Americas
Latest news and updates from Americas.
Can Puck reinvent the news business for the influencer age?
Today, I’m talking with Sarah Personette, CEO of Puck, which is a fancy new media company that’s been around for just about five years now. Puck hires big stars...
SwitchBot’s button-pressing robot is now available with a rechargeable battery
SwitchBot is introducing a new version of the tiny button-pressing robot that helped launch the company a decade ago. The functionality of the new SwitchBot Bot...
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could soon have an AI clone of himself to interact with and provide feedback to employees, according to a report from the Financial Tim...
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis
Farmers are very busy in the spring, under pressure to get crops into the ground just as the Northern Hemisphere begins to thaw. But this year has been differen...
Roblox has games again
Roblox is making a subtle but notable change. After swapping the word "game" for "experience" all over its website and mobile apps in 2021 while the Epic Games...
Roblox will need age verification to make sure you’re at least 9 years old
Roblox is about to make a big change to how you can access games on its platform: If you want to play any game that's intended for users nine or older, you will...
Did Neuralink make the wrong bet?
Elon Musk promised Neuralink would bring superhuman abilities and minds merged with AI. Then he fueled a runaway hype train for his brain implant technology, wh...
Microsoft’s new Xbox Gamepad Cursor adds a virtual mouse to handhelds
Microsoft has started testing its own virtual mouse cursor inside its Xbox mode for Windows-based handhelds. The new Gamepad Cursor option provides a quick way...
Sam Altman reportedly targeted in second attack
Sam Altman was seemingly targeted by a second attack on Sunday morning, with two suspects arrested following a shooting at his Russian Hill residence, The San F...
Huawei beats Apple and Samsung with new wide foldable
Apple and Samsung have both been strongly linked with plans for foldable phones in a boxy, wide aspect ratio, but it looks like another company will get there f...
Room for the Moon is thrillingly weird experimental pop
For obvious reasons, I've had Moon on the mind all week. So I was trying to figure out what I should recommend this week that would thematically fit. Brian Eno'...
Rockstar Games says hack will have ‘no impact’
Rockstar confirmed on Saturday that some of its data was compromised in a breach of a third-party provider. The group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility, sayin...