A TikTok argument has been making the rounds this month, and it goes like this: millennials and boomers need to retire so Gen Z can finally get hired, get paid and move up. One young creator asked how she is supposed to climb a corporate ladder when the people above her "won't retire." Another said ...

The Iced Coffee Interview Debate Explained The debate began on Wednesday, Sept. 16, when Caitlin, a recruiter whose TikTok bio lists 16 years in the field and who posts as @caitlinrecruiter, put up a video questioning whether candidates should walk into a job interview with iced coffee in hand. By F...

Muse Arrives on Mac Muse is now available on the Mac. The launch brings the same assistant experience Mac users have been waiting for to Apple's desktop platform, and it arrives with a clear focus: working alongside you rather than simply answering questions. Rather than living in a single window, M...

DeepMind's New AGI Institute Google DeepMind has launched a new institute dedicated to publicly addressing the big questions surrounding artificial general intelligence. The initiative represents a significant commitment to bringing AGI discussions into the open, rather than leaving them confined to...

A Fan Site for iPhone Design For years, Apple has kept the iPhone design process behind closed doors. Now, one fan site is flipping that model on its head. The site invites Apple enthusiasts to imagine, sketch, and submit their own concepts for the next iPhone, turning passive consumers into active ...

What Is the Variable Aperture Lens on iPhone 18 Pro? The iPhone 18 Pro introduces a variable aperture lens, a first for Apple's smartphone cameras. Unlike a fixed aperture, which locks the lens opening at a single size, a variable aperture lets the camera physically change how much light reaches the...

The Challenge of Predicting Deadly Floods Floods are among the most destructive natural hazards, yet giving communities enough warning to act remains difficult. Meteorologists need better tools to predict deadly floods sooner, because earlier warnings save lives and reduce damage. The core problem i...

What the FPGB Mini Is The FPGB Mini is a portable emulation handheld designed around a very specific idea: playing original NES cartridges on the go. Rather than relying on ROM files, it accepts the real thing, so your existing collection of grey cartridges has somewhere new to live. Its proportions...

The Three-Person Research Team Behind the OpenAI Hack The operation was carried out by a three-person team of researchers: Zafir Sarker, Christopher Pham, and Robin Batinic. The trio documented their work in a detailed write-up, describing how they identified and exploited weaknesses in OpenAI's inf...

Studios Stay Silent The studios have been silent on the AI issue. As negotiations continue, neither the major studios nor their trade association have issued a substantive public response to the unions' proposals on artificial intelligence. No formal statement has been released addressing the specif...

Microsoft Hires Karandeep Anand Microsoft has hired Karandeep Anand, a move that brings an executive with experience in the chatbot space into the company. The news was announced by GeekWire, which reported that Anand is joining Microsoft. Anand's arrival comes as Microsoft continues to invest in co...

What Google Zero Is Google Zero is the point at which Google's search results answer a user's query directly, on the results page itself, so the user no longer needs to click through to an external website. Instead of acting as a gateway that sends traffic outward, search becomes the destination. Th...