Lego’s awesome $60 Super Mario Piranha Plant just earned a spot in my brick garden
For the past few years, Lego has been releasing a collection of intricate, affordable sets for adults who want a touch of green in their lives without pruning or watering,…
Everything Microsoft Announced at Its 2023 Hardware Event: Surface Laptop Studio 2, Surface Laptop Go 3, Copilot in Windows
Microsoft held a media event in New York City this morning. The company used the occasion to show off two new laptops from its house-made Surface line as well as…
Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse Spins the Wheel One More Time
Planescape has returned to Dungeons & Dragons. Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse includes three new books: the setting book Sigil and the Outlands; Turn of Fortune’s Wheel, the campaign book;…
No, Travis Bickle Is Not the New Face of Uber
Image: Dia Dipasupil (Getty Images), Lutsenko_Oleksandr (Shutterstock) As Uber continues to tout driver and rider safety as a number one priority, reports that its new spokesperson will be Robert De…
NASA Calls on Commercial Partners to Design a Spacecraft to Deorbit the ISS
The International Space Station (ISS) has been orbiting Earth for 24 years, hosting crews of astronauts and running experiments in the microgravity environment. By 2030, however, the space station’s reign…
Michael Bloomberg Is Throwing $500 Million at Efforts to Shut Down All U.S. Coal Plants
Billionaire, philanthropist, and former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week that he will invest $500 million into his campaign to shut down coal plants and halve gas use by…
Eli Lilly Is on the Warpath, Now Suing Pharmacies and Spas for Selling Compounded Mounjaro
The arms race over the next generation of obesity drugs is continuing to heat up. This week, pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced it was suing several pharmacies, spas, and wellness…
Fox News Founder Rupert Murdoch Is Retiring
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch announced he is stepping down as chairman of News Corp. and Fox in a memo to staff on Thursday. He will officially retire in November and…
Enough Talk, ChatGPT—My New Chatbot Friend Can Get Things Done
I recently needed to contact the CEO of a startup called Lindy, a company developing personal assistants powered by artificial intelligence. Instead of looking for it myself, I turned to…
EIF invests €40M in female-founded climate tech growth fund
The European Investment Fund (EIF) announced today it would invest €40mn with Blume Equity. Based out of London, the VC was founded by three women in 2020, and invests into…