Age Verification Is Reaching a Global Tipping Point. Is TikTok’s Strategy a Good Compromise?

TikTok’s new age-detection tech seems like a better solution than automatically banning youth accounts. But experts say it still requires social platforms to surveil users more closely. [...]

This AI Assistant Wants to Make Up for Your Boyfriend's Incompetence

An ad for Orchid suggests the AI agent can fix relationship problems by simply doing everything for inconsiderate partners. [...]

The Kratom Civil War Is Heating Up, and MAHA Has Picked a Side

Both kratom and one of its active components, 7-OH, have opioid-like effects and are widely available across the US. As health secretary RFK Jr. aims to get 7-OH banned, proponents of both are fightin [...]

A decade of Star Trek-themed fart jokes: The Greatest Generation podcast turns 10

How two podcasters turned a Star Trek side project into a full-time career. [...]

Social media reacts as Alex Honnold climbs Taipei 101 skyscraper

Social media reacts as Alex Honnold climbs Taipei 101 skyscraper [...]

The era of agentic AI demands a data constitution, not better prompts

The industry consensus is that 2026 will be the year of "agentic AI." We are rapidly moving past chatbots that simply summarize text. We are entering the era of autonomous agents that execut [...]

Why enterprise AI pilots fail — and how to move to scaled execution

Presented by Insight EnterprisesOrganizations today are trapped in proof-of-concept purgatory because yesterday’s models don’t work for today’s AI challenges.Everyone’s racing to prove what AI [...]

Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland are taking their bromance to the World Cup stage

The internet is revisiting Bellingham and Haaland’s friendship before the England vs. Norway World Cup match. [...]

The 12 World Cup WAGs to know in 2026

Meet the 12 World Cup WAGs to know in 2026, from Georgina Rodríguez and Ester Expósito to Tini Stoessel and Bruna Biancardi [...]