For nearly three decades, Bill Gurley has been among of the most influential voices in Silicon Valley — a general partner at Benchmark whose early bets on companies like Uber, Zillow, and Stitch Fix helped define what modern venture capital looks like. Now, having moved to Austin and stepped back from active investing, the native…
Back in the ’90s and ’00s, seeing a home console game ported to a handheld platform usually resulted in something absolutely dreadful, but somehow, the Game Boy Advance versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater turned out to be essential parts of that platform’s library. These ports exist, in part, simply because developer Vicarious Visions was…
For the longest time, a handful of studios have dominated the animated movie landscape. Walt Disney Animation Studios was on top for decades, while Pixar came in and stunned everyone with their projects since the ’90s. DreamWorks has had some great moments, while Studio Ghibli puts out the most consistently great animated films around the…
You’ll notice the small, rhythmic click of a turn signal more than you realize, and that sound does more than mark a lane change. The click provides an immediate, audible cue that reinforces visual signals, helping you and others anticipate maneuvers and reduce surprise on the road. Experts break down how that familiar noise ties…
BYD’s premium brand Yangwang has put the global hypercar establishment on notice with the U9 Xtreme, an all-electric sports car that BYD says reached 496.22 km/h (308.4 mph) at a German test track and then lapped the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 6:59.157. Those two figures, if they hold up to independent scrutiny, could position it as…
MIT engineers say they have increased the energy density of their carbon-cement supercapacitor system by roughly tenfold, with MIT’s reporting attributing the biggest jump to a switch to organic electrolytes alongside changes to how the material is made. The peer-reviewed results, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, push the technology closer…
Time is not kind to electronics. So what if you were to help revive or upcycle a piece of tech history, while learning a thing or two along the way? Here are some items to keep an eye out for, and some ideas on how to give them a new lease on life. Boomboxes from…
It’s difficult to know how long it takes you to fall asleep. Unless, of course, you have a sleep tracker. Yes, there have been low-tech ways to measure sleep onset latency, such as the spoon test (one of TikTok’s many sleep trends) or sleep journaling, but these are harder to perform and much less accurate….
In modern anime, there is hardly a title as sensational as Demon Slayer, a shonen series that has been beating all records of popularity ever since its anime debut in 2019. With last year’s release of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie, the first in the upcoming cinematic trilogy that will conclude this legendary saga, the…
When you think about the way art is created, you might imagine painters, photographers, or sculptors immersed in their work at their studios. But what about a person sitting in front of a computer screen using artificial intelligence and data to create visuals. Is that art? It’s a question that is being asked, and answered,…