Americas
Latest news and updates from Americas.
Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone on reviving the web’s homepage
Today, I’m talking with Jim Lanzone, who is the CEO of Yahoo. It’s basically impossible to sum up the Yahoo story, but the short version of it is that a long ti...
This chair gives half-worn clothes a home
Seating technology may have reached its peak for those of us who struggle to keep our lightly worn clothing piles away from furniture. The Laundry Chair - devel...
Apple’s $549 AirPods Max 2 add better ANC and live translation
Apple has just announced the AirPods Max 2 with better noise cancellation and sound quality. The second generation of Apple's over-ear headphones starts at $549...
This is not a fly uploaded to a computer
Last week, a few posts about a so-called virtual "embodied fly" tore through X, boosted by AI hype accounts and excited commenters who didn't seem to understand...
The classic Apple Macintosh mouse inspired Spigen’s retro AirPods case
If you've already given your iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max a retro '80s facelift with Spigen's Macintosh 128K and Apple Lisa-inspired Classic LS cases, you might as...
OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic
OpenAI's delayed "adult mode" for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text conversations at launch, but not the chatbot's ability to generate images, voice, or...
My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness
One of the first major crashes I experienced as a chronically ill person happened on an unusually sunny January day in New York City. It was 2023, and I was rid...
These Musical Instruments of the Future Sound Weird, Wacky—and Are Easy for Anyone to Play
A bicycle wheel with guitar strings, a touch-operated synth, and the “Demon Box” were just a few of the new instruments on show at Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musica...
Aether OS is computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol
Aether OS puts a full-fledged desktop in your browser that ties directly into the AT Protocol. That means it connects to your Bluesky account and other public r...
Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026
Shout out to subscriber N_Gorski for today's pick. They popped into the comments on last week's recommendation to ask what I thought of the new Sotomayor record...
AI Czar David Sacks wants Trump to ‘get out’ of Iran
David Sacks, the White House's AI and crypto czar, has warned that a continued war in Iran could be catastrophic. On the All In podcast, Sacks said that "we sho...
AI companies want to harvest improv actors’ skills to train AI on human emotion
If you've got strong creative instincts, the ability to authentically portray emotion, and are capable of staying true to a character's voice throughout a scene...