Innovation
Palantir exec defends company’s immigration surveillance work | TechCrunch
One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend of the controversial data analytics company Palantir, leading a company executive to offer an extensive...
OpenAI’s o3 AI model scores lower on a benchmark than the company initially implied | TechCrunch
A discrepancy between first- and third-party benchmark results for OpenAI’s o3 AI model is raising questions about the company’s transparency and model testing practices. When OpenAI unveiled o3 in...
Your politeness could be costly for OpenAI | TechCrunch
“I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models.” It was a seemingly random question posed by...
The Mandalorian and Grogu Ride Lets You Choose Which Planet You Visit
When The Mandalorian & Grogu takes over Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in 2026, it’s going to be a whole new ride in more ways than one. We already knew...
The Framework Laptop 13 Proves Upgradable Laptops Are the Future
The Ryzen AI 7 350 is on par with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus or Intel Core Ultra 7 256V, give or take. It’s slightly behind in single-core performance,...
‘Meeting hangovers’ are draining your team. Here’s how to cure them
Exhaustion. Mental fatigue. Difficulty concentrating. Irritability. Dreading your next calendar appointment. Nobody likes showing up to work with a hangover. But these days, you don’t need a long night...
Musk’s DOGE is shuttering OSHA’s office in ‘Cancer Alley’—despite how dangerous it is
On the morning of March 20, Mathew Roberts was working at a chemical plant on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when he was involved in an accident with...