Pinterest, the virtual pinboard that has 431 million active users worldwide, is doing its part to take on the climate crisis: On Wednesday, the company announced it would ban any content that makes false claims around climate change.
The new climate misinformation policy sprang up due in part to a growing interest among users in sustainability-themed content. “We know that Pinners are coming to Pinterest to find ideas to incorporate sustainability into their lives, ” says Sarah Br
Laura Shin is a crypto journalist, host of the Unchained podcast, and former senior editor at Forbes. Below, she shares five key insights from her new book, The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze. Listen to the audio version—read by Laura herself—in the Next Big Idea App.
- Power is shifting from business people to coders. My book tells the story of Ethereum, the second-largest crypto asset by market capitalizati
Travel apps and sites are plentiful, to be sure. But instead of creating a list of me-too offerings with overwhelming interfaces that try to be all things to all people, we thought we’d focus on a few hidden gems that do one thing, do it well, and save you time in the process. If you’re finally back in travel mode for work or play, give them a try. Flight Penguin If you’re looking for the best prices on flights, you have no shortage of sites and services to help you do so. H
Someday, a tech giant may hold a major event in person again. But this year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) won’t be it. Now officially on the schedule for June 6-10, the venerable event will stream live for free, as it did in 2020 and 2021. In a small nod to the virtue of in-person gatherings, Apple will invite selected coders and students to its Apple Park HQ on WWDC’s first day to watch the keynote and “state of the union” session. However, eve
It’s been a whirlwind 48 hours for Elon Musk and Twitter. If you haven’t been following along, here’s a quick summary of events:
On Monday, it was revealed through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that Musk had taken a hefty 9.2% stake in Twitter, making him the single largest shareholder of the company. At the time, the stake was worth roughly $3 billion. That day, Musk posted a poll on Twitter, asking if users would like the social media platform
Growing up in suburban Potomac, Maryland in the 1980s, Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games–one of the most successful gaming companies in history–wasn’t much of a gamer. His interests lay in the games themselves. The software. The internal logic humming along in the background. The stuff that made everything work. Sweeney spent much of his time back then teaching himself to program on an Apple II, eventually using that skill to first create his own games and later his
Picture this: You’re on Mars. (You own a house there in this scenario.) The sun is setting on this otherworldly red planet, with the sky throwing incredible shades of brilliance in your eyes, blinding rays deflecting off the sheen of your rare Lamborghini. You cruise along, blasting DJ Steve Aoki tunes into the 95% carbon dioxide, 0.1% oxygen atmosphere. Everything oozes glamour. You’re in the future. Wait, a reality check: You’re actually in your boring, Earthly l
Yet another company wants to help make sense of streaming with a single menu that covers lots of different video services. This time it’s Plex, which started off as a media server application but has since branched out with its own library of free movies, shows, and live channels. A new version of the Plex app on phones, computers, and streaming devices allows you to look up stuff to watch, create a universal watch list, and jump directly into a movie or show regardless of which streaming
Fitness company Peloton announced Tuesday the launch of its most inexpensive offering yet: a $295 device called Peloton Guide, aimed at helping people improve their form during its workout classes. For the nearly one million people who subscribe to Peloton’s fitness classes and don’t own its equipment, the Guide could give them a reason to further invest in the platform. The Peloton Guide’s camera—a small grey device wrapped in fabric with a 12.3 megapixel camera and
In a world where Bitcoin and GameStop stocks are rising and falling at a dizzying rate, it’s harder than ever for novice investors to figure out where to put their money—and in many cases, that’s keeping them out of the market entirely. David Hegarty, founder and CEO of Playbook, hopes to change that. The company that has since its launch in July 2021 helped millennials save money on their taxes is now expanding its offerings with a new service that aims to help the TikTok g