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You don’t need to be chronically online to have your social media feeds overtaken by TV’s Heated Rivalry. My 21-year-old niece, multiple work Teams chats, Donatella Versace, hetero hockey podcasters, Helen Hunt, the NYC mayor’s Snow Day counsel, the Olympic torch relay committee and Naomi Fry in The New Yorker have all declared their intention to “come to the cottage.”  As a gay Canadian who never fully got into hockey but has devoured more than two dozen (mainly hockey-based) MM romances (receipts in my Goodreads), my excitement began with the first announcement last year. (Full disclosure: I attended the same Montreal…

In the wake of TikTok’s U.S. ownership change last week, some users are seeking out alternative platforms. One app gaining traction is UpScrolled, a social network that pledges to remain impartial to political agendas. The app currently ranks 12th overall in Apple’s App Store and second in the social networking category. Upscrolled blends familiar features from Instagram and X, letting users share photos, videos, and text posts, discover new content, and send direct messages. The app was founded last year by Issam Hijazi, a Palestinian-Jordanian-Australian technologist, with the aim of giving users a place to “freely express thoughts, share moments,…

On Saturday morning, a Reddit user who has posted about living in Minneapolis for years shared a video on the city’s subreddit, r/Minneapolis, with the title “Another ICE murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts.”The 40-second clip showed a group of federal agents tackling 37-year-old Alex Pretti to the ground and beating him. About 20 seconds in, one of them begins shooting Pretti. At least ten gunshots go off, from multiple agents, and a person can be heard yelling “Did they fucking kill that guy? Are you fucking kidding me dude? Not again.” (The agents who fired on Pretti have…

The Trade Desk has appointed longtime executive Tahnil Davis as interim chief financial officer, to replace Alexander Kayyal who left the company on January 24, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kayyal, who joined The Trade Desk as CFO in August 2025, will remain on the company’s board through its 2026 annual shareholder meeting, the filing said.Davis, who has served as the company’s chief accounting officer since 2023, stepped into the interim CFO and principal financial officer roles effective Jan. 24. The company said it plans to launch an external search for a permanent finance chief,…

Industrial AI startup CVector built a brain and nervous system for big industry. Now, founders Richard Zhang and Tyler Ruggles are tasked with a bigger challenge: showing customers and investors how this AI-powered software layer translates to real savings on an industrial scale.  The New York-based startup has had some success following its pre-seed funding round last July. Its system is now running with real customers, including public utilities, advanced manufacturing facilities, and chemical producers. It’s given the duo more concrete examples of what problems they can solve — and money they can save — for their big industry clients…

Compare Our Top 10 Sleep MasksMore Sleep Masks We TestedPhotograph: Kat MerckDrowsy Silk Eye Mask for $79: This 22-momme, padded mulberry silk mask might be one of the most comfortable sleep masks I’ve ever worn. It covered a large surface area on my face, but instead of it feeling suffocating or smothering, it felt calming, like a Thundershirt for my eyes. I also loved that it didn’t leave marks on my face in the morning, and that the Velcro closure never snagged on my hair or bedding. However, even though my mask was dark navy blue, the inside looked dirty…

The enterprise software firm Rippling will make its Super Bowl debut this year with a 30-second spot starring Tim Robinson, marking the SaaS company’s largest brand campaign to date and its first appearance during the Big Game.The ad, which will run during Super Bowl LX in the third quarter, introduces a new campaign called “Rule Your Business.” The spot, created in partnership with the agency Tombras, features Robinson as a would-be corporate mastermind whose grand plans are repeatedly undone by clunky, fragmented business software. The Super Bowl ad is one of five planned spots starring Robinson, which will roll out across…

Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on open source technology, is benefiting from concerns that arose over TikTok U.S.’s change in ownership last week. The startup, a maker of a short-form, vertical video app similar to TikTok, says it has now topped over 380,000 users and is continuing to grow after a busy weekend. Launched last year and backed by Mark Cuban and other investors, Skylight’s mobile app is built on the AT Protocol, the technology that also powers the decentralized X rival, Bluesky, which now has north of 42 million users. Skylight, co-founded by CEO Tori White and CTO Reed…

