Gambling

Golden Gate Casino Celebrates 120 Years • This Week in Gambling

The Golden Gate Casino marked its 120th anniversary this month, reaching a milestone as the oldest continuously operating hotel and casino in Las Vegas while undergoing a significant shift in its gaming operations. Founded in 1906 as the Hotel Nevada, the property celebrated its history with events that highlighted its role as the city’s first permanent hotel. The anniversary follows...

Gaming

Meta Quest 3S Now the Cheapest VR Headset Option After Sudden Price Drop, While PlayStation VR2 Remains at Full Price

The Meta Quest 3S stands out as one of the easiest ways to get started with virtual reality gaming right now. It’s budget friendly, doesn’t require a gaming PC, and has a growing library of polished experiences. With current discounts knocking around 10% to 15% off the retail price, the timing feels right for anyone curious about stepping into VR...

Health

How to Grow Microgreens at Home (the Easy Way)

Maybe you’ve seen microgreens at your local farmer’s market or farm to table restaurant. These little green plants are similar to sprouts, and just as packed with nutrients. Growing microgreens at home is really easy and offers so many health benefits! What are Microgreens? Microgreens are miniature plants of greens, herbs, or other vegetables. Like sprouts, they’re a concentrated nutrient...

Lifestyle

Waymo reportedly raising a $16B funding round

Waymo has nearly finalized a new $16 billion funding round that will value the robotaxi company at $110 billion, according to the Financial Times. More than three-fourths of that funding will reportedly come from a source close to home — Alphabet, where Waymo is a subsidiary. (The company was incubated as part of Alphabet’s “moonshot factory” X.) The FT reports...

Mobile

Ayaneo reveals the chipset powering its Pocket Play smartphone

Ayaneo started teasing the Pocket Play, its first smartphone, back in November, and then in December it showed us what it would look like, Sony Ericsson Xperia Play vibes and all. Today, Ayaneo has finally revealed the chipset sitting at the helm of the Pocket Play. It's MediaTek's Dimensity 9300. That's an odd choice, given that the SoC in question...

Movie

Light Touch: How Hollywood gets lit

There are scenes within film and television that are defined by their lighting – a quality that becomes a cornerstone before actors even speak their first line. Gaffer and lighting technician Jon Haney cut his teeth on films like Titanic and The Negotiator, and quickly came to understand the importance of an element in visual media that’s crucial but often overlooked.Over the last three decades,...

Music

Mika Imai: ‘There is such an affinity between…

Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges preconceived notions of what Japanese cinema is or can be. Through their Women’s Empowerment and Nippon Cinema Now strands, the festival often showcases new work from female and non-binary filmmakers who bring their unique worldview to the big screen. At...

TECH

a16z partner Kofi Ampadu to leave firm after TxO program pause

Kofi Ampadu, the partner at a16z who led the firm’s Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, has left the firm, according to an email he sent to staff that TechCrunch obtained. This comes months after the firm paused TxO and laid off most of its staff. “During my time at the firm, I was deeply grateful for the opportunity...

TECH

How Sequoia-backed Ethos reached the public market while rivals fell short

Ethos Technologies, a San Francisco-based provider of software for selling life insurance, debuted on the Nasdaq on Thursday. As one of the year’s first major tech IPOs, the insurtech platform is being closely watched as a bellwether for the 2026 listing cycle. The company and its selling shareholders raised approximately $200 million in the offering, selling 10.5 million shares at...

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