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Jot's coffee review  timing is impeccable. The startup burst onto the scene with its Ultra Coffee concentrate at the exact moment that coffee-shop denizens found themselves shut out of their favorite spots. Gone are the daily treats of oat milk lattes, cold brews, and café Americanos. In its place are mornings spent in our own kitchens, spilling AeroPress grinds...

Shiba inu cryptocurrency kraken The Kraken is breaking its promise, and the SHIBarmy is ready for a fight. Kraken, a top-ten San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, tweeted earlier this week that it would list the Shiba Inu coin—a joke token with a loyal cult following—on its platform by Tuesday if the tweet earned at least 2,000 likes. “#SHIBArmy where you at?” it...

How to see the future Jane McGonigal is the director of Game Research & Development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California. She designs games that aim to improve real lives, and solve real problems. For instance, her game Super Better has helped more than one million players tackle real-world health challenges, like depression and...

Tiffany commercial A few weeks ago, Tiffany & Co. dove headfirst into the news cycle by releasing the first images of a new ad------ campaign starring Jay-Z and Beyoncé, called “About Love.” Of course, anything featuring these icons of pop cultural royalty would attract attention, but piling onto that was the use of a little-seen 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat...

Is guys gender neutral Growing up, it was common in my region of the United States to use the word “guys” with the second person plural, as in: “How are you guys?” I didn’t think twice about using it until I learned the history of the word “guy” and considered what it meant when used for groups that...

Why did indra nooyi hire nannies in pepsico PepsiCo recently revealed a new global corporate agenda that emphasizes health and social accountability. That might seem like a stretch for a company best known for hawking junk food, but chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi and chief scientist Mehmood Khan say they’re committed to making their products healthier, empowering their employees, and encouraging...

3d porn video For everyone tired of picking the perfect real or illustrated Zoom background, a startup called the TMRW Foundation is releasing a videoconferencing alternative called Room, which places participants in a video game-like 3D environment. Founder and CEO Cevat Yerli says humans have evolved enough to interact in 3D spaces, not only to look at Brady Bunch-style images of each...

Arc boats Rockets and boats have more in common than you’d think, explains Ryan Cook. And while I get the feeling that he has made this point before, he’s also the guy who would know. Cook spent nearly a decade as the lead engineer at SpaceX, developing autonomous rockets. Now, he’s the cofounder and CTO of the hyped...

Apple music replay 2020 It’s the end of the year and tech platforms are beginning to \roll out their annual recap lists. For some music streaming services, this means revealing what the top artists, albums, and songs were for the year—like Spotify’s Wrapped roundup does. Spotify’s major competitor, Apple Music, takes a slightly more personalized approach. Its Replay feature is...

Spacex becoming world dominant The past two weeks brought two space-news headlines: First, Amazon announced gigantic launch contracts for its Project Kuiper satellite-broadband service, and then SpaceX launched the first all-private mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Combined, both stories suggest space flight has become yet another playground for billionaires and their companies. But that overstates things:...