Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets
PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.
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This is not a fly uploaded to a computer
Last week, a few posts about a so-called virtual “embodied fly” tore through X, boosted by AI hype accounts and excited commenters who didn’t seem to understand what it was they were excited about. The videos came from San Francisco-based…
The science of how fireflies stay in sync
Scientists have discovered that male fireflies in a South Carolina swamp follow local interaction rules to synchronize their flashing mating displays. The research is being presented at a meeting of the American Physical Society in Denver. (A preprint is also…
Nango (YC W23, API Access for Agents and Apps) Is Hiring
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Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story
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The classic Apple Macintosh mouse inspired Spigen’s retro AirPods case
If you’ve already given your iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max a retro ’80s facelift with Spigen’s Macintosh 128K and Apple Lisa-inspired Classic LS cases, you might as well make your wireless earbuds match. But instead of making the AirPods…
Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies
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OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic
So when exactly is smut considered porn? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images OpenAI’s delayed “adult mode” for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text conversations at launch, but not the chatbot’s ability to generate…
Scientists discover a surprising way to quiet the anxious mind (2025)
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A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites
Robert Goddard, a Massachusetts-born physicist, launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on this date 100 years ago. It was not an overly impressive flight. The rocket, fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen, rose just 41 feet into the air, and…