Friday

3 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

The biggest ways Dune Part 3 differs from the book — for better and worse

The biggest ways Dune Part 3 differs from the book — for better and worse

The trailer for Dune: Part Three, director Denis Villeneuve’s epic climax to his sci-fi movie trilogy, has dropped, and the…
A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters

When I speak to Blake Resnick, he’s walking around his drone startup’s newest office space in Seattle—a cavernous 50,000-square-foot facility…
The Bumpboxx BB-777 is the ultimate in boombox nostalgia

The Bumpboxx BB-777 is the ultimate in boombox nostalgia

Bumpboxx is fully embracing nostalgia with its latest boombox, the BB-777, which is modeled very closely on the legendary Sharp…
Instagram and Facebook are about to be filled with affiliate content

Instagram and Facebook are about to be filled with affiliate content

Instagram and Facebook content will soon have shopping links baked into posts, essentially cutting out third-party “link in bio”-style tools.…
Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots

Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots

Amazon has confirmed that it has acquired Fauna Robotics, a two-year-old startup founded by former Meta and Google engineers who…
New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching

New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching

A jury in Santa Fe on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375 million in civil penalties after finding the company…
Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally

Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally

As the world electrifies, the oil and gas industry is counting on plastics to drive profits in the future. But…
Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort

Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort

Accel and Prosus have selected six startups for their first joint cohort in India, backing what they describe as “off-the-map”…
Pentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troubling, Judge Says

Pentagon’s ‘Attempt to Cripple’ Anthropic Is Troubling, Judge Says

The US Department of Defense appears to be illegally punishing Anthropic for trying to restrict the use of its AI…
Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center

Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center

For generations, Ida Huddleston and her family have owned a farm in Northern Kentucky. And they’ve turned down at least…