Skyrocketing demand for copper promises to push prices to new heights. As the global economy transitions away from fossil fuels, it will need twice as much copper in the coming years than humanity has mined throughout all of its existence.…
Meta recently released a new video editing app called Edits, designed to rival ByteDance’s CapCut, a popular short-form video-editing tool used by many creators. Meta first announced it was working on Edits in January after CapCut was temporarily removed from…
Eric Glyman, co-founder and CEO of expense management startup Ramp, announced on Wednesday a fresh $500 million raise at a $22.5 billion post-money valuation. This new round was led by Iconiq Growth, with participation from Founders Fund and D1 Capital…
The growing geopolitical tensions and rising defense budgets are pushing many electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) manufacturers to adopt a dual strategy: developing crewed aircraft for personal or commercial taxi use and uncrewed models for logistics and defense applications.…
YouTube is adjusting its profanity rules to allow creators to monetize videos containing swearing, as long as the profanity is limited to the first seven seconds of the video. In November 2022, YouTube updated its policies, making creators ineligible for…
Generative AI apps experienced remarkable growth in both downloads and in-app revenue during the first half of 2025, according to a report by market intelligence firm SensorTower. Users downloaded these apps 1.7 billion times, up from 1 billion in the…
AI-powered marketing automation startup Conversion, founded five years ago by two UC Berkeley dropouts, has raised a $28 million Series A led by Abstract, with participation from True Ventures and HOF Capital. The company’s founding story sounds like it could…
Skechers has introduced a new line of kids’ sneakers featuring a hidden compartment designed to hold an Apple AirTag. Located inside the heel, a small insert can be lifted to reveal the space where parents can place the tracking device.…
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has activated the state’s National Guard in response to a cyberattack on the capital city of Saint Paul. City officials have not yet revealed the specifics of the attack, but the breach, which occurred on July…
Silicon Valley is racing toward a future where AI agents handle most software programming, but this shift brings a new challenge: identifying AI-generated bugs before they reach production. Even OpenAI has faced such issues, as described by a former employee.…
