Author: Derek Walsh
Derek Walsh
Derek covers emerging technology and the companies building it, with a background in software engineering.
The Pentagon is set to sign a first-of-its-kind contract for “Enduring High Energy Lasers,” formally adding directed energy weapons to the US Army’s standard arsenal amid rising drone threats.
Outernet, built by the Pursuit scavenger hunt team, helps users save online discoveries and then nudges them to actually visit those places in real life.
New EU rules require disclosure whenever AI generates or edits content. The risk: so many warnings that users stop reading them entirely.
Nonprofits are preparing for major donations from Anthropic and OpenAI employees ahead of anticipated IPOs. One nonprofit leader says “it’s going to be a wild ride.”
A European TBPN-style live network raised $1.6M from Axel Springer, LadBible, Powerhouse Capital, and OpenAI and DeepMind angels, announcing its biggest expansion yet.
Leatherology’s full-grain leather totes survived months of daily tech hauling. Here’s what held up, what surprised, and what still needs proving.
Cognition acquired Poke, a conversational AI assistant, in a low-nine-figure deal to reshape how its coding agent Devin interacts with developers.
Synthesia launched AI Roleplay Sessions, an interactive platform where employees practice workplace conversations with AI avatars that score and analyze performance.
A year-long test of home mushroom-growing methods, from countertop kits to bathroom buckets, reveals which approaches fruit and which grow mold.
Thinking Machines Lab released Inkling, a 975B-parameter open source model trained on video and audio, entering competition with Anthropic and OpenAI.