Tech & Ai

July 30, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid

More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the prolonged period of stress,...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq said to be nearing new fundraising at $6B valuation

AI chip startup Groq is in talks to raise a fresh $600 million at a near $6 billion valuation, sources tell Bloomberg, although the deal isn’t yet final and...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Google Chrome adds online store reviews to help you know if they’re legit

If you’re an experienced online shopper, then you know what it’s like to question a site’s legitimacy. It’s common to come across something cool — or something you’ve been...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

The 37 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now (July 2025)

Slowly but surely, Apple TV+ has found its feet. The streaming service, which at launch we called “odd, angsty, and horny as hell,” has evolved into a diverse library...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Anthropic reportedly nears $170B valuation with potential $5B round

Anthropic is nearing a deal to raise between $3 billion and $5 billion in funding, valuing the large language model developer at $170 billion, Bloomberg reported. Iconiq Capital is...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Move over, Labubu: Pop Mart’s Crybaby Shiny Shiny series takes center stage

You’ve seen Labubu all over your social media feeds, but now it’s Crybaby’s time to shine. One of Pop Mart’s cult-favorite characters, Crybaby is everything its name suggests: soft,...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

ChatGPT’s Study Mode Is Here. It Won’t Fix Education’s AI Problems

The school year starts soon for many students, and ChatGPT has announced a new “study mode” that aims to prevent—or at least, encourage against—students taking homework shortcuts. The mode...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Tea app’s second data breach exposed over a million private messages

Last week, the dating safety app Tea experienced a data breach, exposing 72,000 sensitive images containing selfies and photo IDs for account verification, as well as images from posts...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Best portable power station deal: Prime members can save 26% on the EcoFlow Delta 3

SAVE $180: The EcoFlow Delta 3 portable power station is on sale at Amazon to Prime members for $519, down from the list price of $699. That’s a 26%...

July 29, 2025
Abigail Avery
Tech & Ai

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5060 Review: Not Quite There

For the RTX 5060, Nvidia only offered to send out the card if we agreed to stipulations around which games we would benchmark, which features we would enable, and...