Americas News
Aether OS is computer in a browser built for the AT Protocol
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Mar 15, 2026
Aether OS puts a full-fledged desktop in your browser that ties directly into the AT Protocol. That means it connects to your Bluesky account and other public records. It offers a pretty full suite of...
Sotomayor’s Wabi Sabi is the funnest record of 2026
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Mar 15, 2026
Shout out to subscriber N_Gorski for today's pick. They popped into the comments on last week's recommendation to ask what I thought of the new Sotomayor record. Well, I hadn't actually heard it yet,...
AI Czar David Sacks wants Trump to ‘get out’ of Iran
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Mar 15, 2026
David Sacks, the White House's AI and crypto czar, has warned that a continued war in Iran could be catastrophic. On the All In podcast, Sacks said that "we should try to find the off-ramp." He expres...
AI companies want to harvest improv actors’ skills to train AI on human emotion
- Technology
- Hayden Field
- Mar 15, 2026
If you've got strong creative instincts, the ability to authentically portray emotion, and are capable of staying true to a character's voice throughout a scene, there's a job listing calling for your...
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 4 Pro are the choice — if you have a Galaxy phone
- Technology
- John.Higgins
- Mar 15, 2026
Samsung promised "more than a design refresh" for its new top-end Galaxy Buds - it added upgraded woofers for improved, dual-amped hi-fi sound, a new blade design, clearer call performance, and better...
The fast rise and epic fall of Clubhouse
- Technology
- David Pierce
- Mar 15, 2026
In 2020 and 2021, the social media world seemed to be on the verge of complete change. A new app called TikTok was ascendant, bringing a whole new kind of vertical video to phones everywhere. And anot...
Live-service games are a mess
- Technology
- Andrew Webster
- Mar 15, 2026
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the slow-motion disaster of live-service games, follow Andrew Webster. The Stepback arrives...
The $100,000 fee for H-1Bs is causing all sorts of problems
- Technology
- Gaby Del Valle
- Mar 15, 2026
Last fall, President Donald Trump's executive order raising the fee for H-1B visas to $100,000 - like many of his immigration policies - led to near-immediate chaos. Thousands of workers who had flown...
Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Mar 14, 2026
In September, Donald Trump claimed that "the United States is getting a tremendous fee" for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that fee is expec...
Meta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff
- Technology
- Terrence O’Brien
- Mar 14, 2026
According to Reuters, Meta is looking to offset spending on AI and data centers with a massive round of layoffs. Sources familiar with the matter say the company could lay off as much as 20 percent of...
Hulu, Disney Plus, and the Pixel Watch 4 are among this week’s best deals
- Technology
- Sheena Vasani
- Mar 14, 2026
Happy Saturday, all! This week, we found a number of deals that should help you unwind and relax over the next few days (and beyond). If you’re planning to stream the Oscars on Sunday, there’s still t...
Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything
- Technology
- Charles Pulliam-Moore
- Mar 14, 2026
Though it was weird to see the Golden Globes partner with Polymarket for its most recent awards show, the collaboration wasn't shocking given the way that people have begun using prediction markets to...