The 11 standout startups from YC's Demo Day, according to VCs | TechCrunch — TechCrunch spoke to investors to find the hottest startups in the Spring 2026 YC batch. Some of them commanded valuations of over $175 million, VCs said.
New California law will penalize influencers don't disclose political ads | TechCrunch — The new legislation adds teeth to disclosure requirements for online influencers who are paid to post about politics.
Elevate Campuses Said to Launch $267 Million India IPO in August — Hillhouse Investment Management Ltd.-backed Elevate Campuses Ltd. is preparing to launch its 25.55-billion rupee ($267 million) initial public offering as early as August, according to people familiar with the…
Watched a heron stand motionless in shallow water for 20 minutes, then miss the fish anyway. Nature documentaries don't show you how much wildlife just... fails at the basics.
A wildlife photographer spent months figuring out why owls kept disappearing from her footage. Turned out they were hunting the moths attracted to her camera's infrared light 🦉
Otters hold hands while sleeping so they don't drift apart — and somehow that's the least weird thing about how they actually live.
Fatboi Sharif & ELUCID Release New EP 'Invasion Body Camera': Listen — It’s all one track. On any streaming service, Invasion Body Camera, the new collaborative EP from experimental rap titans Fatboi Sharif and ELUCID, shows up as a single 12-minute track, even though it’s…
A Million Falcons Went Missing From Eastern Europe. Here’s How They Were Found — For years, the secret winter home of rare red-footed falcons remained a mystery. Then an ornithologist discovered the hidden world of “Falcopolis.”
Israel’s Supreme Court overturns election panel ban on Arab parties — Court reinstates two Arab lists and Jewish Knesset member Ofer Cassif as Balad leader withdraws after pressure.
Windows 11 without activation is surprisingly usable, here are the 4 things that get locked — You don't ever have to activate Windows 11 if you can live with certain limitations.
Are Ray-Ban Meta glasses a privacy risk? Here's what you should know — Not all features are equal when it comes to securing your data.
Iggy Pop Heralds New Protomartyr Album, Says They’re “Kind of Like Jesus” — The band’s Hotel Usona drops this September
Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: AI Prophet Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity — “The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do [only] whatever we know how to order it to perform,” Ada Lovelace inveighed upon composing the…
Enhance Old, Low-Quality Footage and Photos: An All-in-One Workflow with VideoProc — <p class="feature-image"><a href="https://petapixel.com/2026/10/12/enhance-old-low-quality-footage-and-photos-an-all-in-one-workflow-with-videoproc/"><img width="1000" height="600"…
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Clay Transforms into Vibrant and Funky 'Habibti' Sculptures by Maryam Yousif — Maryam Yousif merges ancient cultural heritage and contemporary playfulness in vibrant ceramic sculptures.
Rainforest Alliance — When you choose products with the Rainforest Alliance little green frog, you’re supporting a better world for people and nature.
UK tribunal confirms professor’s anti-Zionism is legally protected belief — David Miller has told Al Jazeera the ruling is a victory that will encourage others to speak out against Zionism.
What England can expect from captain Root — What can England expect from Joe Root's leadership, based on his first full-time spell in charge?
Kenya's foreign trader crackdown sparks fear among migrant communities — Kenya's president orders a crackdown on foreigners running small businesses, amid accusations of xenophobia.
Africa's Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here's Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway — Meet the team that closely monitors the playful canines, which need help to form diverse packs and stop their numbers from dwindling
Watched a live stream of an octopus den for an hour. There's something about seeing it just... exist in its space, rearranging rocks, ignoring the camera.
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Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood, but here's the wild part — they can taste with their arms and solve puzzles just to mess with aquarium staff 🐙
iCloud, Photos, Find My and More Experiencing Issues — Several iCloud services are experiencing issues, according to Apple's system status page. Find My, Game Center, Photos, iCloud Calendar, iCloud Mail, iCloud Contacts, iCloud Web Apps, and iWork for iCloud are all…
Homepage | Pollinator.org — Pollinator Partnership is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and the largest in the world dedicated exclusively to the protection and promotion of ...
Royal Caribbean Buys Stake in Sandals Resorts — Royal Caribbean Cruises agreed to buy a 50% stake in Sandals Resorts International for about $3 billion. Liana Baker has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest." (Source: Bloomberg)
The fury and heartbreak of Egypt's stunning World Cup collapse — BBC Sport unpicks a game that will go down in World Cup history for featuring a team who were two goals down so late on, but who went on to win without needing extra time.
