New tools from OpenAI, Amazon and Google are accelerating an already rapid shift toward automated holiday shopping. kena betancur / AFP via Getty Images A.I. is helping holiday shoppers empty their wallets at an unprecedented pace. U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online this Black Friday, according to Adobe Analytics, and are expected to […]
Josh Safdie and Timothée Chalamet seen at a special screening of A24’s Marty Supreme at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Nov. 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. Eric Charbonneau/A24 via Getty Images It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s an orange Marty Supreme blimp. If you’re on social media, chances are you’ve seen Timothée […]
After making a big deal last year about living outside the United States while Donald Trump served his second term in the White House Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi are plotting a return to California. And no, it’s not because of reports that Trump might be losing some of his autocratic grip […]
The Dells hope their massive gift will spur employers, governments and philanthropists to contribute to the next generation’s financial future. Jake Rutherford/Courtesy Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Michael Dell, CEO of Dell Technologies, and his wife Susan are putting $6.25 billion toward expanding a new government project that will establish savings accounts for millions of […]
To address the growing global health challenge of obesity, which affects more than 1 billion people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease. Obesity affects people in every country and was associated with 3.7 million deaths worldwide in […]
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DeepSeek has unveiled two new experimental AI models DeepSeek-V3.2 is designed to match OpenAI’s GPT-5’s reasoning capabilities. (Bloomberg $)+ Here’s how DeepSeek slashes its models’ computational burden. (VentureBeat)+ It’s achieved these results despite its limited access to powerful chips. (SCMP $) […]
