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Heading to SXSW? You won’t want to miss the first GamesBeat Engage happening in Austin on March 11. A new series of invite-only, salon-style gatherings launching during SXSW, these events feature an evening of thought-provoking keynotes and fireside chats from…

Patreon has continued on its crusade against algorithmic feeds with its latest State of Create report, a look at trends in the creator economy based on internal data, and it’s an effort creators can get behind. In its survey of…

[CLIP: Theme music] Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. You probably don’t spend too much time thinking about the air you breathe—at least relative to the amount of time you spend actually breathing it, which, unless…

The demise of Humane is perhaps the most predictable tech story of 2025. The company tried to build some buzz around its AI Pin in late 2023, marketing the device as a tiny replacement for smartphones and playing up the…

What you need to know Humane has discontinued the production of its AI wearable pin as it has shifted its business priorities. The company says that it will be deleting all consumer data on Feb. 28, after which the pin…

From shadowy Bitcoin exchanges to Interpol’s most wanted, Alexander Vinnik was the alleged kingpin behind BTC-e, a $4bn crypto laundering empire. Learn more about him, and how he became a geopolitical pawn between the US, France, and Russia. Plus! Hear…

Austin-based defense startup Saronic has raised a $600 million Series C to build an autonomous ship factory called “Port Alpha,” it announced yesterday, quadrupling its valuation to $4 billion from its last round.  Investor Elad Gil led the round, with…

Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal’s growing popularity as a tool to circumvent surveillance has led agents affiliated with Russia to try to manipulate the app’s users into surreptitiously linking their devices, according…

Women lining up at a mobile tent for reproductive health services at a clinic in Zimbabwe MSI Zimbabwe/Arete/Tendai Marima The day Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, he issued an order temporarily pausing foreign aid, including…

The iPhone 16e, Apple’s replacement for the iPhone SE, has plenty of features that make it a good deal, from its A18 chip to the fact that it actually comes with an OLED screen. But one glaring omission in its…