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Petrus Palmér, founder and CEO of the Swedish design brand Hem, announced he is eliminating all discounts, including Black Friday and seasonal sales, in favor of consistent pricing. The company, launched in 2014 as a direct-to-consumer furniture brand known for collaborations with leading designers, now generates most of its revenue through trade and wholesale channels rather than direct sales.
Connor Blakley, a 27-year-old high-school dropout who built a career advising major brands on Gen Z marketing, has launched his own packaged food company, Jams. The peanut butter and jelly sandwich brand is now competing directly with Smucker's Uncrustables, securing shelf space at Target and landing in NFL locker rooms.
PeopleFinders has introduced a new service called Stud or Dud that lets users run background checks on people they're dating or considering dating. The tool aims to automate the online research many people already do informally, pulling together public records and digital footprints into a single report.
A nonprofit team led by Starcloud co-founders Philip Johnston, Adi Oltean and Ezra Feilden is developing the Fermi Explorer, a 1-kilogram, 10-centimeter cube meant to be the first human-made object aimed at another star system. The probe would spend 12 years spiraling closer to the sun to build speed before exiting the solar system in the early 2040s, then travel roughly 79,800 years before reaching Alpha Centauri.
A developer built and shared 'HN Match Maker,' a tool that pairs listings from Hacker News's 'Who's Hiring?' thread with candidates from its 'Who Wants to Be Hired?' thread. Among the sample matches surfaced was Rinse, which is hiring a Full-Stack Software Engineer and an IT Associate with salaries ranging from $60k to $200k, seeking skills in React, TypeScript, Python and Django.
Hacker News has posted its monthly community thread where individual job seekers can list their location, remote preferences, skills, and contact details for potential employers to review. The post restricts participation to individuals looking for work themselves, explicitly barring recruiters, agencies, and job boards from posting. It also points readers to third-party tools, nthesis.ai and wantstobehired.com, that aggregate these listings.
A small nonprofit founded by Philip Johnston, Ezra Feilden, and Adi Oltean has detailed plans for a low-cost interstellar probe called Fermi Explorer, aiming to launch within three years for a journey to Alpha Centauri that would take roughly 80,000 years to complete. The team, which released an 81-page plan document, is funding the effort through crowdfunding donations and branded merchandise sales rather than government or corporate backing.
Ultrahuman has introduced Pulsomics, an opt-in research program inside its app that lets Ring AIR and Ring PRO owners aged 18 and up contribute their sleep, glucose, and VO2 Max data to improve the company's wellness algorithms. The program currently covers three studies, with more planned around cardiovascular load and long-term sleep tracking, and requires only that users wear their rings as usual.
Several startups, including one called Fambot, are building AI tools designed to handle household logistics such as school emails, sports schedules, and meal planning. The pitch targets parents overwhelmed by constant notifications, group chats, and app pings from activities like scouting and soccer.
Whoop has removed the membership requirement for its Advanced Labs blood-testing screenings, letting non-subscribers access them for roughly $70 per test. However, the Whoop band itself remains functionally locked without an active subscription, requiring at least $149 a year for basic features like recovery insights, sleep tracking, and VO2 max data.
Philip Johnston, co-founder of the orbital data center company Starcloud, has joined other entrepreneurs to announce the 'Fermi Explorer' project, aiming to raise $15 million to build and launch a small spacecraft carrying a 1-kg payload toward Alpha Centauri. The stated goal is to have the probe reach that star system in under 80,000 years, testing assumptions behind the Fermi paradox about why humanity hasn't detected extraterrestrial civilizations.
Capcom's long-dormant Onimusha franchise returns after nearly two decades with Way of the Sword, casting players as a young, brash version of swordsman Miyamoto Musashi who is killed and resurrected by the series' signature Oni gauntlet to fight a demon invasion. The game blends its classic mythic samurai setting with precision-timed, parry-based combat reminiscent of modern Soulslike titles like Elden Ring.