Here’s the thing: this is a fairly large laptop. While I don’t have official specs on it yet, the Lenovo reference device is around the same size as the 16-inch MacBook Pro, but the slight wedge shape makes it thicker by the hinge. It is already the size of a machine that could squeeze in a discrete graphics card, and as powerful as the Core Ultra X9 388H is, it’s still a solid 25 percent behind even an older graphics card like the Nvidia RTX 4050, as well as Apple’s M4 Pro.I love the idea of not needing a dedicated…

Oakley Meta is making its Super Bowl debut, marking the smart eyewear brand’s biggest marketing moment yet as it pushes AI-powered glasses into the mainstream.The brand released a teaser today (Jan. 26) for its first Big Game commercial, created by Mother LA and set to air nationally on Feb. 8. The spot will feature director Spike Lee alongside streamer iShowSpeed, NFL star Marshawn Lynch, PGA Tour pro Akshay Bhatia, and Olympians Kate Courtney, Sky Brown, and Sunny Choi.“Each talent brings the capabilities of Oakley Meta Performance AI Glasses to life in thrilling, high-energy, and visceral ways that showcase how they gain…

Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest chip, the Maia 200, which the company describes as a silicon workhorse designed for scaling AI inference. The 200, which follows the company’s Maia 100 released in 2023, has been technically outfitted to run powerful AI models at faster speeds and with more efficiency, the company has said. Maia comes equipped with over 100 billion transistors, delivering over 10 petaflops in 4-bit precision and approximately 5 petaflops of 8-bit performance—a substantial increase over its predecessor. Inference refers to the computing process of running a model, in contrast with the compute required to…

Apple’s AirTag has become the de facto “Bluetooth tracker” since its 2021 debut, upending established players like Tile. Now, Apple is finally upgrading the hardware. The second-generation AirTag still costs $29 for one, and $99 for a four-pack, and it’s available today.It’s powered by the second-generation Ultra Wideband chip (U2), which Apple has already employed in recent iPhone and Apple Watch models. It improves the ability to find the tag’s exact location when using Apple’s Precision Finding mode, with up to 1.5 times greater range. You can lift your iPhone, and you’ll receive visual, audio, and haptic feedback as the…

At Super Bowl 60, Budweiser is going all in on its roots with an ad featuring a galloping Clydesdale, a bald eagle, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.Earlier in January, the brewer teased that a mysterious creature hidden by a bucket would be joining its brood of horses in its 48th Big Game commercial. Now, it’s been uncovered as an eagle chick. Soundtracked by Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Free Bird, the minute-long spot from BBDO New York opens with a Clydesdale foal peering from its stable. He quickly comes across a chirping baby bird next to an overturned tree. At first, the foal turns, but…

For a long time, enterprise teams have been stuck with an uncomfortable trade-off. In 2026, WordPress breaks it. You could scale fast, but only by accepting rigidity, brittle tooling, and a growing maintenance burden. Or you could stay flexible, at the cost of control, consistency, and long-term sustainability. That false choice has shaped how digital platforms are designed, built, and governed for over a decade. Until now, that is. WordPress is no longer just a publishing platform: it’s evolving into an intelligent CMS. One that combines structured data, reusable patterns, and increasingly agentic workflows to help teams move faster without…

British startup Synthesia, whose AI platform helps companies create interactive training videos, has raised a $200 million Series E round of funding that brings its valuation to $4 billion — up from $2.1 billion just a year ago. Unlike some other AI startups that are still a long way from turning a profit, Synthesia has found a lucrative business in transforming corporate training thanks to AI-generated avatars. With enterprise clients including Bosch, Merck, and SAP, the London-based company crossed $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) in April 2025. This milestone explains why Synthesia’s venture backers are literally doubling down.…

Personal exoskeletons were everywhere at CES 2026. There were ambitious designs from newcomers WiRobotics, Sumbu, Ascentiz, and Dephy, while Skip Mo/Go was back promoting its long-overdue tech trousers. Dnsys (pronounced Deen-sis), a comparatively well established name, had some new launches to tease, Hypershell was back with its top model, and Ascentiz had us sprinting across the show floor.An exoskeleton is a relatively new class of wearable device designed to enhance, support, or assist human movement, strength, posture, or even physical activity. The main piece goes around your waist like a belt, and from it, a pair of hinged, mechanized splints…