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Back in 2019, Synex Medical founder Ben Nashman spent the night detained by US customs. Nashman tried to explain he was simply transporting materials from Buffalo to Toronto for his homemade MRI. Customs, however, took issue with the label on the package: “nuclear magnetic resonance.”  Nashman spent hours in a …

Jony Ive, the legendary designer who left his full-time role at Apple five years ago, is working on a new startup with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. The collaboration was first reported last year, and Ive confirmed it in a New York Times profile about what he’s been up …

The IPO market has not roared back in 2024 as many investors hoped it would — not yet, at least. Elevated interest rates (this week’s 50 bps rate cut notwithstanding) and uncertainty related to the U.S. election have prompted many companies to stay private and wait for better market conditions. …

Pac-Man is a classic arcade game that deserves all the love. Guiding an abstract mouth around a ghost-patrolled maze in pursuit of dots is pure joy. As good as it is, I never imagined the greedy yellow circle would bring my family closer together, but that’s exactly what happened this …

Slack has been keeping offices and organizations humming along since all the way back in 2013. And while it might not quite have fully replaced email, it’s certainly made an impact for business teams working together. The software has gained a lot of new features across the decade-plus that it’s …

The Bravia 9 also offers new “Calibration” modes for Amazon Prime and Netflix. The Amazon version makes some interesting changes for different programming, though the Netflix version seemed to mostly just mirror the dimmer Dolby Vision Dark picture mode in the HDR content I watched. Mostly Solid Digs The TV …

But not all questions about quantum systems are easier to answer using quantum algorithms. Some are equally easy for classical algorithms, which run on ordinary computers, while others are hard for both classical and quantum ones. To understand where quantum algorithms and the computers that can run them might offer …

One extraordinary trip that did see the light of day thanks to crowdfunding was Thor Pedersen’s 10-year journey to visit every country in the world in one continuous trip—all without flying, becoming the first person ever to do so. The Danish national has a book about it, Once Upon a …

A week after Google added 14 new live TV channels to its free ad-supported TV (FAST) service and renamed it Google TV Freeplay, even more channels have joined the service. As spotted by 9to5Google, Freeplay added 7 more live channels this week. If you own a Google TV, you can …

JMGO’s latest iteration of 4K home projectors with Google TV and a gimbal system. Pros 4K resolution Gimbal system makes set up easier Built-in Google TV Cons Color accuracy can sometimes be a bit off It doesn’t save the preferred image size Lacks optical zoom Introduced during IFA 2024, JMGO …