Mycocycle uses mushrooms to upcycle old tires and construction waste
Usually, when something starts to rot, it gets pitched in the trash. But Joanne Rodriguez wants to turn the concept of rot on its head by...
UK challenger bank Monzo nabs another $190M as US expansion beckons
Monzo has raised another £150 million ($190 million), as the challenger bank looks to expand its presence internationally — particularly in the U.S. The new round...
iRobot names former Timex head Gary Cohen as CEO
iRobot has announced the successor to longtime CEO, Colin Angle. Gary Cohen, who previous held chief executive role at Timex and Qualitor Automotive, will be heading up the...
Reddit tests automatic, whole-site translation into French using LLM-based AI
Reddit — now a publicly-traded company with more scrutiny on revenue growth — is putting a big focus on boosting its international audience, starting with francophones....
Paul Auster’s Voice
Paul Auster died on April 30 after being the voice in my ear for a month. I had only recently finished his massive novel 4321, using...
10 Excellent Epic Fantasy Debuts
In this epic fantasy debut for fans of Scott Lynch, academy dropout slash disgraced heir Lukan Gardova’s life is in shambles. All he’s got going for...
Our Nostalgic Faves are Gruesome
There’s a meme going around. You’ve probably seen it, maybe even on Book Riot’s own Instagram feed. View this post on Instagram A post shared by...
How Clara Schumann Got Her Groove Back
River, Love “What will become of my work?” – Clara Schumann, after learning she’s pregnant with her fifth child I.Her hands on the piano are birds she...
“Early Sobrieties” is Not an Addiction Novel
Early sobriety is a very unique, specific flavor of life in which you suddenly have yet to catch up with the exterior world. You’re a skinned...
8 Novels Inspired by Asian Mythology
My mother tells me stories of a woman on the moon. When she first heard the story, she was a little girl in China, sleeping at...
