YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up

Another day, another subscription price hike, this time for YouTube Premium. Every plan for YouTube’s ad-free tier is going up, and depending on which one you have, you could be paying as much as $4 [...]

Meow Technologies launches the first agentic banking platform for AI agents

In short: Meow Technologies has launched what it describes as the world’s first agentic banking platform, enabling AI agents to open business bank accounts, issue cards, send payments, and manage d [...]

A man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house

A 20-year-old man was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's house, The New York Times reports.In a statement share [...]

New paper argues history, not mantle plume, powers Yellowstone

A now-vanished plate under North America may open the crust below Yellowstone. [...]

Intuit compressed months of tax code implementation into hours — and built a workflow any regulated-industry team can adapt

When the One Big Beautiful Bill arrived as a 900-page unstructured document — with no standardized schema, no published IRS forms, and a hard shipping deadline — Intuit's TurboTax team had a [...]

This Animation Startup Wants to Make It Easier to Tell Open-Ended Stories

Founded by former OpenAI scientist Andrew Carr and former Google creative director Jonathan Jarvis, Cartwheel is bridging the gap between 2D vision and 3D execution. [...]

You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress

Unitree is bringing its R1 to international markets. It arrives with some aerobatic capabilities and an entry-level price, but the question of what you'd actually do with it remains open. [...]

The Gamblers Behind One of Chess's Weirdest Unsolved Cheating Mysteries Have Been Unmasked

In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician who died in 1957. His real identity remained unknown—until now. [...]

You can attend Pokémon EDM shows in Los Angeles and London

If you love Pokémon and electronic dance music, the Pokémon Company made the perfect event for you. As part of Pokémon’s 30th anniversary festivities, the company is holding EDM concert experienc [...]