gadgets Humane pin dead, HP eats remains Rob Beschizza

renewable energy Company gearing up to sell sunlight at night using orbiting mirrors Ellsworth Toohey

Business Keygen CEO eliminated sales calls and saw sales increase Ellsworth Toohey

startups How a bartender turned dick-shaped candy into a $100K business Ellsworth Toohey

layoffs Startup lays off entire 200-person workforce in a 2-minute video call Jason Weisberger

mistakes Postdates: send gig workers to "get stuff back from your ex" Rob Beschizza

Business These nine companies are snapping up almost all the AI startups Andrea James

happy mutants Kickstarting Pitch Deck: a party game that challenges you to make great pitches for terrible startups Cory Doctorow

silicon valley Vending machine startup hopes to put bodegas out of business Rob Beschizza

healthcare Theranos, failed blood-testing startup, sued by Walgreens for $140m Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Office space for happy mutants in San Francisco's Mission District Cory Doctorow

Business Flameouts of 7 promising startups Mark Frauenfelder

Business Uber and the appropriation of public space Glenn Fleishman

music Ozzy Osbourne AI avatar will be 'tasteful' Rob Beschizza

law CNN sues Perplexity AI over "verbatim" copies of articles Rob Beschizza

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