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Does fine dining have a toxic chef problem?
Noma chef Rene Redzepi in Copenhagen, Denmark. | Thibault Savary/AFP via Getty Images One of the most acclaimed restaurants in the world, Noma, opened a pop-up in Los Angeles on March 11. It was...
Halide co-founder is suing former partner for bringing source code to Apple
Halide running on an iPhone. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Lux Optics co-founder Sebastiaan de With made headlines when he joined Apple in late January. The company was behind Halide, one of...
Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem
There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways...
What to read this weekend: Revisiting Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep
Need something new for your reading list? Here are two titles we think are worth checking out. This week, we've got Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary and The Thing on the Doorstep, an H.P Lovecraft...
Apple considered buying Halide to upgrade its native Camera app
A legal feud between the co-founders of Lux Optics, the developer behind the Halide camera app, revealed that Apple was close to acquiring the company. As first reported by The Information, Apple...
A Minecraft theme park will open in London in 2027
The best-selling game of all time is moving from the virtual to the physical. Minecraft World, a permanent Greater London theme park based on the game, is scheduled to open in 2027. The announcement...
The AirPods Pro 3 are $50 off right now, nearly matching their best-ever price
Less than a week ago, Apple announced the forthcoming AirPods Max 2, a pair of over-ear headphones that leverage the company’s H2 chip for AI-powered live translation, conversation awareness, and a...
OpenAI reportedly plans to double its workforce to 8,000 employees
While other tech companies have been laying off employees year after year, OpenAI is doing the opposite. According to a report from the Financial Times, the AI giant is looking to expand its...
Intel says Crimson Desert devs ignored offers of help to support Arc GPUs
It doesn’t sound like Crimson Desert, the recently released prequel to Black Desert Online, will support Intel Arc GPUs anytime soon, if at all. On the game’s FAQ page, its developer Pearl Abyss...
DNA building blocks on asteroid Ryugu, bacteria that eat plastic waste, and more science news
Remember when Japan sent a spacecraft to an asteroid 180 million miles away to scoop some dirt off the surface? Six years on from its arrival to Earth, that sample has yielded some insights about...