Meta poaches Apple design exec Alan Dye
Dye led Apple’s user interface team for the last decade.
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Could MrBeast IPO? His CEO wants fans to have ‘a chance to be owners of the company’
Three years ago, the idea of a YouTuber with a $1.5 billion valuation left some onlookers incredulous — but Beast Industries ended up raising at a $5 billion valuation last year. Now we’re asking a…
Roblox banned in Russia, local media says
Russia’s communications agency cited the presence of LGBTQ content on the platform as one of the reasons behind the ban.
The spectacle of Bryan Johnson and his livestreamed shrooms trip
Bryan Johnson livestreamed his shrooms trip — which included both Grimes and Marc Benioff — as part of his controversial longevity research.
MKBHD’s wallpaper app Panels is shutting down
From the time Brownlee launched Panels in September 2024, the app struggled to find an audience of its own. “We knew it was niche … and ultimately, we weren’t able to turn it into the…
OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan
OpenAI claims that the 16-year-old violated ChatGPT’s terms of use.
Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat
The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features.
OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it
Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.
OpenAI learned the hard way that Cameo trademarked the word ‘cameo’
OpenAI might have to rename the “cameo” feature in the Sora app.
Grok says Elon Musk is better than basically everyone, except Shohei Ohtani
According to Grok, Elon Musk can out-slug the MLB’s greatest power hitters… except Ohtani.