It’s 2026, and the future we were promised in the ’80s has quietly arrived — not in gleaming megacorps or neon megacities, but in thrift-store clutches and repurposed makeup cases.
There’s a new viral AI tool that does something most of us secretly want to know but are afraid to ask: it looks at your face and gives you a straight-up attractiveness score.
If you've ever wondered whether you could quietly game streaming platforms with AI-generated tracks and bot farms, think again. In what appears to be the first criminal conviction of its kind in the United States, a North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar streaming fraud scheme powered entirely by artificial intelligence.
If you’re serious about AI and product building, you probably already subscribe to a dozen different tools. Cursor. Perplexity. Framer. Linear. ElevenLabs. The list gets expensive fast.
In a move that highlights the transformative power of AI in the health and fitness sector, MyFitnessPal—one of the world's leading nutrition tracking apps—has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie-counting app developed by two teenage founders.
Gourmet magazine, once the pinnacle of American culinary journalism, has made an unexpected comeback—not through its original publisher, Condé Nast, but via a clever trademark maneuver by a group of independent journalists.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and software development, a new player has emerged that promises to bridge the gap between human intent and machine-generated code.
A small team from Kazakhstan has launched what might be one of the most delightfully absurd yet strangely appealing hardware startups of 2026: GoFish — a service that allows anyone to go fishing… without ever leaving home.
In the fast-paced world of content creation, AI has transformed how we build presentations. Just six months ago, tools were mostly for tweaking slides or images.
Mark Lu, the founder of TrustMRR.com, runs the largest public database of verified startup revenues (the only bigger one belongs to Stripe, but they don’t share nearly this level of detail). Thousands of founders voluntarily connect their Stripe, Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, and bank accounts so their real monthly recurring revenue (MRR) or annual recurring revenue (ARR) can be tracked and displayed publicly.
Gamification is when you grind for points instead of knowledge, and a smug owl shames you for it.Two weeks ago, I deleted Duolingo from my phone and canceled my subscription. For a year and a half, I logged in every day, kept my streak alive, racked up points, and completed quests. The result? I can name a couple hundred Chinese characters, say “nǐhǎo,” and ask for someone’s phone number—but I can’t hold even a basic conversation.
Good news for students and schoolkids everywhere—Chinese innovators at Kimi AI have launched a game-changing, completely free presentation generator that’s set to revolutionize how you tackle school projects.
In an unexpected twist, the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has become a major beneficiary of the global artificial intelligence frenzy, thanks to a stroke of luck from the 1980s. Assigned the .ai top-level domain, Anguilla has turned this two-letter code into a digital goldmine. In 2024, the island generated $39 million from .ai domain registrations, accounting for nearly a quarter (23%) of its total government revenue. This windfall has transformed the economy of a British Overseas Territory with just 16,000 residents, but it comes with a significant caveat: sustainability.
In a digital landscape brimming with language-learning apps, a new contender has gone viral, threatening to overshadow giants like Duolingo. Enter LangAI, a revolutionary platform that’s turning heads with its AI-powered approach to mastering languages. Tired of repetitive drills and gamified lessons? LangAI offers a fresh, effective alternative that’s quickly gaining traction online.
Imagine posing a single question and receiving answers from ten top-tier AI models all at once, neatly displayed in one place for easy comparison. Thanks to a new tool available at promptcannon.com, this is now a reality, revolutionizing how we interact with artificial intelligence. Featuring popular models like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Gemini, and more, this platform offers a free tier with a generous number of queries, making it an accessible and powerful resource for anyone eager to explore AI capabilities.