Technology
Sony’s table tennis robot made me think about what happens when AI gets a body
I wanted to dismiss Sony’s table tennis robot as another expensive lab flex. A machine that can rally against elite players is impressive, sure, but it also sounds like the kind of demo built to make executives clap in...
Technology
Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing?
I’ve covered the ageing field for many years and seen a lot of promising rejuvenation therapies get hyped up...
Technology
US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid
The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it arrested Gannon Ken Van Dyke, an enlisted member of the US Army’s special forces, for allegedly using “classified, nonpublic” information about the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to notch more...
Technology
Rednote Draws a Line Between China and the World
Some Rednote users have reported that their accounts were automatically converted from the Chinese to the international version of the website recently. One American user, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid being punished by the platform, shared a...
Innovation
She Raised $2.5 Million From Friends and Family — And Saw Zero Sales. Then She Leaned Into a ‘Hunch.’ Now Her Company Sells $300...
Key Takeaways
Mariam Naficy is the founder and chairman of Minted, a stationery startup.At the start, in 2007, Naficy burned almost all of Minted’s initial $2.5 million funding round on a failed model of selling existing stationery brands online.A low-budget...
Innovation
Steve Jobs Gave Tim Cook One Rule for Leading Apple. Now Cook Is Passing It On to Apple’s Next CEO.
Key Takeaways
When Tim Cook stepped into the CEO job at Apple in 2011, Steve Jobs gave him a brief but defining directive that would guide his tenure.Jobs told him to focus on doing the right thing, instead of trying...
Innovation
Why Multi-Concept Franchise Owners Are the Future of Growth
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Key Takeaways
Franchisees are increasingly expanding across different brands rather than just scaling within a single concept.
Multi-concept owners bring capital, operational experience and familiarity with franchise systems, reducing onboarding friction and execution risk.
Owning...
Innovation
Equity Feels Safe. Debt Feels Risky. Reality Says Otherwise.
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Key Takeaways
Debt-based financing forces companies to have strong fundamentals (strong margins, customer retention, real cash flow), while equity can mask inefficiency.
Equity may feel safer, but once equity is raised, expectations escalate, growth...
Technology
Catching a cold can delay cancer from spreading to the lungs
Respiratory infections seem to temporarily reduce the spread of cancer to the lungs from elsewhere in the body. Infecting...
Technology
Anthropic’s Mythos Shows How AI Is Changing Hacking
Two weeks ago, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities, turning them into working exploits without expert guidance. These were vulnerabilities in key software like operating systems and internet infrastructure...
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Why is this game only legal across Australia one day a year?
Two-up is a coin toss betting game, with two people betting against each other on whether they will land...