It hits at a certain time in the afternoon, when a familiar craving strikes. You walk to the kitchen. The satisfying sound of a can cracking, the hiss of bubbles. It’s time for a “fridge cigarette”—or as you might know it, a can of Diet Coke.
Earlier this week, TikTok user @reallyrachelreno posted: “Overheard someone call Diet Coke a ‘fridge cigarette’ and nothing’s been more true to me since.” The vid
A dozen years after its launch, fintech company Chime rang the bell this morning at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to celebrate its initial public offering.
One of the most anticipated IPOs of the year, Chime is seemingly already basking in listing-day glory. After announcing that shares would hit
Many developers find that AI programming assistants have made writing code easier than ever. But maintaining the infrastructure that actually runs that code remains a challenge, requiring engineers to have detailed knowledge of complex cloud systems and how their companies use them.
A startup called Antimetal is working to harness AI to guide engineers through resolving issues with software infrastructure in much the same way existing tools help
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A cooler-headed look at Apple’s troubled AI story
Apple said at its WWDC developer conference Monday that the much-hyped Apple Intelli
Fraudulent job applications have become a serious issue in the era of remote interviews and AI-generated content. Research firm Gartner predicts that by 2028, up to 25% of applications could be fake. In some cases, fraudsters in North Korea have managed to land Western tech jobs under false pretenses, according to
With the first family actively engaged in memecoin ventures, speculation about the future of cryptocurrency has never been hotter. Laura Shin, crypto expert and host of the podcast Unchained, reveals the sector’s emerging economic, political, and geopolitical implications. Shin also provides context for why stablecoins are growing so fast and how the current administration is shaping
When Mike Krieger helped launch Instagram in 2010 as a cofounder, building something as simple as a photo filter took his team weeks of engineering time and tough trade-offs. Now, as chief product officer at Anthropic, he’s watching early-stage startup founders accomplish far more in far less time—sometimes over a single weekend. Thanks to intuitive
If Gen Z is known as the side hustle generation, Gen Alpha may soon take the crown.
A survey of 2,002 U.S. Gen Alpha and Gen Z individuals (ages 12 to 28) by social commerce platform Whop found that more than half are using the internet not simply for brain rot and catching up with friends, but also for earning cash.
The “iPad kid” generation—the oldest of whom are just 15—are already putting their screen time to good use. Nearly half (47.1
“Fuck around” and “find out,” read a TikTok post that followed a screenshot announcing that California is suing President Donald Trump for deploying the National Guard to the streets of Los Angeles.
But the post wasn’t shared by a typical meme account—it came from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“I damn near fell over when I realized this was Gov. Newsom’s page,” one user commented.
Since Friday, demonstrations have e
It’s 2009. Everyone is rocking ankle socks. “TikTok,” is just a Ke$ha song. You pull out your BlackBerry Bold 9700 and update your BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) status. All is well.
Before the iPhone, the BlackBerry was the “it” phone. At its peak in the early 2000s, BlackBerry commanded over 50% of