Wind Chime Memorial Tree in Spring Hill — A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.
Fine-tuning forgets. RAG leaks context. Hypernetworks build the model your agent needs on demand. — <p>Enterprise teams keep watching the same thing happen. An AI agent demos beautifully, goes to production, and stalls: it runs for a short stretch, then needs a human to top up…
Google's Gemini Omni can generate 'anything from any input,' starting with video - Engadget — Google didn't forget AI creators in its latest round of Gemini announcements.
How to make the Startup Battlefield Top 20 — and what every company gets regardless | TechCrunch — Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Here’s how to get there and why the opportunity starts well before the main stage.
GM joins race to build batteries for AI data centers and the grid | TechCrunch — GM is developing an entirely new sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in everything from data centers to its own factories.
Homework Help & Study Guides For Students | Shmoop — The cozy home of your favorite free study guides and the most helpful study tools around! Check out our new digs and get the help you need!
I Swapped Hiking Boots for Trail Running Shoes Mid-Hike: Here's What I Liked Better. — I pitted boots and shoes from the same brand against each other on the trail, head-to-head. This is what I discovered.
‘Furious’ Review: Elizabeth Meriwether Delivers Top-Tier Genre Fare in Hulu’s Riveting Cat-and-Mouse Thriller — 'Furious,' a new Hulu series from Elizabeth Meriwether, follows a rookie FBI agent (Emmy Rossum) hunting a serial killer who keeps offing bad men.
Oppo Find X9 Ultra vs. Vivo X300 Ultra: Battle of the telephoto smartphones - Engadget — We put the Oppo Find X9 Ultra up against the Vivo X300 Ultra to see which telephoto smartphone reigns supreme.
The Fix: Hanoi with Daniel Nguyen — Is this the real city that never sleeps? This week on The Fix: vibrant, indomitable Hanoi, according to the pioneering distiller, researcher, and activist.
Former Site of the Chapel of Glacis in Luxemburg, Luxembourg — <p><img alt="" data-width="2560" data-height="1920" width="300" height="200" src="https://img.atlasobscura.com/kjuIW8X8ZE0h-NMiTeQsq90LbtHIO0Qn_5k4I76zPN0/rs:fill:300:200:1/g:ce/q:81/sm:1/scp:1/ar:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdGxh/…
Apple announces Apple Intelligence powered accessibility feature updates | TechCrunch — Apple is introducing a feature to let Vision Pro control a compatible wheelchair with their eyes
This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC's heat wave | TechCrunch — Last weekend's brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven
The numbers behind global mental health and its different disorders — Nearly one in eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder, and one person dies by suicide every 43 seconds.
Tata Electronics, a major tech supplier to Apple and Tesla, confirms data breach | TechCrunch — The incident comes as Tata Electronics expands its role in global technology supply chains.
Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators. Now, it’s buying $2.8B more. | TechCrunch — Elon Muks's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.
33 Luxury Hotels Were Just Awarded ‘Palace’ Status by the French Government—See the Full List — The French Ministry of Tourism just updated the exclusive list for the first time since 2022, including six new entrants in Paris, the French Alps, the South of France, and Champagne.
How do I apply for an apprenticeship and what will I get paid? — Apprentices split their time between training and working - and are paid by their employer.
The New Words Without Borders — The Whiting Award-winning digital literary magazine Words Without Borders is the premier publication for international literature in English. Featuring Olga Tokarczuk, Fernanda Melchor, Jokha Alharthi, Jhumpa Lahiri, Elena Ferrante, W. G. Sebald, L
Strava declares war on scrapers ahead of IPO | TechCrunch — Strava will charge a flat monthly fee from developers to access its API
Up Close With Walruses in One of the Arctic’s Wildest Destinations — The can't-miss highlights of a 10-night Quark Expeditions sailing in Svalbard.
Google unveils Nano Banana 2 Lite aka Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite for low cost, 4-second fast enterprise image generations — <p>Google is upgrading its AI image generation capabilities today with the <a…
Hot Pools, Waterslides, and Cocktails: Inside Therme’s Plan to Bring Supersized Health Spas to the USA — Therme Group, Europe’s wellness behemoth, is planning to open stadium-sized health spas across the USA. Are Americans ready for Roman baths? We traveled to Bucharest to find…
The token bill comes due: Inside the industry scramble to manage AI’s runaway costs | TechCrunch — "The whole conversation shifted from tokenmaxxing and 'go fast' to 'we need guardrails, how do we control this?'"
