When you think of “that creepy Korean comic” what comes to mind? Is it The Bongcheon-Dong Ghost webtoon that terrified readers with its jumpscares in 2011… The Bongcheon-Dong Ghost | Naver …this nightmare-inducing, click-at-your-own-risk panel from Carnby Kim‘s Bastard… …or perhaps this unsettling baby that has been popping up all over TikTok? The Ki Sisters […]
Oura Ring 4 isn’t an Apple Watch replacement, but that’s not the point
Oura didn’t invent the smart ring category. It did, however, make all that came before it effectively obsolete. The category dates back more than a decade; TechCrunch wrote about an NFC ring in 2013. The Motiv Ring is of far more recent vintage, but it ultimately struggled to find the right use case before being […]
A Russian warlord said he’s taking Cybertrucks into Ukraine; some experts think that’s unwise
In August, a Russian warlord posted a video on Telegram, showing a pair of Cybertrucks patrolling a road in Chechnya, armed seemingly with heavy machine guns. Leaving aside unanswerable (for now) questions about how the vehicles were obtained, Wired thought it worth digging into whether a Cybertruck actually makes sense as a “technical,” the term […]
What we know about CrowdStrike’s update fail that’s causing global outages and travel chaos
A faulty software update issued by security giant CrowdStrike has resulted in a massive overnight outage that’s affected Windows computers around the world, disrupting businesses, airports, train stations, banks, broadcasters and the healthcare sector. CrowdStrike said the outage was not caused by a cyberattack, but was the result of a “defect” in a software update […]
Female-founded startups have raised $15.5 billion so far this year but that’s not really good news
Funding to women-founded companies overall (including mixed-gender teams) has declined in the first half of 2024 compared to the first half of 2023, picking up $ 15.5 billion out of $ 93 billion – 17% – compared to the $ 24.8 billion out of $ 87.7 billion – 28% – in the first half of […]