Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Swedish fintech company Klarna, says the organization is set to drastically downsize. 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 the company…
Google has announced that using its newly incorporated Lyria 3 model, Gemini users will be able to generate 30-second music tracks based on a prompt, or remix an existing track to their liking. The new model builds on Gemini’s pre-existing ability to generate text, images and video, and will also be available in YouTube’s “Dream…
Pekingese (left) and Japanese chin (right) dogs have a high risk of breathing problems Michael Schultze, KATAMOUNT/Alamy Dog owners are being warned to be cautious of a much broader range of breeds when purchasing puppies, following research showing serious breathing disorders are more prevalent than previously thought. Dogs with a shorter snout and flatter face…
Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights is a love-it-or-hate-it kind of film—and for the most part, critics are falling in the “hate it” camp. The new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel is catching flak as critics say it oversimplifies a complex story of generational trauma and racial tension into a straightforward romance laced with Fennell’s signature…
The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced . The pixel-art game , but will now be released on April 14. That’s just a month, which isn’t that big of a deal considering this game has been . Why the delay? Developer Sad Cat Studios notes that the game is “technically finished” but the team needs a few…
Close-up of a piece of glass with Microsoft Flight Simulator map data written into it Microsoft Research An automated system for storing large amounts of information in glass could change the future of data centres. Our world runs on data, from the internet and readouts of countless industrial sensors to scientific data from particle colliders,…
It now takes more than 23 weeks on average for an unemployed person in the US to find a new job. For 1 in 4 unemployed people, or 1.8 million Americans, they are still job hunting six months later. Long-term unemployment is now at its highest level in three years. That’s not great news for…
Nevada is taking action against the rapidly growing Wild West of prediction markets. The state’s gambling regulators and attorney general sued Kalshi on Tuesday. They accuse the company of bypassing Nevada law by operating a sports gambling market without proper licenses. In addition, they say Kalshi provides services to individuals under 21, which violates state…
The Nancy Guthrie investigation is now in its third week, which means it was only a matter of time before the case piqued the interest of online armchair detectives. Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today Show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was reported missing on Feb. 1. In the weeks since, the street outside her home in…
Google debuted the Pixel 10a phone today. Pre-orders are open now and the smartphone will be available starting March 5. Although it’s the new 2026 addition to the A series lineup, the Pixel 10a invites many comparisons with last year’s Pixel 9a. For starters, the price is identical at $499. Design-wise, not much as changed….
