A decade ago, kratom advocates fought a surprisingly successful campaign against a proposed Drug Enforcement Administration ban that claimed the obscure Southeast Asian plant posed “an imminent hazard to public safety.” They won bipartisan allies from Bernie Sanders to Rand Paul, and helped create a billion-dollar industry out of kratom, which has pain-relieving effects they…
For the first time, an Earth observation satellite has found what it was looking for — on its own, without human analysts on the ground. The milestone, which occurred in April, marks the first reported use of a vision-language model in orbit, and offers a glimpse of how AI could fundamentally change what space-based sensors…
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Your aging iPhone will feel a little more responsive once you download iOS 27 later this year. At least, that’s Apple’s claim. At its developer keynote at this year’s WWDC, the company said its next mobile operating system update brings several platform stability improvements that will make older devices, as far back as the iPhone…
Something strange is happening in tech right now. Companies are posting record profits and revenue while laying off tens of thousands of people, citing AI as the official explanation. So far this year, there have been an estimated 363 layoffs at tech companies this year, affecting nearly 150,000 people — a pace of about 974…
EV manufacturer XPENG will begin the global rollout of its VLA 2.0 autonomous driving system next year, the AI-powered model marking an important step in the company’s efforts to develop driverless cars. Unfortunately, this tech won’t be arriving in the U.S., with high tariffs continuing to keep the Chinese automakers out of the country. SEE…
Compare the Top 7 Drip Coffee Makers Frequently Asked Questions How We Tested and Chose the Best Drip Coffee Machines AccordionItemContainerButton I’ve been a drip coffee fan—some might say fanatic—for quite some time. Much of my machine selection comes from personal experience as a coffee writer and reporter for more than a decade. To broaden…
After Sergi Bastardas’ decade at Amazon and floriculture startup Colvin, one thing always stood out — the feeling that there wasn’t enough efficient “human infrastructure” to manage the workers behind the scenes. He took this feeling and, in 2025, alongside his co-founders Nacho Travesí and Antonio Melé, launched Orbio, an enterprise startup that helps businesses…
TL;DR: Live stream Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay in the 2026 FIFA World Cup for free on ITVX. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. Group H in the 2026 FIFA World Cup is likely to be dominated by Spain and Uruguay, but don’t count out Saudi Arabia. In this expanded…
The device looks just like a high-tech brush. It plugs in via a USB cable and takes about four hours to fully charge, then lasts for 60 minutes on a single charge (about 12 five-minute sessions). The brush has just one button to turn it on and off, and with the button, you also toggle…
