Duolingo shuts down for two weeks every winter, and its CEO says the cost is worth it for real rest. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Duolingo gives its staff two weeks off over the holidays, allowing emplo...
Hong Kong police have arrested nine employees of a company suspected of using surveying equipment with 45 forged certificates in five hospital expansion projects and a government construction site. Th...
Five student unions among nine colleges at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have been dissolved in the space of a year, with their leaders attributing the closures to the institutionâs requi...
Contemporary Amperex TechnolÂogy Ltd (CATL), the worldâs biggest maker of electric-vehicle batteries, is set to restart a major lithium mine in eastern China, in a move that could ease raw material co...
The Communist Party and Taiwanâs Kuomintang (KMT) appear to be in the final stages of talks to revive an inter-party forum suspended nine years ago. The three-day forum, designed to facilitate party-t...
Hey - I've been playing with LLMs since GPT-2 and recently experimented with fully generative UIs where the HTML/Canvas are generated just-in-time. Every post on the feed( on slop/duck/storytime) you ...
SANDRINGHAM, NORFOLK - DECEMBER 25: Prince George of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales attend the Christmas Mor...
Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images China hit a number of US defense firms and executives with sanctions on Friday. China's foreign m...
Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair has a debut trailer and an April 10, 2026 release date on Hulu. The trailer for the revival shows how Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) is dragged back into his family...
Long time lurker here. My family had a pen-and-paper game we'd play on long drives to visit my great-grandmother. After she passed, I spent the holidays recreating it: https://a26z.fun How it works: F...
Travis Kelce at Allegiant Stadium on January 4. Candice Ward/Getty Images Travis Kelce's gameday outfits have recently gotten as much attention as his athletic performances. His best looks this season...
$15 minimum wage signs outside the Capitol Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Minimum wage increased in 19 states on January 1, affecting over 8 million workers. Washington, D.C., leads wit...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off carrying Starlink satellites into orbit. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images SpaceX is moving over 4,000 Starlink satellites to a lower orbit. An...
Netflix has provided a first look at Enola Holmes 3 , the murder mystery sequel starring Millie Bobby Brown as Sherlock Holmesâ younger sister and Henry Cavill, who plays Sherlock Holmes himself. Enol...
Hi HN I recently got married, promptly had a bit of a meltdown, and decided to lock myself in a room and build for a while. At the same time, I was trying to outbound sell for my startup and kept runn...
WashU alums Tej Seelamsetty and Aumesh Misra cofounded Tivara. Michael Benabib Tivara raised $3.6 million, backed by Mischief VC, Day One Ventures, and Y Combinator . The startup introduces AI agents ...
Miles Guo in his NYC apartment in 2017 TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images Miles Guo's homes, luxury cars, and private jets are being sold off in bankruptcy court. The former billionaire, meanwhile,...
The Amazfit Active 2 is a solid fitness tracker that could easily be mistaken for a smartwatch. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazfit might not have the name recognition of a company lik...
Hi HN â Tidy Baby is a new game made by me and Wyna Liu (of NYT Connections!) that is inspired by the legendary card-based game SET that we assume many of you love (we too love SET). In SET, youâve go...
captionTK Maya Kokerov I've been with my boyfriend for nine years, but we've never lived together. This set-up keeps our relationship exciting, and it's helped me prioritize time with family . We hope...