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I spent over eight hours on TikTok last weekend.Why? I’ve been busy playing dozens of TikTok’s new mini games — popping pimples, running an oil company, and giving very hairy women makeovers.If I open TikTok now, within a few flicks of the thumb through the main feed, I’m getting ads…
A US task force focused on defeating drone threats recently put a new autonomous counter-drone system to the test at the US southern border.The Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or JIATF-401, is an Army-led counter-drone effort created to help the Pentagon and other federal agencies move faster on systems for…
The noise around a Tesla-SpaceX mega-merger is growing louder.In an interview with CNBC aired Friday, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell said the two Elon Musk-led companies are working toward the same goals — and didn’t rule out a merger in the future.”That might make Elon’s life a little easier, actually,” said…
CIOs are worried their AI budgets are starting to max out with nothing to show for the costs incurred.Uber COO Andrew Macdonald gave voice to the growing concerns when he said in May that he’s yet to see direct improvements in line with AI spending.The rise of budget consciousness stands…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kristi Edleson, a 34-year-old chief of staff at Yutori, based in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I work at a startup as the chief of staff, and my company’s goal has always been to build an…
Ukraine has been using new mid-range drones to attack key bridges supplying Russia’s rear forces from the south, and battlefield footage appears to show the tactic inflicting significant damage.The country’s 1st Separate Assault Regiment said it carried out the strikes over the last week on the Armyansk, Henichesk, and Chonhar…
Filmmaker Spike Lee says he’d trade one of his Oscars to see the Knicks win it all in the NBA Finals.”I got two. I would trade the honorary one and keep the one for screenwriting for ‘BlacKkKlansman,'” Lee said in an interview with CNN published on Thursday. “Trade that in…
No serious Taylor Swift fan would say “Welcome to New York” is her most romantic song, but in a fascinating twist of fate, that may be the song that best describes her long-awaited wedding day.At the very least, the flashy pop hit — “The lights are so bright, but they…
My corporate sales job was sucking my soul out one call at a time. I’d drag my feet from one mind-numbing meeting to the next, asking myself: Why am I choosing this life?After I graduated from college in 2016, I was unsure what I wanted to do. I bought a…
President Donald Trump has made many changes to Washington, DC, since returning for a second, non-consecutive term. One such change is visible from space.In April, Trump announced that he had chosen Atlantic Industrial Coatings — a contractor he initially said worked on his Virginia golf club before later walking back that…
