April 21, 2025

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

Beats Cables, Skullcandy ANC Headphones, and a Severance Keyboard—Your Gear News of the Week

There’s no Escape, Control, or Option keys—because, well, there is no escape. It’s a cold grid of 73 chunky keys with a 70 percent keyboard layout. The bulky, aluminum case is dressed in shades of industrial blue, with an off-white frame that looks like it’s been sitting in a forgotten department since the ’80s. Instead

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OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more

OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up — in fact, they hallucinate more than several of OpenAI’s older models. Hallucinations have proven to be one of the biggest and most difficult problems to solve in AI, impacting even today’s

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Shark Tank’s Mr. Wonderful is Building the World’s Largest AI Data Center in Canada

Photo from Data Center World 2025 in Washington, D.C. Image: Drew Robb/TechnologyAdvice Kevin O’Leary — better known as “Mr. Wonderful” from ABC’s “Shark Tank” — made a surprise appearance at Data Center World 2025 in Washington, D.C. What’s a venture capitalist doing at a major IT event? He’s building the world’s largest AI factories, and

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Massive medical company data breach impacts millions

A major data breach at Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC), a medical non-profit, compromised sensitive information of 1.6 million people. LSC provides lab testing services to a number of Planned Parenthood centers and has warned that folks who’ve visited those centers could’ve been affected. “If you, or someone whose healthcare bills you pay for, visited one

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DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up

It’s April, and the US is experiencing a self-inflicted trade war and a constitutional crisis over immigration. It’s a lot. It’s even enough to make you forget about Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency for a while. You shouldn’t. To state the obvious: DOGE is still out there, chipping away at the foundations of

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Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure

Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program. The organization will now invest $220,000, which is $100,000 more than it offered previously, in companies starting with its fall 2025 batch. The capital will be divided into two components. The group is offering companies $20,000 in exchange for

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Microsoft’s New Copilot Studio Feature Offers More User-Friendly Automation

Copilot Studio’s new computer use feature for AI automation. Image: Microsoft Microsoft announced this week that a new computer use feature is coming to Copilot Studio. Computer use will allow users to build AI-driven agents capable of interacting with their desktop and browser applications, as long as the third-party system it uses has a graphical

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The best gay dating apps for hookups and more in 2025

{ container.appendChild(contentItem); });”> Grindr isn’t just a popular gay dating app for hookups and casual encounters. It’s the king of gay dating apps, and it’s become a big part of modern gay culture. It’s mostly for gay men who are looking to get laid now, and it has a massive user base. Although bi, trans,

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Best Sports Bras for Women, Tested and Reviewed (2025)

Women’s sports bras were the bane of my teen existence. Few things are as humbling as struggling to wriggle out of a sweaty one post-workout. I’ve contorted, clawed, nearly dislocated a shoulder—and I once triggered what I can only describe as a sports bra-induced locked jaw. They were too tight, flattened my chest (and soul),

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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re

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