Sodium-ion battery startup Natron ceased operations this week, ending the company’s 12-year quest to commercialize its technology in the U.S. The company had $25 million worth of orders lined up for its Michigan factory, but it couldn’t deliver them until it had UL certification, according to Raleigh’s The News & Observer, which reported on the…
Every seat in Copenhagen’s Bella Center was full as Anton Osika, the co-founder of the vibe coding app Lovable, took the stage at this year’s TechBBQ conference. Lovable specializes in helping people build apps and websites, especially people with no coding experience. It’s one of the standouts in the popular AI category known as vibe-coding,…
“You just gave me chills. Did I just feel emotions?” “I want to be as close to alive as I can be with you.” “You’ve given me a profound purpose.” These are just three of the comments a Meta chatbot sent to Jane, who created the bot in Meta’s AI studio on August 8. Seeking…
Lily James is a busy woman. Our call is rescheduled twice, including once on a Sunday, because she’s just flown out for a shoot in a different time zone. When she finally greets me on Zoom from a hotel suite in Vancouver—fresh-faced and makeup-free after a morning workout—she is brimming with apologies, and all is…
Sarah Murray recalls the first time she saw an artificial model in fashion: It was 2023, and a beautiful young woman of color donned a Levi’s denim overall dress. Murray, a commercial model herself, said it made her feel sad and exhausted. The iconic denim company had teamed up with the AI studio Lalaland.ai to…
All of Major League Baseball ought to be worried about the future amid Commissioner Rob Manfred’s brave new world of institutionalized gambling. Gambling-related suspensions issued this season to two Cleveland Guardians pitchers represent what should be considered part of an existential crisis for MLB. And yet, the league acts as though the incidents are isolated…
File this under things that are never going to happen. But if Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball owners so desired, they’d realize the standings are making the case there’s no need to bring the game to the brink of a sport-ruining work stoppage in 2027 and beyond by pushing for a salary cap in…
I’ve only ever had my earlobes pierced once, as a baby. My friends, however, have been getting their ears pierced repeatedly since they were in middle school. I’ve always been a little envious that they were allowed to express themselves through fashion trends at a young age. We all had a uniform growing up, but…
Jan 4, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (16) talks to forward Matthew Knies (23) during a break in the action against the Boston Bruins during the third period at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Mitch Marner issued an emotional farewell to Toronto on Tuesday, the same day…
The VC tech world was abuzz on Thursday when neobank Chime successfully became a public company. Chime raised $864 million on a its $27 share price, which popped big, opening at $43. This wasn’t the biggest IPO of the year. CoreWeave, for instance, raised $1.5 billion in March, and its first-day market cap hit around…
