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How Semafor turned Washington into a profit center

Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....

2hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson says AI can't yet equal most junior programmers. It's why he still mostly codes by hand.

David Heinemeier Hansson David Heinemeier Hansson Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson said AI isn't producing code as well as most humans. Hansson remains hopeful about AI, but compared its...

1hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

The best Sonos speakers to buy in 2026

After the self-induced tumult Sonos went through last year , I can understand why some people are reluctant to spend money on the company’s products. But newly appointed CEO Tom Conrad has shown that ...

10hThe VergeTechnology

Natural Cycles launches wristband to replace thermometers for its FDA-cleared birth control app

Natural Cycles, the company behind a controversial FDA-cleared birth control app, is replacing its thermometer with a wristband that measures skin temperature, heart rate, and movement during sleep. T...

13hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Verizon gets FCC permission to end 60-day phone unlocking rule

Verizon can keep phones locked to its network for longer after the Federal Communications Commission agreed to waive the carrier's 60-day unlocking requirement, as reported by Ars Technica . Following...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Paramount+ Is Increasing Prices Right Before Its UFC Streaming Debut

The first Paramount+ price increase since 2024 is set to go live on Thursday, January 15. The basic and premium subscriptions will both be receiving a $1 bump while the annual plans will see a much la...

1dIGNEntertainment

Executives' favorite explanation for spending big on AI: FOMO

JPMorgan's CEO Jamie Dimon Noam Galai via Getty Images This post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here . If you're ...

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The best alternatives to Spotify for listening to music

Spotify is probably one of the most well-known music services available (if not the most popular) around - and it seems that the company it taking advantage of that. As of this month, Spotify announce...

14hThe VergeEntertainmentImpact

Netflix’s first original podcasts star Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin

Netflix is launching its first pair of original video podcasts, hosted by Saturday Night Live alum Pete Davidson and NFL commentator and former star Michael Irvin . While The Pete Davidson Show makes ...

1dThe VergeEntertainmentImpact

Google’s Gemini AI will use what it knows about you from Gmail, Search, and YouTube

Google's Gemini AI is getting what could prove to be a very big upgrade: To help answers from Gemini be more personalized, the company is going to let you connect the chatbot to Gmail, Google Photos, ...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Senate passes a bill that would let nonconsensual deepfake victims sue

The Senate passed a bill that could give people who've found their likeness deepfaked into sexually-explicit images without their consent a new way to fight back. The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images an...

2dThe VergePoliticsImpact

I’ve tested 30 smart locks, and these are the best

A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and ...

1dThe VergeTechnology

Verizon outage hits users across US

Some Verizon customers are experiencing service outages. Smith Collection/Gado/Gado via Getty Images A service outage on Monday hit tens of thousands of Verizon users. Verizon said the outage is affec...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Raspberry Pi’s new add-on board has 8GB of RAM for running gen AI models

Raspberry Pi is launching a new add-on board capable of running generative AI models locally on the Raspberry Pi 5. Announced on Thursday , the $130 AI HAT+ 2 is an upgraded - and more expensive - ver...

18hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Spotify is hiking prices again

Plans are increasing by $1-$2 per month. The price of Spotify Premium is about to jump again in the US , marking its third price hike since 2023. Spotify announced that subscribers in the US, Estonia,...

23hThe VergeeconomicsImpact

OpenAI’s ChatGPT translator challenges Google Translate

This UI will already be familiar to any Google Translate users, though ChatGPT Translate does include some style presets. | Image: OpenAI / The Verge OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Translate , a standalo...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Animal Crossing’s 3.0 update dropped a little early

Animal Crossing fans looking to return to the cozy island life can do so earlier than expected. While New Horizons ' next major update, which brings the life sim game to version 3.0 , was originally s...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Show HN: Microwave – Native iOS app for videos on ATproto

Hi HN — I built Microwave, a native iOS app for browsing and posting short-form videos, similar to TikTok, but implemented as a pure client on top of Bluesky / AT Protocol. There’s no custom backend: ...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

How Lego’s Smart Brick works

The most interesting story at this year's CES was just a little tiny bundle of technology. One way to look at Lego's new Smart Brick is as something like a Raspberry Pi, an endlessly remixable gizmo w...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Insta360’s face-tracking webcams get bigger sensors and more expensive

Insta360’s webcams are now going pro. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced new Pro versions of its Link 2 and Link 2C webcams that first launched in September 2024 . As with the previous versions,...

2dThe VergeTechnologyImpact
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