ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
“No other vendor could meet these timeframes of having the infrastructure in place to meet this urgent requirement and deliver a prototype in less...
This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining
“I thought, ‘That’s interesting—we need heat,’” Goodman says of Bathhouse. Mining facilities typically use fans or water to cool their computers. And pools of...
How creativity became the reigning value of our time
Given how much we obsess over it, the concept of creativity can feel like something that has always existed, a thing philosophers and artists...
Longevity clinics around the world are selling unproven treatments
The growing field of longevity medicine is apparently aiming for something in between these two ends of the wellness spectrum. By combining the established...
13 Best Earplugs (2025): for Concerts, Sleep, and Listening
You only get one pair of ears, so it’s a good idea to look after them—and a good set of earplugs can come in...
How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics
Afterward, he worked at Komatsu Manufacturing—because, he said, he liked bulldozers. But in 1974, he saw that Tomy was hiring, and he wanted to...
Young People Are Making Up to $36K a Year Renting Their T-Shirts and Speakers
“In New York a lot of the people listing stuff are of a certain age and size,” she says, adding it could be “harder”...
AI is coming for music, too
But there are lots of areas where attempts to equate human neural networks with artificial ones quickly fall apart under scrutiny. Brandt carves out...
12 Best Heat Protectant Sprays for Wet and Dry Hair (2025)
Other Heat Protectants We TriedPhotograph: Kat MerckR+Co Bleu Hypersonic Heat Styling Mist for $36: This high-tech-looking aerosol in a recycled aluminum bottle was a...
This architect wants to build cities out of lava
Pálmadóttir today lives in Reykjavik, where she runs her own architecture studio, S.AP Arkitektar, and the Icelandic branch of the Danish architecture company Lendager,...
