The boss of Amazon Game Studios is out. VP Christoph Hartmann is leaving the company according to Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier. It’s another big blow to another tech giant that once had big ambitions for gaming. Hartmann was a cofounder of 2K Games and served as the BioShock and Borderlands publisher’s president up until he left in 2017. He joined Amazon...
Girl Scout cookies are popular this time of year. It’s estimated that over 200 million of those crunchy, chewy, addictive small boxes sell every year. What’s not so tasty are the ingredients and pesticide residues they contain. If you’re a fan of chewy coconut, caramel, and rich chocolate Samoas, then you’ll love this healthier take. It’s made with real-food ingredients...
Three weeks ago, Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, revealed it raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round. Now, we know Tesla is among its investors. Tesla disclosed in a letter to shareholders on Wednesday that it invested $2 billion in xAI, the startup behind the Grok chatbot that also owns Musk’s social media company X. Other previously disclosed...
Southwest’s five-decade era of open seating ended on Tuesday. Source link...
Last year’s Samsung Galaxy S25 series brought 15W wireless charging via the Qi2 standard, which did not provide any speed benefits over prior generations. It seems that the upcoming Galaxy S26 series or at least the S26 Ultra will, as we now have our first look at the upcoming Samsung Magnet Wireless Charger. Samsung Magnet Wireless Charger...
You know the old celebrity adage, “I don’t wake up for less than a million dollars,”? Well Jason Statham doesn’t wake up and still pockets the loot, sleepwalking through yet another gritty hardman caper, this time from director Ric Roman Waugh (no relation). Things get a little more serious this time with Statham introduced as angular ex-special forces super weapon, Michael Mason,...
Perhaps I’m just a worrywart, but in the hypothetical event I decided to raise a chimpanzee as a member of my family, I would be inclined to put some measures into place in case of an emergency. Even the friendliest pet dog can unexpectedly turn on its master – imagine what a primate weighing around 40 kilos in possession of a 1,300 PSI bite force and opposable...
Google is bringing AI-powered photo editing to more users around the world, making it easier to fix your photos with simple text commands instead of complicated editing tools. The company announced Tuesday that it’s expanding natural language-based editing in Google Photos to additional countries, including Australia, India, and Japan. The feature, which Google first launched for Pixel 10 users in...
As demand grows for privacy-first enterprise AI that can run without sending sensitive data to the cloud, SpotDraft has raised $8 million from Qualcomm Ventures in a strategic Series B extension to scale its on-device contract review tech for regulated legal workflows. The extension values SpotDraft at around $380 million, the startup told TechCrunch, nearly double its $190 million post-money...
Sunny Sethi, founder of HEN Technologies, doesn’t sound like someone who’s disrupted an industry that has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. His company builds fire nozzles — specifically, nozzles that it says put out fires up to three times faster than earlier products while conserving two-thirds of the water. But Sethi is matter-of-fact about this achievement, more focused on...
