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For those who think a fake mustache is not fooling anybody, think again.Since 2023, the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act has tasked social media and search engine companies with protecting young users by restricting harmful content and even resorting to age verification to access platforms. But unsurprisingly, the tech-savvy young generation is already developing ingenuous ways to jump through the extra sets of hoops. A recent study by Internet Matters, a British child online safety organization, found that around one-third of children in the UK have bypassed safety measures like age verification. The safeguard often requires users to take a…
When influencer and entrepreneur Emma Chamberlain stepped out on the carpet at the 2026 Met Gala, it was in a swirl of acrylic ink and thick, glossy paint. She looked like a painting come to life—as if, with each next step, a prismatic smear of color might follow in her wake. Chamberlain was wearing a custom-made Mugler gown by creative director Miguel Castro Freitas. But what laid on top of the dress’ expert construction is what turned it into a head-turning spectacle: The entire piece was painstakingly handpainted, from hem to neckline, by artist Anna Deller-Yee. She relied entirely on…
The robotics pioneer who helped unleash the Roomba vacuum is now betting that you might one day replace your beloved dog or cat with a plush robot that follows you around your home and adapts to your daily habits.Colin Angle unveiled a four-legged prototype of that artificial pet, called the Familiar, on Monday. Imagine a creature the size of a bulldog with doe-like eyes and bear cub ears and paws, extending itself into a greeting stretch that invites you to pat its touch-sensitive fake fur.“We chose a form factor that’s not a human, not a dog, not a cat, because…
May is kicking off with another brutal round of tech layoffs that have been affecting the industry for much of the year. Today, the U.S.’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN), announced it was laying off a staggering 14% of its staff.The company’s CEO says one of the main drivers of those layoffs is AI adoption at the company. Here’s what you need to know.Coinbase cuts hundreds of jobs in ‘AI-native’ restructuringThis morning, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted a letter on X that he sent to the company’s nearly 4,700-strong workforce. In the letter, Armstrong announced that Coinbase…
Scientists at UCSF’s Bakar Aging Research Institute examined activity in the hippocampus, the brain’s command center for learning and memory. Comparing young and old mice, the researchers discovered that older brains, unlike younger ones, were flooded with the FTL1 protein.To figure out whether the protein was actually the culprit or just another byproduct of the aging process, they elevated FTL1 levels in young mice, whose brains soon began to look and act old. Their neurons quit branching out into complex networks, shrinking instead into stubby extensions that no longer communicated with the efficiency of youth.But it was the next step in their experiment that…
The Entrepreneur Playbook unites athlete entrepreneurs with titans of business to swap stories and share practical takeaways. In this episode, three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings — now building a Major League Volleyball franchise in Northern California along with p1440 and Hero Beach Volley — sits down with Eventbrite co-founder and CEO Julia Hartz to talk about thinking and building with confidence. Dare to Be Original When Walsh Jennings asks Hartz where she’d start, the answer is direct: “Be original. So often, we are all trying to be someone else. You want to create specific, unique, and memorable inroads…
Alysa Liu surveyed the glittery crowd arrayed in front of her, sipping cocktails and chatting. It was her first Met Gala, and she hesitated for a second, searching for a word to describe it.“It’s … BIG,” the Olympic skater finally said with a grin.But what Liu, dressed in a blood-red custom Louis Vuitton gown with a full skirt and huge ruffles, couldn’t quite get was how big SHE had become. Even at a party full of very, very famous people, everyone wanted to greet her.Some Met Gala guests have been famous for many years. Others have achieved fame with dizzying…
Everyone wants attention. But few understand how to capitalize on it. For example: We live in an attention economy, where one viral video can in theory change your life. Virality sells products. It launches brands. It creates celebrities. As a result, every founder is supposed to act like a creator, and every brand must produce content. We’ve optimized our lives and goals around the pursuit of eyeballs and numbers. But say you actually do manage to create a viral video. What then? Do you just…make more viral videos? Produce more content? Join the world’s largest hamster wheel, just running and…
The Iran war risked reigniting after the U.S. tried to force open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, though a ceasefire seemed to be holding Tuesday even after the United Arab Emirates said Iran fired missiles and drones at it.Iran’s powerful parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, accused the U.S. of undermining regional security with the effort to end Iran’s stranglehold on the strait and warned that Tehran will respond.The U.S. military said two American-flagged merchant ships successfully transited the strait on Monday, the first day of the effort, and that it fired on Iranian forces, sinking…
Collapsing ice in the Khumbu Icefall buried two climbers on May 5, as more than 100 people ascended the glacier to being acclimatization roundson the mountainListen to this articleListenA helicopter crew rescued two climbers on Mount Everest on May 5 (Photo: PRAKASH MATHEMA / Getty Images)Published May 5, 2026 06:29AMThere was a dramatic rescue in Mount Everest’s Khumbu Icefall in the early hours of Tuesday, May 5. Two climbers were airlifted to a hospital after an ice serac collapsed and buried them.Outside was in Base Camp and listened to radio communications during the rescue and watched it unfold. Officials with…