As crypto, governments and Big Tech converge on digital identity, selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs are emerging as a privacy-first alternative to surveillance systems....
Netflix has had an interesting year. Its ad tier, introduced last year, has grown significantly, and its live TV initiative has expanded to include not only weird one-offs like hot-dog-eating grudge m...
Ride-hailing drivers face increased competition for earnings as well as the growth of driverless taxis. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images Gig workers have been facing declining earni...
Reed Duchscher, CEO and founder of Night. JASSIEUO (Jasmine Durhal). Reed Duchscher, MrBeast's former manager, says we won't see another MrBeast-scale creator soon. As social algorithms focus on indiv...
ISO corporate scapegoat. OpenAI is hiring a Head of Preparedness . Or, in other words, someone whose primary job is to think about all the ways AI could go horribly, horribly wrong. In a post on X , S...
Got holiday cash to spend? A wave of standout indie games is bucking rising hardware and AAA prices, giving players plenty to check out for $20 or less....
China’s biggest tech groups and a clutch of fast-rising consumer electronics brands are battling for coveted sponsorship slots at the Spring Festival Gala, as intensifying competition in artificial in...
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino warned an AI sector correction could spill over into crypto markets in 2026, with some analysts projecting BTC to drop to as low as $65,000....
Tech leaders like Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk led a workforce efficiency crusade in 2025. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic The "efficiency" m...
The non-fungible token project owned by Luca Netz appeared on the Sphere’s exterior screens, with the animated display going live on Christmas Eve....
If you're after a high-end PC handheld, the hottest options are invariably powered by AMD's Z2 Extreme processors, like the headline-grabbing Asus ROG Xbox Ally X and OLED-equipped Lenovo Legion Go 2 ...
Advances in quantum computing this year clarified timelines and forced a reassessment of Bitcoin’s future security...
The latest core series entry in the Doom franchise, The Dark Ages, which came out earlier this year, is seeing a major discount on physical copies of the Standard Edition for both PlayStation 5 and Xb...
Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix have very different approaches to remote work. John Lamparski/Getty Images; Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Beata Zawrzel/Nu...
Coca-Cola's holiday ad, featuring AI, got mixed feedback. YouTube/@Coca-Cola Marketers embraced AI in 2025. There were also some high-profile AI hiccups in advertising. From McDonald's to Meta, here's...
It’s not just holiday decor discounted today. Our favorite phone controller for mobile gaming is back down to its lowest price ever, matching Black Friday savings. The Backbone Pro has $35 knocked off...
Want to swap your bulky gaming headset for something a little more compact and comfortable? Best Buy just dropped the price of the SteelSeries Arctis GameBuds to a new low, beating Black Friday and Cy...
Hi, I'm the author of The Program audio series, a fairly successful fiction podcast that launched on HackerNews in 2018. Seven years later, this little sci-fi anthology is still ongoing, having releas...
Getty Images; BI Have you ever wondered who Slacks the most at your work? Sadly, there is no Slack wrapped. But if you follow these simple steps, you can find out who sent the most messages this year....
Netshort's micro dramas revolve around soapy themes. NetShort TikTok is jumping into buzzy micro dramas and has introduced a section featuring them in its app. Short-drama apps typically use a freemiu...