Note-taking is a central and core part of my life and career as a writer. As such, I spend a lot of time trying out different note-taking applications. I’m always looking for the best one to simplify my workflow and streamline the process of getting my ideas out of my…
His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination. Watch…
The Google Pixel 10a is the best phone you can buy for $500
When Google announced the Pixel 10a last month, many people’s first reaction, including mine, was that it was essentially a carbon copy of the Pixel 9a, with a few minor changes. After using the phone for the past couple of weeks, I can confirm that’s definitely the case, but also,…
Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation
Decagon, an AI-powered customer support startup, is set to announce the completion of its first tender offer, allowing its more than 300 employees to sell a portion of their vested shares at the company’s latest valuation of $4.5 billion. The less-than-three-year-old company’s employee secondary is being led by the same…
The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing
The aftermath of Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense has left the company in an awkward place — both actively in use as part of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran, and decoupling from many of its clients in the defense industry. Part of the confusion is…
X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money
X Chat’s standalone app isn’t the only new service X is testing this week. The company has also begun offering select users invites to its X Money payments service, which was previously being tested internally among X employees. These invites, however, were not doled out in the typical way. Instead,…
TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says
TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs) on its platform, according to a new report from the BBC. The social media giant says end-to-end encryption would make users less safe, as it believes the technology would prevent police and safety teams from accessing messages when necessary. TikTok…
Apple’s new colorful MacBook Neo starts at just $600
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. There have been leaks swirling for months that Apple was working on a lower-cost MacBook. Now, as part of its wave of product reveals this week, the…
One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots
John Davie wanted Buyers Edge Platform, the hospitality procurement enterprise he founded and still leads, to benefit from the AI wave. When he looked around, the CEO wasn’t satisfied with the options. The answer was CollectivIQ, a Boston-based company incubated at Buyers Edge Platform that gives users more accurate answers…
The Best Linux Laptops (I Install Linux on Every Laptop I Test) (2026)
Here’s a list of its ports: 1 × USB 4.0 Type-C, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 3 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, micro SD Card Reader, HDMI 2.0, 2 x Type-C w/ DisplayPort 1.4, and a headphone/Microphone Combo. The webcam is a 2MP 1080p, which gets the…