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This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Google’s Pinpoint is now open to everyone. It’s a surprisingly powerful free tool for making sense of giant piles of digital stuff. (Before June 3, it was restricted to journalists and academics). Read on to learn more about creative ways to use Pinpoint; its new AI features and their limitations; and how Pinpoint differs from NotebookLM. How Pinpoint Works Pinpoint lets you store and analyze hundreds of thousands of files so you can find tiny needles in gigantic digital haystacks. Pinpoint can transcribe hundreds…

HBO Max is no stranger to high-quality programming, but even so, it rarely has series that have multiple 100% Rotten Tomatoes-scored seasons, much less ones where all of its seasons have that score. But a returning show has hit that mark, and even with reviews coming in, it seems unlikely to lose it.You could argue that My Adventures with Superman is the best iteration of Superman currently airing, given that James Gunn’s live-action version is a bit more controversial. Audiences disagree, however, with that version having a 90% Rotten Tomatoes audience score and My Adventures with Superman at an 80%.…

How do you build excitement among 8.5 million New Yorkers (and 1.2 million tourists) for the World Cup? You start with deep research on the city’s beloved colors and symbols and then turn that into something like the joyful, nostalgic, and vividly hued bus shelter posters, subway signs, souvenir cups, and jerseys the 34-year-old creative director Arsh Raziuddin designed for the citywide tourism campaign that the Mayor’s Office launched this week. “There’s an energy that we wanted to capture and I think it’s matching New York as of right now in a way that feels really nice,” she says. [Image:…

This story was updated on June 13th with new U.S. Galaxy S26 Ultra pricing information. If you’re a regular reader you may recall that one of Samsung’s recent Galaxy S26 Ultra promotions, which knocked $200 off the device, didn’t match up to an equivalent deal at the same time a year before.We expected this to happen. Profits are squeezed because of the RAM crisis and Samsung has responded with price increases and weaker deals. Except a couple of recent promotions show that the Korean company is fighting to stay competitive on Galaxy S26 Ultra pricing. The latest one, a free…

Think back to the last really bad argument you had with your significant other. You know the one. It included multiple Olympic-worthy eye rolls, gratuitous mentions of mothers and/or best friends, and at least one callback to something only one of you remembers. Yeah, that one. Chances are, that argument was about finances, or somehow related to money. According to a recent YouGov survey, American couples argue the most about tone of voice or attitude (36%), followed by communication style (29%), and then money (26%)—although it’s likely that couples arguing over attitude and communication may be experiencing residual financial (or…

The northern lights may be visible from states along the U.S.-Canadian border overnight on Thursday, June 11, into Friday, June 12. Image is from Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, Montana.gettyThe northern lights may be visible overnight from a few northern states along the U.S.-Canadian border on Saturday, June 13, into Sunday, June 14, according to a forecast by space weather experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.NOAA’s strongest forecast period runs from 0000-0600 UTC on Sunday, June 14. For U.S. observers, that translates to as soon as it gets dark on Saturday night and the very early hours of…

A common supplement ingredient may have some unwanted side effects. While many high performers use L-tyrosine to manage stress and improve their memory, new data suggests that they may be harming their long-term health by doing so. A new study found that men with higher levels of tyrosine, which is commonly used to enhance cognitive function, had a shorter lifespan, raising questions about the efficacy of popular dietary supplements, including ashwagandha and lion’s mane mushroom. Scientists from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Georgia analyzed data from over 250,000 individuals registered in the UK Biobank, a large health…

EA UFC 6 is available in early access and it drops globally on June 19. I won’t bury the lede here. The game is phenomenal. I played nearly 3,000 hours of EA UFC 5. That’s a real number. I played the smoke out of the last version. So I’m far from a rookie and I’ve covered combat sports for nearly 20 years. I take this seriously. I love combat sports and video games, so this title is my jam on multiple fronts.After spending four days giving it a spin, here’s the good, the decent, the bad and the bottom line.…

If you’re feeling stuck in your job, you’re in good company. Unfortunately, there are a significant number of people who say they feel like their role isn’t progressing or as if they have nowhere to go in their career. And a report from Glassdoor found that 65% of employees felt stuck. Stagnation has become a defining feature of modern work, with people who feel trapped between wanting change and fearing the risks that go along with making a shift. But you can take action to reduce your feelings of frustration and move your career forward in meaningful ways. 1. ENGAGE…

OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a German startup that keeps software agents working in a secure cloud after the developer who started the task logs off. The deal was announced Thursday and folds Ona into Codex, OpenAI’s coding agent. It points the company at a problem that better models alone have not solved.Codex now reaches more than 5 million people each week, OpenAI said, a 400% jump since the start of the year. The work it does has stretched from minutes into hours and sometimes days. Jobs that long need an execution environment to run. For most enterprises the…