2025-04-02

The dinosaur economy

Dinosaurs went extinct about 60 million years ago, but they’ve never been more profitable. This June, Universal will release yet another Jurassic World movie, marking over three decades of dino-domi [...]

2025-01-15

Colossal raises $200M to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo

Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct species like the woolly mammoth. [...]

2025-05-06

‘AI is already eating its own’: Prompt engineering is quickly going extinct

Three years into the boom, it looks like AI is reshaping existing jobs more than creating new ones. [...]

2025-04-21

The Roblox economy is going global, as users can now set regional pricing

Roblox has adapted its payment system to allow for regional pricing. This means that the software will automatically adjust the cost of an in-game item to match the local economy of the buyer. The com [...]

2025-02-28

$20 a month for an AI chatbot? In this economy??

The only surprise in Amazon’s reveal of Alexa+ this week was the price. With inflation rampant and many more impactful subscription services to choose from, $20 per month is an absolutely bonkers pr [...]

2025-03-11

White House says the economy is in 'transition' as stocks slide

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt framed the current turmoil in the U.S. economy — punctuated by sinking stock prices and a softening job market — as hallmarks of a “period of economi [...]

2025-03-19

Study: Open source and nearly 3,000 developers are the digital foundation of the global economy

A new Harvard Business School study reveals open-source software represents enormous economic value. Without it, companies would spend 3.5 times more on software, with just 5% of developers generating [...]

2025-05-21

Republicans want tax cuts to save the economy from Trump's tariffs. Not so fast, experts say

House Republicans are rushing to get a sweeping domestic policy bill over the finish line within days, as uncertainty over President Donald Trump’son-and-off approach to tariffs continues to hang ov [...]

2025-01-10

Citizen Sleeper 2 asks how we stay human in a hopeless future

Life for Sleepers is fraught. They gain consciousness in a state of indentured servitude, an emulated human mind inside an android body, forced to work until they’re discarded. Those who escape don� [...]