Thursday

23 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

Uber appoints new CFO as its AV plans accelerate

Uber appoints new CFO as its AV plans accelerate

Uber is promoting Balaji Krishnamurthy, its VP of strategic finance and investor relations, to be its CFO, replacing its current…
Apeiron Labs gets $29M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots

Apeiron Labs gets $29M to flood the oceans with autonomous underwater robots

Most of what we know about the ocean just skims the surface, literally. We’ve gathered a large quantity of data…
The Download: The future of nuclear power plants, and social media-fueled AI hype

The Download: The future of nuclear power plants, and social media-fueled AI hype

AI is driving unprecedented investment for massive data centers and an energy supply that can support its huge computational appetite.…
Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations

Spotify upgrades its lyrics feature with offline access, more translations

Spotify on Wednesday announced changes to its built-in song lyrics feature, which includes making lyrics translations globally available, offering the…
Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker

Forget Hinge or Bumble. This App Promises a Personal AI Matchmaker

“On the matchmaking app, if we ask you a question and your tonality changes in the response, it cues to…
Sen. Warren wants to know what Google Gemini’s built-in checkout means for user privacy

Sen. Warren wants to know what Google Gemini’s built-in checkout means for user privacy

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pressing Google for more information about its plans to build a checkout feature into its…
Outdoor Vitals Vantage Alpine Puffer Jacket Review: Perfect Spring Puffer

Outdoor Vitals Vantage Alpine Puffer Jacket Review: Perfect Spring Puffer

I’ll confess I would have a nerdy admiration for ExpeDry down even if it didn’t work, just for its use…
AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic

AI Bots Are Now a Signifigant Source of Web Traffic

The viral virtual assistant OpenClaw—formerly known as Moltbot, and before that Clawdbot—is a symbol of a broader revolution underway that…
HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims

HHS Is Making an AI Tool to Create Hypotheses About Vaccine Injury Claims

The US Department of Health and Human Services is developing a generative artificial intelligence tool to find patterns across data…
Super Mario 64 Conquers the Dreamcast After All These Years

Super Mario 64 Conquers the Dreamcast After All These Years

SEGA’s Dreamcast may have met an early demise, but the console’s legacy lives on among fans. Now, a small crew…