable. Today, that structure looks like a stubby, UFO-like tower mushrooming ...

52 minutes ago

FastCompany

A once-abandoned parking garage in Buenos Aires is now a stunning tower with a park on top

FastCompany

California now has more EV chargers than gas pumps—but it’s still not enough

As of this year, EV chargers now outnumber gas pumps in the state of California. The state has an estimated 178,000 shared chargers for electric cars—not counting another 700,000 private chargers that are installed in single-family homes, according to the California Energy Commission. That’s ...

52 minutes ago

FastCompany

California now has more EV chargers than gas pumps—but it’s still not enough

Engadget

The best smartwatches for 2025

1 hour ago

Engadget

The best smartwatches for 2025

FastCompany

Straight Talk Wireless rolls out smartphone vending machines at Walmart stores

For those tired of waiting in line to buy a new smartphone or anxiously refreshing a delivery tracking site to make sure a new phone arrives intact, Verizon's Straight Talk Wireless brand is offering another option: phones from a vending machine. Straight Talk, a Verizon prepaid brand exclusively ...

1 hour ago

FastCompany

Straight Talk Wireless rolls out smartphone vending machines at Walmart stores

FastCompany

The secret to a successful job search? An accountability buddy

Job searching can feel like a full-time job in and of itself. Endless networking coffees and cover letter drafts can make it easy to get discouraged. And while it’s helpful to get support from family, friends, and your significant other, they may not truly grasp the day-to-day grind that’s needed ...

1 hour ago

FastCompany

The secret to a successful job search? An accountability buddy

WIRED

Want to Look at Your Phone Less? Just Cover Your Screen

An art studio hopes its concept for a phone case that can flip around to cover most of your screen will help cure your screen addiction.

2 hours ago

WIRED

Want to Look at Your Phone Less? Just Cover Your Screen

FastCompany

Employers: Stop ‘corporate catfishing’ your prospective hires

Catfishing. Once a trend confined to the realm of online dating. Now, like other relationship phenomena including ghosting, career cushioning, and quiet quitting, it’s infiltrated the workplace. This is bad for employers and employees alike. Corporate catfishing is when employers make false or ...

2 hours ago

FastCompany

Employers: Stop ‘corporate catfishing’ your prospective hires

FastCompany

Why it can be so hard to get over rejection at work

Work is full of potential rejection. Ask a colleague for a favor, and they may refuse. Apply for a job, and you may not get it. Seek a promotion, and you may be passed over. Submit a proposal to a client, and it may not be accepted. One key part of success is to be willing to learn from these failures, ...

2 hours ago

FastCompany

Why it can be so hard to get over rejection at work

WIRED

Top KitchenAid Promo Codes and Coupons

Get 50% off select appliances, 15% off most regular-price items, free delivery, and other great savings today on WIRED.

5 hours ago

WIRED

Top KitchenAid Promo Codes and Coupons

Engadget

What will happen to TikTok? A look at the potential buyers.

11 hours ago

Engadget

What will happen to TikTok? A look at the potential buyers.

Ars Technica

First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80

All Nintendo titles see an increase from the $60 Switch 1 status quo.

11 hours ago

Ars Technica

First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80

WIRED

The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok

Tim Stokely partnered with a crypto company to bid for TikTok as the social media company faces a deadline to either sell or be banned in the US. Amazon also placed a last-minute bid.

12 hours ago

WIRED

The Founder of OnlyFans Wants to Buy TikTok

Engadget

The Switch 2's battery life is shorter than the current Switch

13 hours ago

Engadget

The Switch 2's battery life is shorter than the current Switch

Engadget

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything we know after the Direct announcement

13 hours ago

Engadget

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything we know after the Direct announcement

Engadget

The Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5 at $450

13 hours ago

Engadget

The Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5 at $450

Engadget

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything announced including a new Mario Kart game, new Switch features and more

13 hours ago

Engadget

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything announced including a new Mario Kart game, new Switch features and more

Ars Technica

Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser

"We want to give audiences a reflection of their own world through the lens of fantasy."

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser

Ars Technica

Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them

Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them

Ars Technica

Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins

With fresh leadership, Google aims to create new products based on Gemini.

14 hours ago

Ars Technica

Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins

Ars Technica

A look at the Switch 2’s initial games, both familiar and what-the-heck

A bit of early 2020s triple-A, some neat originals, and two wild arrivals.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

A look at the Switch 2’s initial games, both familiar and what-the-heck

Ars Technica

Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation

79 arrested after Europol shuts down massive child porn platform.

15 hours ago

Ars Technica

Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation

WIRED

Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say

A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.

16 hours ago

WIRED

Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say

WIRED

Sony’s Latest Bravia Home Theater Gear Gets Bolder, Brighter

We went hands-on with Sony’s latest home theater gear, including its fiery new OLED TV.

18 hours ago

WIRED

Sony’s Latest Bravia Home Theater Gear Gets Bolder, Brighter

WIRED

This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence

A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots.

18 hours ago

WIRED

This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence