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YCombinator – The famed accelerator is having an identity crisis – according to critics
What is MP5? Unpacking Blings’ Groundbreaking Technology
This poject may turn farmers into smart farmers and farms into smart farms
Silicon Cape is dead, long live the Silicon Tech Startup Community
Elon Musk Boycott: Tesla showrooms become protest centres against Elon Musk and DOGE
Valentine Warning: Don’t fall for romance scams, Meta warns
Binance highlights the power of Cross-Border payments this Valentine’s Day
Streaming lessons from Netflix: How to build a profitable platform?
The SoftBank’s (Masayoshi Son) plan to win AI wars
Inside the Tech Race for the Control of Governments
How Cape Town and other global cities confronted major water supply crises
Samsung and Google partner to take sound to another level
Is it time for an alternative Social Media platform in Africa?
Deep Seek first week: Key Questions Answered
LinkedIN founder (Reid Hoffman) on how AI can be your Superpower
App Fatigue – it’s time to rethink apps business models
DeepSeek – The Chinese Open Source AI challenge to Western Tech Giants
All you need to know about DeepSeek, the Chinese answer to ChatGPT
Samsung Galaxy S25 series sets the standardof AI phone as a true AI companion
Tech leaders inside the Trump Administration
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Why this Trump photograph feels so historic and iconic
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who were standing at the stage before the shooting commenced. The most widely circulated photograph of this event was […]
Meet Joshua Schulman, the new Burberry CEO
In little more than a decade, Burberry, the 170-year-old luxury fashion house, has cycled through four different CEOs in a bid to keep up with the industry’s ever-evolving demands. And as of this morning, a […]
Notion will now enable website building
Users of Notion, the digital tool commonly used for note-taking, brainstorming, and corporate knowledge-sharing, will now find it easier to build public websites with the platform. On Tuesday, the company revealed a new feature called […]
Inside the Design of a Warning Label for Social Media
As we’re beginning to quantify exactly how bad social media is for public health, politicians are coming for Big Algorithm. Just this week, the U.S. surgeon general Dr. Vivek Murthy began a campaign to put […]
The Future Miss SA could be AI generated, Are you ready for Miss AI?
The beauty contest features polished travel influencers representing the likes of Morocco and France, humanitarian activists dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues and women’s health advocacy and of course, social media models with perfectly symmetrical faces clad […]
Samsung responded to Apple Crush Ad with a brilliant Uncrush Ad
It’s not often that Samsung one-ups Apple in its marketing campaigns, but the South Korean company has done just that with its latest ad, “Uncrush.” Earlier this month, Apple unveiled the long-awaited new iPad Pros, […]
You are invited to co-design this smartphone
London-based tech startup Nothing wants you to help design its next phone. The company is inviting fans to take control of the next model of its phone by crowdsourcing aspects of its design. Nothing has […]
The Future of Marketing material in the Gen AI world, according to IBM
By 2025, three out of four CMOs say their company will be using generative AI for content creation, according to a recent study from IBM’s Institute for Business Value (IBV). Now, after a year of […]
AI is reshaping the Google Search page
For many people, Google’s search engine acts as a front door to the internet. And search is big business for Google: In 2022, more than half of its total revenue, $162.45 billion, came from search […]
The Design Philosophy behind the strange orange gadget, Rabbit R1
Few people knew who Jesse Lyu was when he posted a video of himself to X, standing in front of a black backdrop in a black t-shirt, holding a bright orange gadget. They didn’t know […]
Meet the colour of the year 2024
Peach Fuzz has been crowned Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024. A soft, warm shade that is nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz is meant to be peaceful and cozy. It evokes comfort, […]
Tesla finally delivers the CyberTruck
At an event on Thursday in Austin, Tesla delivered its long-awaited electric pickup truck to at least 13 customers. Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit and husband of tennis champ Serena Williams, was among the first […]
The Future of the Fridge according to Whirlpool
The design, size, and even location of refrigerators is about to change forever. Whirlpool Corporation, the parent company of appliance brands JennAir, KitchenAid, and Whirlpool, has just created a new way to insulate refrigerators that […]
Airbnb just simplified ways to find the best place
It’s a familiar scene: You walk up to your Airbnb, fingers crossed that it’ll look as good as it did in the photos. Unlock the doors and you’ll either sigh in relief or be met […]
Netflix Houses: Is this the future of cinemas?
Pop-up experiences. Merchandising. It seems like no major entertainment brand can work without these extra components anymore. And so perhaps it’s no surprise: Netflix will be opening its first physical locations, known as Netflix Houses, […]
AirBnB founder speaks about AI and how to do it right
“The only scenario in which the AI revolution ends well is if everyone participates, bringing a diversity of opinions,” says Brian Chesky, cofounder and CEO of Airbnb, speaking at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in […]
Unpacking The Apple Watch Double Tap
Apple has just announced the new Apple Series 9 Watch. With its 5.6 billion transistors and 18-hour battery life, it’s another technical wonder out of Cupertino. However, what caught our attention was not the new […]
The Adobe founder, John Warnock, forever changed the way we communicate
It’s a very sad day, folks: John Warnock has passed away at the age of 82. Most people probably don’t know him by name, but if you are using a Mac today, you have to […]
