
The month of October has me thinking about monsters—and, specifically, mutants.
That’s a strange way to start a conversation about tech topics, I realize. But stay with me: I promise this is going somewhere.
I keep having the thought, y’see, that some of the best and most useful apps out there would be even better if we could somehow combine ’em and create new, superpowered mutant app mega-tools.
And there’s no place that’s more true than with the time-

At 24, Kaja Snare didn’t imagine she had a future in chess; she barely played the game. But in 2014, when she was a rookie sports reporter for TV2, Norway’s second-largest broadcast network, her bosses assigned her to cover a chess tournament featuring Magnus Carlsen, who was then a 23-year-old Norwegian phenom.
Carlsen had skyrocketed from a 13-year-old grandmaster to International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Champion, captivating N

Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to i

After months of anticipation, Apple’s official foray into the world of artificial intelligence launches this week. That’s when the company will roll out its Apple Intelligence AI platform to eligible devices. Apple isn’t being shy about how profound of an event this will be for the company and its future. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CE

A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army soldier accused of creating images depicting children he knew being sexually abused. A software engineer charged with

Fresh off a stint as the internet’s most mendacious purveyor of vile conspiracy theories in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina, Elon Musk has moved onto a new and exciting phase of his career in reactionary politics: stumping for his preferred presidential candidate, Republican nominee Donald Trump. Musk, who has already

Conflict in relationships can be tricky at the best of times—that’s without ChatGPT stepping in and taking sides.
“My girlfriend uses ChatGPT every time we have a disagreement. AITAH for saying she needs to stop?” a Redditor wrote in their headline on r/AITAH, a subreddit where people

MrBeast wanted to create his own products. Doing so, he wagered, would allow him to rely less on video sponsorship. That ambition is now costing him.
The YouTuber, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has entered the food business twice now. His first venture, the virtual restaurant chain MrBeast Burger, ended up with “inedible” burgers and a $100 million lawsuit. His second, chocolate and snack brand Feastables, was initially more successful. But a stake in the sna

Pascal Bornet is an expert in artificial intelligence who developed a framework for AI competencies. For the past 25 years, as a former executive at consulting firms McKinsey and EY, he has implemented AI projects for hundreds of companies around the world.
Below, Bornet shares key insights from his new book, Irreplaceable: The Art of Standing Out in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Listen to the audio version—read by B

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said the electric vehicle maker will roll out driverless ride-hailing services to the public in California and Texas next year, a claim likely to face significant regulatory and technical challenges.
“We think that we’ll be able to have driverless Teslas doing paid rides next year,” Musk said on Tesl