Category: Tech
December 18, 2025
Tech
Apple opens up its App Store to competition in Japan
Apple announced it will allow alternative app stores in Japan and will permit developers to process payments for digital goods…
December 18, 2025
Tech
Vibe-coding startup Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation
Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable has more than tripled its valuation in just five months. Stockholm-based Lovable on Thursday said…
December 18, 2025
Tech
Amazon’s new Alexa+ feature adds conversational AI to Ring doorbells
Amazon is adding a new feature to Alexa+ that adds a conversational AI to Ring doorbells, letting users manage deliveries,…
December 18, 2025
Tech
The Download: The worst technology of 2025, and Sam Altman’s AI hype
Welcome to our annual list of the worst, least successful, and simply dumbest technologies of the year. We like to…
December 18, 2025
Tech
The 8 worst technologies of 2025
We like to think there’s a lesson in every technological misadventure. But when technology becomes dependent on power, sometimes the…
December 18, 2025
Tech
A Filmmaker Made a Sam Altman Deepfake—and Got Unexpectedly Attached
Director Adam Bhala Lough didn’t set out to make a documentary about a digital simulacrum of Sam Altman. But after…
December 18, 2025
Tech
Can AI really help us discover new materials?
One of my favorite stories in that package comes from my colleague David Rotman, who took a hard look at…
December 18, 2025
Tech
new Apple iOS update is wrecking my iPhone
I come from a long line of Luddites. My grandmother special-ordered her Toyota Camry with crank windows because she was…
December 18, 2025
Tech
Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Is Having a Renaissance
In Vattenfall’s central control room, human operators aided by algorithms monitor the electricity grid, and the market, to judge whether…
December 18, 2025
Tech
Nvidia RTX 5050 vs Intel Arc B580: Budget GPU Battle
Which $250 GPU is the better buy: Nvidia’s RTX 5050 or Intel’s Arc B580? We compare performance, upscaling quality, and…