Buddyo is a smart base designed to add AI to figurines like Funko Pops using NFC tags. AI toys, companions, and robots have been everywhere at CES this year , but among the horde of waddling plushies ...
I'm not super experienced with cryptography but I had some spare time on my hands so I decided to make CubeAuthn and turn it into a paper. Repo here: https://github.com/Acorn221/CubeAuthn . Feel free ...
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Why - I got sick of apps abusing notifications on my Android phone. While the OS does give you the ability to switch off notifications based on channels, most apps either don't use it or abuse it inte...
The author used to be afraid of dining alone in public. Courtesy of the author My last name is Mesa, which means "table" in English. I joke that my name means I was destined to work in the hos...
TheBurntPeanut is blowing up on Twitch, the Amazon-owned livestreaming service. Screenshot via Twitch/@TheBurntPeanut TheBurntPeanut, a foul-mouthed virtual peanut that plays the video game "Arc R...
Each moving arrow represents one real bike ride out of 291 million, and if you've ever taken a Citi Bike before, you are included in this massive visualization! You can search for your ride using Cmd ...
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Ukraine is using ground robots to evacuate the wounded, and some have cages or armor to protect the soldiers. 1st Separate Medical Battalion A ground robot evacuating a wounded Ukrainian soldier was a...
The long-standing alliance between the US and Canada experienced a challenging year after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on the northern neighbor. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI The long-sta...
The author said she once always asked other people for advice before making any decisions, big or small. Now she's learning to trust her gut more. Courtesy of Elana Rabinowitz For most of my life, I d...
Alix Earle, who rose to social media fame at the University of Miami, at a Miami event. Udo Salters Photography/Getty Images Miami has become a creator hot spot, punching above its weight among social...
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...
The author is helping her mom purge her stuff. Courtesy of the author Swedish death cleaning is the practice of decluttering one's belongings before death. Though still in good health, my mom is gradu...
Elon Musk's Neuralink startup develops brain-chip implants. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk is planning to ramp up production of his Neuralink brain chips in 2026. Neuralink develops...
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New U.S. dietary guidelines have beef with the "war on protein." Igor Jovanovic/Getty Images The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasize more protein and fewer whole grains. Dietitia...
For any LEGO newcomer – any adult who's looking for an entry point into this incredible hobby – you can't go wrong with one of the car replicas. The newest models incorporate a bit of everything – a l...
Raymond here from Butter.dev, an LLM response cache built as a chat-completions proxy. Today we're launching a key feature for the platform: the ability to generalize on dynamic, templated inputs. Cac...
A Pinterest executive said Gen Zers use the platform to find their unique aesthetics. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Gen Zers use Pinterest in a very different way from their parents or even older sibl...