You can have too much of a good thing when it comes to exercising REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson While exercise is important for a long and healthy life, ultramarathons may accelerate the ageing of cells in our blood. Athletes who ran 170 kilometres over mountainous terrain accumulated more age-related damage to their red blood cells than those…
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Swedish fintech company Klarna, says the organization is set to employ drastically fewer people. And he says he shares his outlook on the workforce with another CEO: Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Siemiatkowski made the comments on the 20 VC podcast with Harry Stebbings earlier this week, where the CEO didn’t deny that…
Mark Zuckerberg took the stand Wednesday in a high-profile jury trial over social media addiction. In an appearance that was described by NBC News as “combative,” the Facebook founder reportedly said that Meta’s goal was to make Instagram “useful” not increase the time users are spending in the app. On the stand, Zuckerberg was questioned…
A scanning electron micrograph of Bifidobacteria bacteria – the main genus found in the large intestine of infants DR GARY GAUGLER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An unprecedented look at how the gut microbiome varies among babies in different parts of the world reveals that infants in the West lack a microbe that is common elsewhere. This could…
When I cofounded Brilliant Earth in 2005, e-commerce was still in its infancy. I believed technology could reshape the jewelry industry entirely—changing how customers find pieces they love, personalizing their own designs, and reimagining the customer experience. We launched as a digital-first venture to do just that. Now, two decades into our pioneering digital journey,…
Now that pre-orders are open for the Google Pixel 10a, it’s time to see how it stacks up against last year’s Pixel 9a. At first glance, the two phones look very similar, and that’s not a bad thing. Google hasn’t tried to reinvent its budget-friendly formula this year, sticking to the same compact design, clean…
Fatherhood came as something of a shock to Mat Lewis-Carter. His partner, Chess, got pregnant unexpectedly and, despite the excitement, he struggled to adjust to the news. When his baby daughter arrived in July 2021, Lewis-Carter didn’t immediately feel a connection. He began to “spiral”, going on long runs to escape the house over the…
Three AI companies—OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity—are on the verge of receiving approval to sell their technology, hosted on their own cloud systems, directly to the government, a person familiar with the matter tells Fast Company. That authorization will be on a “low impact” and pilot level, the person said, but constitutes a major step toward…
Apple has scheduled a product launch event, dubbed an “Apple Experience”, . The company is reportedly holding this event in . Everyone loves shiny new products, so what can we expect to see at Apple’s first launch event of 2026? We don’t know anything for certain, but we have plenty of educated guesses that have…
Paediatricians do more than just treat children’s ailments – or dress up as princesses. A team of 10 in China had their blood screened to help develop treatments for common childhood illnesses MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images In the fight against common childhood illnesses, scientists have turned to an unusual source: the blood of paediatricians….
