
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has wrapped up its cuts to federal job roles and completed its push against consulting firms. Next on the list: IT service providers supplying systems and services to federal agencies.
Following a directive from DOGE, the General Services Administration (GSA) sent letters to Dell, CDW, and other IT vendors, asking f

The Gartner Hype Cycle is a valuable framework for understanding where an emerging technology stands on its journey into the mainstream.
It helps chart public perception, from the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” through the “Trough of Disillusionment,” and eventually up the “Slope of Enlightenment” toward the “Plateau of Productivity.”
In 2015


Rather than sitting at home and watching your favorite influencers unbox gifts from their all-expenses-paid brand trip, now the rest of us have a chance to feel like an influencer for a day.
Last week, Brandon Edelman, the same TikTok creator who recently went viral for sharing his $768,000-a-y

When Spencer Rascoff took over as CEO at the struggling dating app giant Match Group in February, one of his first orders of business was to acquaint himself with all the services under his purview. Match, which owns and operates more that 45 dating apps, including Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, and Match.com, has seen its stock price drop more than 80% from its 2021 high amid growing fatigue with online dating and a generation shift away from apps. After explosive gr

Artificial intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain.
Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain’s role in daily life?
The Industrial Revolution diminished the need

Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. That’s slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour—but it’s still a remarkable feat. Many recreational runners would be proud of that time. The robot kept its pace for more than 13 miles (21 kilometers).
But it didn’t do so on a single charge. Along the way, the robot had to stop and have its batteries swapped three times. That detail, while easy to overlook,

Three years after its launch, Perplexity is still struggling to break through. A major hardware deal could change that.
On Sunday, Bloomberg reported that Samsung is in talks to integrate Perplexity’s search technology into its devices. The deal would not only preload the Perplexity app onto

Everyone’s always talking about new tools, but some of the best tools are the classic ones—incredibly useful things that have been around for ages. These are the tools that have stood the test of time and are just as handy today as they were 20 years ago.
They’re also the kinds of things you won’t hear about from most people or publications. And it’s easy to see why: They’re not the hot new thing. They’re just quietly helpful for anyone in the know.
So today,

TikTok has boosted the careers of numerous musicians, thanks to their songs—both new and old—going viral. The latest example is Connie Francis’s 1962 hit ">Pretty Little Baby, which is currently inescapable across For You pages.
Now, TikTok is making it even easier for artists to capitalize on viral moments. The platform has rolled out its music insights tool globally, following a limited beta launch that was quietly