3 views: How wrong were our 2022 startup predictions?

What a decade this year has been. While prediction pieces always come with a large asterisk because no one knows literally anything about what may play out in the future — such as massive shocks to large startup sectors — our perspectives about 2022 have aged … interestingly. Last year, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm, and … Read more

People are definitely eating pokémon in Scarlet and Violet

A pokémon trainer enjoying a sandwich while a Miraidon stares at the food, demanding a piece. | Image: Nintendo For years, Pokémon fans have wondered whether the franchise’s lack of regular animals meant that humans in the Pokémon world sometimes ate the pocketable creatures for sustenance. While the jury’s still out for places like Kanto … Read more

The best Black Friday deals on smart home tech

Some of the top-of-the-line robot vacuums are seeing their first big price cuts this holiday shopping season. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy ‘Tis the season to find some serious bargains on smart home gear. Black Friday and its close cousin, Cyber Monday, have long been prime times to nab a deal on smart lighting, … Read more

Sony throws Battlefield under the bus as it fights Microsoft’s Activision purchase

A promotional image for Battlefield V. | Image: EA As Sony fights tooth and nail to get regulators to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, poor Battlefield is getting caught in the crossfire. In a filing with the UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Sony argues that Call of Duty is a … Read more

Stable Diffusion made copying artists and generating porn harder and users are mad

An image generated using Stable Diffusion Version 2. | Image: Stability AI Users of AI image generator Stable Diffusion are angry about an update to the software that “nerfs” its ability to generate NSFW output and pictures in the style of specific artists. Stability AI, the company that funds and disseminates the software, announced Stable … Read more