This AI spits out an infinite feed of fake furry portraits
We’ve seen it all: It started with delicious AI-generated food that didn’t exist, then it was people, then it was cats, Airbnbs, memes, feet (???) — and now we’ve got…
Falling out of a boat reminded me how to be a good CEO
Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can…
PayPal stock at all-time high after payments surge during coronavirus lockdowns
PayPal stock reached fresh all-time highs just one day after the company boasted new records for daily transaction volume and monthly user signups. Stock in the San Jose fintech giant jumped…
We finally got a peek at the Xbox Series X game lineup
Xbox today revealed several new games for its upcoming Series X during a digital Inside Xbox event. While it didn’t show much of the games at the event beyond simply confirming their…
Growth Teams Have the Tools to Be Coronavirus Anti-Growth Teams
While platforms like Facebook offer 21st-century advertising tools that harness advanced computation to target ads and change behavior, they are only using 20th-century PSAs against coronavirus. Given the exponential challenge…
‘I Do This Work Because I Love a Good Crisis’
Illustration: Jim Cooke Sick DaysSick DaysWelcome to Sick Days, a collection of stories from readers on how the current covid-19 health crisis is changing the way they work and the…
Full-Time Airbnb Hosts Strive for Justice
The revolution will be on a website for a midcentury modern bungalow, CNBC reports. After Airbnb hosts complained that they’re getting nothing from the federal relief package (calling it a…
Can Scientists Justify Intentional Coronavirus Infections to Speed Vaccine Creation?
A lab technician prepares covid-19 patient samples for testing.Image: AP One way to accelerate the development of a covid-19 vaccine is to conduct early testing of promising candidates on human…
How to Cook a ‘Murder Hornet’
This week, the New York Times introduced many of us to the “murder hornet,” more accurately known as the Asian giant hornet. But a small subset of us were already…
How a Facebook Bug Took Down Spotify, TikTok, and Other Major iOS Apps
A little after 6 pm ET on Wednesday, the system started blinking red for iOS developer Clay Jones. Like many devs, Jones uses a Google product called Crashlytics to keep…