Weekender

Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth

Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth
Google AI Model Uses Virtual Satellite to Map Earth
September 06, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Google DeepMind introduced a new artificial intelligence model that captures the vivid details of the Earth’s surface, which helps scientists and governments make better decisions...

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AI Model Betting Is the New Fantasy Football
AI Model Betting Is the New Fantasy Football
August 30, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Sports gambling has DraftKings. Political junkies have PredictIt. And now the world’s nerdiest corner — the artificial intelligence (AI) scene — has its own set...

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NASA and Google Test AI ‘Space Doctor’
NASA and Google Test AI ‘Space Doctor’
August 23, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Star Trek’s fictional Dr. “Bones” McCoy may have had a tricorder, but NASA astronauts could soon have something almost as futuristic and real: An artificial...

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Labubu Mania: From Bridal Boutiques to Blockchain
Labubu Mania: From Bridal Boutiques to Blockchain
August 16, 2025  |  Retail

David’s Bridal once helped you snag a gown; now it wants to outfit your inner gremlin. The 70-year-old retailer will make you a dress for...

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When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre in FinTech AI
When CEOs Let AI Take the Wheel — the Brave, the Bold and the Bizarre...
July 12, 2025  |  The Weekender

Welcome to the Weekender, where we trade balance sheets for belly laughs and let our hair down — figuratively, of course — on the wild frontier...

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Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
Star-Spangled Sticker Shock Hits Cookouts and Bottle Rockets
July 05, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you’re reading this from a shaded Adirondack chair, lemonade in hand and the distant sizzle of a grill in your ears, congratulations: you’re living...

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Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
Labubu Is Becoming Its Own Asset Class
June 21, 2025  |  Retail

If you’ve scrolled through Instagram lately or wandered the halls of Art Basel, you’ve likely spotted a wide-eyed, snaggle-toothed gremlin dangling from a Hermès Birkin...

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IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
IPOs That Launched Like Rockets — and Those That Flew Straight Into a Wall
June 14, 2025  |  The Weekender

If you hear the faint hiss of champagne corks this summer, that’s the sound of bankers limbering up for two long-anticipated debuts: Chime and Klarna....

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Farewell to the Penny — A Tiny Coin’s Outsized Legacy
Farewell to the Penny — A Tiny Coin’s Outsized Legacy
May 31, 2025  |  The Weekender

It’s official: the penny’s days are numbered. After more than two centuries of jingling in pockets, lining cash registers and fueling both nostalgia and frustration,...

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