Ticks Use This One Neat Trick to Help Them Suck Your Blood, Study Finds
Blood-sucking ticks might be even clingier than we thought. Recent research has found that at least one tick species seems to use static electricity to help...
Google’s Gradient backs YC alum Infisical to solve secret sprawl
Secret sprawl, where companies store authentication credentials and similar sensitive data across multiple locations, is a real and growing problem for any company wanting to avert...
Humane’s Totally Real ‘Disappearing Computer’ Designed by Former Apple Execs Gets a Name
Humane, the hotly-hyped up consumer device startup-up helmed by former Apple executives finally has a name for its illusive AI-enabled wearable device. The pocket-sized product, which...
TikTok Is Starting Its Own Publishing Company
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is starting its own publishing company: 8th Note Press. It’s already reached out to some authors, mostly self-published romance authors,...
Google Says It’ll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI
Google updated its privacy policy over the weekend, explicitly saying the company reserves the right to scrape just about everything you post online to build its...
‘The Idol’ finale: What happened to that ‘Rolling Stone’ scene?
Much of the controversy surrounding the release of The Idol stemmed from an investigative report by Rolling Stone published in March, two months before the HBO...
A Detail Indiana Jones 5 Gets So Right, That Star Wars Gets So Wrong
Details can make a world of difference. When handled correctly, a tiny, well-thought-out detail can add a whole new level of enjoyment to a project. If...
Valve responds to claims it has banned AI-generated games from Steam
Valve has issued a rare statement after claims it was rejecting games with AI-generated assets from its Steam games store. The notoriously close-lipped developer of the...
The M4 robot transforms to roll, fly and walk across various terrains
If you’ve followed robots with any frequency, you’ve no doubt encountered the wheel versus leg debate. Why, for instance, should a warehouse opt for a legged...
Netflix adds ‘Insecure’ as more HBO shows, including ‘Six Feet Under,’ are on the way
Comedy-drama TV series “Insecure” is the first HBO title heading to Netflix, with more on the way. Netflix announced today that all five seasons of “Insecure,”...