The Locals Don't Know — My best piece of travel advice: don't do what the locals do.
Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data | TechCrunch — The hacker used an employee's credentials to access source code, which revealed how Suno scraped decades of audio.
Applications close in 48 hours — here's everything Australian founders need to know about Stripe x Startup Battlefield | TechCrunch — The window is almost shut. On August 19, eight startups will take the stage at Stripe Tour Sydney in front of investors, global press, and the…
spent three weeks meditating in silence and the worst part wasn't the quiet — it was realizing how much i talk just to avoid listening to myself think 🤔
unpopular opinion but most meditation apps are just expensive anxiety placebos... this guy spent 10 years mapping what actually works neurologically
DeepSeek open sources DSpark, a new framework to speed up LLM inference by up to 85% — <p>Even as the geopolitical conversation around AI continues to grow more fraught following the<a…
Talking Watches: With Yoni Ben-Yehuda, Head Of Watches At Material Good — The best curators are almost always obsessives first. For Yoni Ben-Yehuda, the passion for watches came decades before the profession.
Aysgarth Falls in Centre — The most impressive falls in Wensleydale once produced power to weave the uniform of an Italian revolution.
Jon Erwin Isn’t Hiding from AI: The ‘Young Washington’ Director on How AI Can Save Jobs and Bolster Collaboration — 'Young Washington' director Jon Erwin talks AI and his company Innovative Dreams and why he believes the tech can bring jobs back to Los Angeles.
Africa Is a Country — Culture and politics, reframed.
37°C : ce que le corps humain apprend aux organisations | Jean-Michel Adélaïde | TEDxUTTroyes — Le corps humain est le plus performant à 40°C. Pourtant, il choisit de fonctionner à 37°C. Pourquoi ? Pour durer. Dans ce talk, Jean Michel Adelaide transpose cette logique aux…
Seedcamp raises $320M for its new fund to expand its US footprint | TechCrunch — After 18 years of focusing on Europe, early-stage investor Seedcamp said that it has raised $320 million for its latest fund which will see it expanding its presence in the United States.
The haves and have nots of the AI gold rush | TechCrunch — The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.
Airline Reviews and Rating | SKYTRAX — Read the Verified traveller reviews and ratings for Airlines, Airports, Airline Seats and Lounges in the SKYTRAX global Air Travel guide. Add your review and photos.
Educators & Teens Get Hands-On With TEMPO Data to Help Investigate Local Air Quality - NASA Science — On Day 1 of the Institute, the CosmicDS Science Principal Investigator Pat Udomprasert led a hands-on immersion session introducing educators to TEMPO-Lab, a
Amazon's new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes | TechCrunch — Amazon’s Alexa+ can now generate custom AI podcasts on demand, as the company expands its assistant into a personalized AI content platform.
The Trump administration might take an equity stake in OpenAI | TechCrunch — President Donald Trump said he's discussing deals "where the American people can benefit from the success of AI."
U.S. bank disclose security lapse after sharing customer data with AI app | TechCrunch — The bank said the security lapse was due to the use of an “unauthorized” AI software app.
watched someone meditate for 20 minutes and realized they weren't trying to clear their mind — they were just letting it get boring enough to stop fighting back 🧠
Streamline your summer travels — get 30% off Nomad eSIM data plans with this Mashable-exclusive code — That's one less thing to worry about.
Discover a Different Planet in Northwest Nebraska — In a state full of surprising natural wonders, Toadstool Geologic Park is one of the coolest
The Path, founded by Tony Robbins and Calm alums, hopes to offer safer AI therapy | TechCrunch — The Path says its AI model has scored 95 on the mental health safety AI benchmark, Vera-MH. This compares to a top score of 65 for the consumer bots.
In the Age of AI, the Analog Restaurant Feels Radical - Longreads — "Some restaurants are leaning into handmade touches, as AI-generated food photos and flyers become commonplace."