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OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees

While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the...

Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs

It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at...

DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news

Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on...

I just watched Project Hail Mary, here’s why it’s one of the best movies of the year

Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller have delivered one of the must-see movies of 2026 with the new sci-fi comedy, Project Hail Mary....

Twitter turned 20 and I feel nothing

Twitter is officially 20 years old. In another reality, that might make me kind of nostalgic. I've been lurking and scrolling and tweeting...

Tech Reader review recap: Lots of Apple devices, Galaxy S26, Dell XPS 16 and more

Apple already announced a lot of new devices in 2026 and we’ve been busy reviewing them all. In this installment of our bi-weekly...

Google will still let you sideload apps, but there’s a catch now

With the upcoming Android developer verification rules, there’s been a growing concern regarding Google effectively killing sideloading Android apps. But Google says that’s...

A retro Starship Troopers shooter, a video store sim and other new indie games worth checking out

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. There are a whole bunch of neat new games...

We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what’s it telling us?

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many...

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5 Best Accounting Software for Property Management in 2025

The best property management software with accounting integration...

April 2025 TIOBE Index: Kotlin, Ruby & Swift Drop in Popularity

Popularity consolidated in the top 20 programming languages...

Stanford’s 2025 AI Index Reveals an Industry at a Crossroads

The AI industry is undergoing a complex and...

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Best Places to Get Your Mexican Food Fix When You Visit Mexico City

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Moroccan Salmon with Garlic Mayonnaise is Common in Southern Spain

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This Week in Houston Food Blogs: High-Protein Recipes and Low Fat Shakes

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Easy Food Survey: Pizza Voted As One of the Most Satisfying Meals

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New Soundboard from Bose Review: Pricing is Not Always the Only Criteria

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What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep

Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's...

Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app

A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to acquiring...

A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027

The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based...

OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees

While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the...

Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs

It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at...