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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Zach Dell’s Texas-size dream • The Arena: Figure skating launches a comeback—with AI• Plus, our Recommendations: “Allison After NXIVM,” “The Finest Hotel in Kabul” and “Bugonia”A horrifying thought has lately been immovable from my mind: Am I gonna have to dump ChatGPT for Gemini?Well, Gemini 3 is out, and it’s pretty darn slick: Google has improved the chatbot’s ability to code, search and create images, among other features. AI researcher Ethan Molli
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See how much Walmart pays in 2025, with software engineers earning as much as $286,000. Salary data shows pay ranges across tech and analytics teams. Read more ›
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Emrick Donadei said participating in a hackathon gave him hands-on experience and expanded his network at Google. Read more ›
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The Swiss minimal phone pioneer Punkt is back with another model, the MC03. The new handset continues Punkt's focus on privacy, security and digital minimalism.If you've never seen Punkt's MP01 and MP02, the company's gorgeously minimal dumb phone line, they're something to behold. (The MP01 is quite literally a museum piece, in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.) Meanwhile, this new MC03 is the company's second stab at a more... Read more ›
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In his inauguration speech, Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubled down on campaign promises, pledging to "govern expansively and audaciously." Read more ›
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is warning about an AI bubble. Some other lawmakers aren't sure if they see one yet. Read more ›
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The MCU turns inward in the upcoming Disney+ miniseries "Wonder Man," starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Watch the trailer. Read more ›
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A great rice cooker can change the way you handle weeknight meals. Instead of watching the pot or dealing with uneven results, you get fluffy, consistent rice with almost no effort. Modern rice cookers can do a lot more than white rice, too. Many handle brown rice, oatmeal and grains, and some function like mini multi-cookers for soups or stews.With so many options available, the best rice cooker for you... Read more ›
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You can log your steps, track your sleep, and measure your progress toward your goals using your phone alone. Read more ›
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Looking back at the evolution of healthtech, many revolutionary startups have been built, often completely shifting the way clinicians work. We have moved from digital record keeping to telehealth platforms, preventative healthcare devices, and now the latest wave of AI co-pilots. Decades of investing in digitisation have consequently turned healthcare into fertile ground for AI ... Read more ›
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As AI companies snap up memory chips, smartphone and PC makers face higher costs and tighter supply — which could lead to higher prices for consumers. Read more ›
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IO Interactive has delayed 007 First Light, with the upcoming spy action thriller now releasing in May. This marks a two month delay, with more updates coming early 2026. Read more ›
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We tried four AI matchmakers, including Amata, Sitch, and Three Day Rule, and went on the dates they arranged. Let's talk about it. Read more ›
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Europe’s DeepTech ecosystem is approaching an important crossroads. Across the continent, universities and research institutes continue to generate breakthrough science, supported by one of the world’s strongest pipelines of technical talent. The ingredients for globally relevant DeepTech companies are already present. Japan’s recent commitment of more than €33 billion to European DeepTech and AI highlights ... Read more ›
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The “super flu” behind outbreaks in the US and UK is a new variant of influenza A H3N2, subclade K. Existing vaccines appear to be insufficiently effective against the virus. Read more ›
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"I danced. So, like if I'm not moving, I feel awful, you know?" Kate Hudson said. Read more ›
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See the moon phase expected for January 2, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected. Read more ›
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Whether you’re shopping for a ThinkPad, Yoga laptop, or Legion gaming PC, these Lenovo discount codes and promotions can help you save big on your next tech upgrade. Read more ›
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Private-equity firm Brookfield is starting its own cloud business, going up against tech giants like Amazon by arguing it can bring down the costs of developing AI. The firm, which has long invested in infrastructure and energy, is becoming the first major investment firm to try to lease chips inside data centers directly to developers, rather than just owning or developing the physical structures that surround them. The cloud business... Read more ›
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For an eventful year, 2025 is ending the same way it started. A year ago, Nvidia, OpenAI and others made it clear they would do everything necessary to win the race for artificial intelligence.The year ended with the same companies doing the same thing. Nvidia capped off a year of dealmaking—mostly to cement its lead in AI chips by agreeing to pay $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one... Read more ›
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Meta Platform’s announcement on Monday that it has acquired Chinese agent startup Manus represents a big win for Manus’ backers, including Benchmark, ZhenFund and HongShan, who last invested in Manus in an April funding round that valued it at $500 million. Meta is paying more than $2 billion, my colleague Juro Osawa has reported (as have other outlets).That’s a huge gain on an eight month old investment. The deal also... Read more ›
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Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence dominated another year in tech. As AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic raced to release smarter models, the largest tech firms mapped out massive data centers that would guzzle up more energy than tens of millions of American households to power them. “Agent” became the industry’s favorite buzzword for tools promising to eliminate human work. The popularity of coding assistant Cursor made its... Read more ›
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Trump Media and Technology Group, the company that operates President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, said it will issue a new cryptocurrency to shareholders, according to a statement on Wednesday. The planned crypto coin, which the company said will likely be issued in ... Read more ›
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SoftBank said Monday it would buy data center investment firm DigitalBridge for $4 billion, or $16 per share, a 15% premium to Friday’s closing price, its latest step to increase investment in infrastructure for data centers. DigitalBridge owns several data center subsidiaries that are involved ... Read more ›
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“Suspense is an artform,” said Bruce Holsinger, the author of “Culpability,” a tense family drama about the ramifications of a horrific car accident. Oh, yes, I should add: The mini-van was driving itself. “I think a lot about suspense—at the level of the chapter, the sentence, the sequence of chapters,” said Holsinger, an author of four previous novels. “I like a sense of momentum, so that the characters are kind... Read more ›
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Meta Platform is acquiring Manus, an artificial intelligence agent that went viral earlier this year and got financial backing from Benchmark, in the U.S. tech giant’s latest move to expand its AI offerings. The deal will give Manus, operated by a Singapore-based startup called Butterfly Effect, ... Read more ›
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As AI has completely consumed the tech industry, Apple has held back from the colossal investments in the technology its peers have been making. Wall Street, pundits and media outlets have criticized and chronicled Apple’s stumbles and seeming lack of urgency in the AI arms race. That includes us. But I would like to propose another possibility: that 2026 could vindicate Apple’s decision to stay out of the fray. Read more ›
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Wall Street’s latest push into private markets may give individual investors and their 401(k) accounts access to shares of unicorns like SpaceX and OpenAI. It may also allow them to add billions of additional dollars to the liquidity trap currently plaguing more sophisticated investors. Private markets have suffered from illiquidity, not lack of capital. Money goes in but rarely comes out. There is $3.7 trillion locked in venture-backed unicorns alone.... Read more ›
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