Design’s Legibility Gap — Strap in. This one gets wonky. For some personal work, I'm unpacking the question, "What are the conditions that enable a humane organization?" Emerging from that effort is the concept of 'legibility,' and I believe it to be crucial to understanding…
Newly described Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare to catch a single ant species — An international team of researchers has discovered a remarkable new spider species in the rainforest of North Queensland that spins an ingenious and powerful spring-actuated…
Uncovering the Importance of Local Community Advocates to Prevent HIV | National Geographic — Paid content for @gileadsciences. In Kisumu, Kenya, National Geographic Explorer and photographer Rena Effendi meets with Brenda Odera, a volunteer HIV prevention advocate working to…
Source: TE Darren Waller, Panthers agree to 1-year deal — Former Pro Bowl tight end Darren Waller and the Carolina Panthers reached agreement Wednesday on a one-year deal, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
A researcher spent years documenting how octopuses use coconut shells as portable armor — and caught the exact moment one picks one up and carries it away.
Amazon Discounts Every 2026 MacBook Pro With Up to $500 Off — Towards the end of July, we began tracking major discounts on the 2026 MacBook Pro, with up to $500 off select models on Amazon. These sales are still available right now, and Amazon has even sweetened the pot for…
The UK's bumblebees are in crisis - Bumblebee Conservation Trust — Find out why bumblebees are so important, how you can help bumblebees in your own garden, and how to support the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Max vs 100 LIVE! Race updates, commentary as Verstappen faces go-karters in epic Silverstone challenge — Follow live updates as Formula 1 star Max Verstappen attempts to overtake 100 drivers in a go-kart race, starting from the back of the grid. Watch live on ESPN on Disney+.
Brazil 0-1 USA (Jun 9, 2026) Game Analysis - ESPN — Expert recap and game analysis of the Brazil vs. United States Women's International Friendly game from June 9, 2026 on ESPN.
Turns out bears have been raiding this one cabin for 20 years straight—the owner just compiled every photo. The progression is depressing.
‘The wealthy poor’: Soaring food prices hurt Iranian families — Iranians from all walks of life struggle under the weight of rising inflation and war pressure.
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The Shark Trust — Our mission is to safeguard a future for sharks, skates and rays through positive change. We achieve this through science, education, influence and action.
how did octopuses learn to use tools when they have no bones? watch one pry open a coconut shell from the inside 🐙
There's a live map tracking every whale song heard by underwater microphones right now. You can listen to them as they happen.
Don't waste time trying to block Fire TV ads—Amazon has already won — A subsidized ad engine runs beneath Fire TV's cheap hardware, leaking device identifiers and mixing telemetry with needed cloud calls.
Earth Rangers - Inspiring the next generation of conservationists — Earth Rangers is the charity that transforms children’s concerns about the environment into positive action.
I spent a week obsessing over coffee timing with my Pixel Watch, and now I can't stop — Your Pixel Watch can do more than track steps.
Complete List of Animals - Animals Network — An animal encyclopedia.
The Backward Index — How do dictionary makers keep track of similarly suffixed words, like those ending in -ism, -graphy, -ness, or -ology? With a computer, it’s simple, but
Drew Brees' greatness, as seen through eyes of teammates, coaches — The former Saints and Chargers QB will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, and those who know him share tales of what makes him "the GOAT."
Monarch butterflies navigate using the sun as a compass—researchers mapped the exact neurons firing during migration. The wiring diagram is genuinely strange.
‘Chronovisor’ Directors Measured Twice and Cut Film Once to Tell a Text-Based Thriller — Directors Jack Auen and Kevin Walker tell IndieWire about using every page and graphic to spin a conspiracy thriller from archival evidence.
Your Android Auto calls are broken because of these hidden settings — Android Auto works great... right up until someone actually calls you.
A new vision for Miami | Tony Cho | TEDxMiami — NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf What if the fast…
Harvard University transforms waste wool into cladding for retrofits — <p>Grinham Research Group at Harvard University has developed an insulating cladding tile made from waste wool, which was presented at this year's Oslo Architecture Triennale. In an installation named…
set up a tent in the backyard to test it out. realized after an hour the rain fly was on backwards the entire time xD
AI’s Wobbly House of Cards Puts Markets and US Economy at Risk — The heads of America’s leading AI development labs have started a national conversation about tapping the brakes on a technology that’s offering so much promise for society, while at the same time showing it can…
Why do octopuses have three hearts if two would do the job? Turns out the third one stops beating when they swim — so they get exhausted just moving around. 🐙
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Hollywood’s Tech-Founder Fixation Takes a Dark Turn — Tech-entrepreneur bio-pics used to give us flawed men who built great products. But the latest wave of movies, from “The Social Reckoning” to “Artificial,” recast Silicon Valley titans as unambiguous villains, and suggest…
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