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….
People with prolonged grief disorder have increased activity in areas of the brain involved in memory and emotion processing when they see death-related images, like a graveyard Paul Mansfield/Getty Images For most people, the intense sting of grief eases with time. For some, however, persistent and painful grief remains, developing into prolonged grief disorder. A…
In today’s AI race, breakthroughs are no longer measured in years—or even months—but in weeks. The release of Opus 4.6 just over two weeks ago was a major moment for its maker, Anthropic, delivering state-of-the-art performance in a number of fields. But within a week, Chinese competitor Z.ai had released its own Opus-like model, GLM-5….
Ticketing marketplace SeatGeek has a partnership with Spotify that will direct an artist’s fans to its platform from the Spotify app. The integration is currently limited to a few participating venues for which SeatGeek is the primary ticket seller. While SeatGeek is one of the largest online marketplaces for the secondary ticketing market, the company’s…
The AI boom began with ChatGPT and chatbots. Now chatbots are starting to “grow arms and legs,” as developers say, meaning they can use digital tools and work independently on a human’s behalf. The open-source platform OpenClaw is notable because it lets people build agents with far more autonomy than those offered by big tech….
Google’s A-series phones have offered some of the best value among midrange handsets for years, and after checking out the new Pixel 10a, I don’t see that trend stopping anytime soon. Let’s start with the specs. Starting at just $499, you get a vivid 6.3-inch OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and 3,000 nits…
