SpaceX and Rivals Dodge Traffic as Satellites, Debris Crowd Low-Earth Orbit
The proliferation of man-made material circling the planet is raising concerns over potential collisions.
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Vicariously hike the Appalachian in the gorgeous A Trail Tale
I used to be an avid hiker and would try to go backpacking a few times a year. I always dreamed of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, but life kind of got in the way. (Turns out jobs, wives, and children aren’t thrilled with the idea of you disappearing for three months.) But I’ve been longing…
Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported
Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE on Thursday, and today the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Reuters and the Washington Post that he had been deported to the UK. Yiannopoulos came to the US legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa. After he failed to appear in court for an immigration hearing,…
SanDisk vs Samsung vs Lexar: Switch 2 Cards, $50 Gap [2026]
Nintendo Switch 2 owners hit a wall the original console never had: plug in an old microSD card from a first-generation Switch, and the system simply refuses to save or load a single digital game. That single design choice, requiring the new microSD Express standard instead of the familiar UHS-I cards, has turned a $50…
At TechBBQ, Europe’s AI conversations kept coming back to: Who’s actually in control?
Investors, founders, and operators from across Europe arrived for the annual Nordic TechBBQ conference to talk about how humans can have agency over AI.
“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z
Vijay Pande — who left a16z’s roughly $4 billion biotech practice last year to start the much smaller, AI-native VZVC — talks about why biology is finally shifting from a “discovery” science to an “engineering” one, why clinical trials are still brutally expensive, and why he thinks open, shared datasets (not walled-off ones) are what…
Hollywood celebs are getting into microdrama apps
Several Hollywood celebs are ditching the massive eight-figure checks and exotic movie sets for a rising format: microdramas.
Nvidia Wants to Run the World’s Robots. China Is an Eager Customer.
Chinese companies rely on American chips and software for “physical AI,” a growing business where trade remains open under U.S. rules.
More Schools Are Imposing Phone Bans. Do They Really Work?
Locking up student phones leads to improved well-being but has shown minimal effect on test scores and attention so far.
The Theragun Sense makes everyday recovery surprisingly easy
As my 20s are set to come to an end later this year, I’ve officially reached the age where sleeping in the wrong position or stretching just a little too far can cause aches and pains. I’ve always been somewhat skeptical of massage guns, mostly because I’ve tried a few off-brand ones and just assumed…