WhatsApp is getting its own version of a status update feature, similar to Instagram Notes. As on Instagram, the new feature allows users of the Meta-owned messaging app to post a short text update that can be seen by others. In this space, you could let people know what you’re up to or what’s new in your life. The company...
It turns out that “a million dollars is nothing” when you really crunch the numbers on retirement savings. Source link...
Black Friday week is here - Samsung US got an early start, but now that the actual shopping holiday is here, some of the prices have fallen even further. Here is an updated look at the best offers. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 is available with a $400 discount with nothing extra required. If you have an old device you...
The vainglory of peacocking despots is captured with sardonic wit and homespun creativity in this clever re-staging of a crackpot coup attempted by the Italian poet, aviator and fascism early-adopter, Gabriele d’Annunzio. Croatian filmmaker Igor Bezinović establishes early on that this is a pocket of military history that not many people know of, including the residents of Rijeka (née Fiume), a dinky port...
The accusation of “all style, no substance” gets thrown around often, sometimes appropriately, but what about a film that has neither style nor substance, no matter how much it tries to sell that it has both? Wicked: For Good is that picture, one that probably wouldn’t exist if not for the hubris of everyone involved in its creation. Its mere premise was baffling:...
Autonomous electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor warned staff Thursday it may need to lay off more than 100 employees, or possibly even ‘shut down,’ according to a company-wide memo obtained by TechCrunch. The memo comes after Monarch Tractor was already cutting some positions over the last few weeks at its California corporate facilities and remote teams in India and Singapore,...
TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and a background sound generator aimed at improving the mental health of its users. The social network said it will also give users badges for controlling their TikTok usage. The company is redesigning its screen time management page and adding new features to it. These include an affirmation...
With consumers increasingly asking questions of ChatGPT — not Google — product discovery is changing. And the promise to give brands visibility and control over this fast-growing search channel has made Peec AI one of Europe’s hottest startups. Just four months after its Seed round led by 20VC, the Berlin-based startup has raised a $21 million Series A led by...
Fair Doses: An Insider’s Story of the Pandemic and the Global Fight for Vaccine Equity Seth Berkley Univ. California Press (2025)Most people don’t like getting vaccines, much less seeing their children have needles poked into their thighs and arms. But context can change that. Besieged by terrifying outbreaks of paralytic polio and the spectre of iron-lung respirators, many parents were...
Previously unknown organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach have been presented and performed in Germany for the first time in 320 years.Germany's Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer called the discovery of the two pieces a "great moment for the world of music".They first caught the attention of the Peter Wollny, a researcher of the German composer and musician, in 1992 when...
