Tinder bets on group dating feature to win back Gen Z
Tired of navigating the online dating landscape alone? Now you can swipe right along with…
Train a virtual dragon? Film studios turn to Roblox and other games to reach young fans
Surrounded by virtual cliffs and a cascading waterfall, dragon riders on Roblox's massive online gaming…
In an era where empathy feels unfamiliar, AI now translates emotions
A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea) has developed…
Jamming with AI: Jazz trio plays live with AI-generated sound
A fascinating recent development enabling musicians to improvise live music with AI-generated sound could be…
One Tech Tip: No more lost cats and dogs. Use tech to track your pet
"Have you seen the cats?" That's a common refrain in my household because our two…
It’s pretty easy to get DeepSeek to talk dirty
AI companions like Replika are designed to engage in intimate exchanges, but people use general-purpose…
Calorie restriction can help animals live longer. What about humans?
Living comes with a side effect: aging. Despite what you might hear on social media…
How a 30-year-old techno-thriller predicted our digital isolation
In April, Mark Zuckerberg, as tech billionaires are so fond of doing these days, pontificated…
The Download: talking dirty with DeepSeek, and the risks and rewards of calorie restriction
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…