11 Jan The TikTok Ban Would Be Social Media’s First Extinction-Level Event TikTok transformed everyday users into influencers and made entrepreneurs rich via its Shop feature. With the US ban looming, they could lose everything—and many don’t know where to go next.
10 Jan The Tide Could Finally Be Turning Against the LA Fires With wind speeds falling, firefighting reinforcements arriving from out of state, and more water sources online, authorities now have a critical window to take control of the situation.
10 Jan These Newly Identified Cells Could Change the Face of Plastic Surgery Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in labs to produce better materials for performing reconstructive surgeries and rhinoplasties.
10 Jan The Nintendo Switch 2 Rumors and Leaks Won’t Change Anything New information about the handheld seems to spring up every day, but it’s unclear when the Switch successor will make its appearance. It also doesn’t matter.
09 Jan California’s Wildfires Show No Signs of Slowing Down As hurricane-force winds fan the most destructive wildfires in California history across bone-dry foothills, communities face the dual threat of natural forces and a warming world.
09 Jan Your Next AI Wearable Will Listen to Everything All the Time The latest crop of AI-enabled wearables like Bee AI and Omi listen to your conversations to help organize your life. They are also normalizing embedded microphones that are always on.
09 Jan Before Las Vegas, Intel Analysts Warned That Bomb Makers Were Turning to AI Authorities say that before a Green Beret blew up a Cybertruck in front of the Trump International Hotel, he consulted ChatGPT—exactly the scenario police have been warned of for the past year.
08 Jan The First US Bird Flu Death Is a Stark Warning A Louisiana patient is the first person in the United States to die as a result of H5N1 infection. One expert likens what happens next to Russian roulette.
08 Jan Meta Follows Elon Musk’s Lead, Moves Staffers to Billionaire-Friendly Texas According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta trust and safety workers will be relocated to Texas to prevent them from “censoring” users. Experts point to other advantages.
