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Boulevard raises $80M to power self-care boom driven by Botox and GLP-1 surge

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-07-23 01:29:46

The beauty industry has seen an explosion of offerings recently. Customers can now access treatments far beyond basic hair and nail care, from wrinkle-smoothing Botox and fillers to permanent laser hair removal and even weight management through GLP-1 medications. Riding this wave of industry growth is Boulevard, a provider of scheduling and payment software for the self-care sector. The nine-year-old Boulevard just raised $80 million in Series D funding, valuing the business at nearly $800 mi

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Don’t be duped: Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s cheapest plans aren’t worth it

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-07-23 21:00:22

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Recently, my cousin asked me whether Verizon’s myPlan Unlimited Welcome was better than his legacy plan, prompted by a promotional email he received. At first glance, the new plan looked cheaper and similar in features. But upon closer examination, his legacy plan had notable advantages, especially higher-priority data and a few other perks. Truthfully, none of the entry-level postpaid plans from Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T offer great value in 2025. There ar

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I Got a Cortisol Blood Test. What I Learned About My Stress Was Important, but Not Fun

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-23 20:17:03

Historically, I haven't been great about managing my stress and anxiety, so whenever I come across a video or article about cortisol imbalances, my interest is piqued. Since cortisol is also called the "stress hormone," this content has made me wonder: Is my stress causing my cortisol levels to rise? Though I was nervous, I decided to take Quest's Cortisol Blood Stress Hormone Test, which was offered to me for free, to find out more. After my cortisol blood test, I had a lot of residual questio

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5 entry-level tech jobs AI is already augmenting, according to Amazon

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-07-25 09:00:18

Amazon / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Amazon today published a blog post by Michelle Vaz, managing director, AWS Training and Certification, that contains some fascinating insights about how AI is changing the landscape for people early in their careers. To understand this dynamic, Amazon partnered with Draup, a "data intelligence firm specializing in workforce planning and talent analytics." Together, the two companies conducted a study entitled, "The Evolution of Early-Career Technical Roles

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Can You Check Yourself for Scoliosis at Home? Experts Gave Us Some Tips

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-25 08:00:03

Scoliosis awareness month took place throughout June, but even though we're a few weeks past the awareness month, it's still a good time to learn more about this spinal condition. "Scoliosis can impact both physical and emotional well-being," says Lila Levet, co-founder of Primary Spine Institute, a leading provider of conversation scoliosis correction in Charlotte, NC. "Left unmanaged, it may lead to chronic discomfort, fatigue, posture imbalance, breathing issues or limited activity. Early dia

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Installing a home battery or solar before tax credits end? Use this to assess your home first

zdnet.com Mike Lock 2025-07-26 07:00:00

Frederick Doerschem/Getty Images As homeowners, few things get us lathered up quite like comparing our homes to the homes of our friends, family, and neighbors. Whether it's a point of pride or frustration, we have a hard-wired need to share and overshare our home-related wins and losses. Also: Stop waiting for an emergency to upgrade your home's tech - there's a better way There are certain areas of the home, however, that have elevated potential to bring value to our lives beyond bragging

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China Working On Levitating Train That Could Get You From New York to Chicago in Two Hours

futurism.com Unknown 2025-07-30 14:45:41

As the United States struggles to keep its major cities connected by even the most barebones rail systems, China is screaming into the future with the development of a levitating bullet train. Called "maglev," short for "magnetic levitation," the train system is designed to levitate via magnets as opposed to wheels. Maglev systems can reach higher speeds much more efficiently than their wheeled counterparts, though the infrastructure needed to run them is incredibly expensive. While there are

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Subnautica studio co-founder says he's suing parent company Krafton

engadget.com Unknown 2025-07-31 00:34:12

The drama surrounding the significantly delayed release of Subnautica 2 continues with Charlie Cleveland, co-founder and former director of Unknown Worlds Entertainment, announcing via a post on X that he and unnamed others have filed a lawsuit against Krafton , the studio's parent company since 2021. Cleveland, along with Ted Gill and Max McGuire, were relieved of their leadership roles at Unknown Worlds last week by Krafton. Bloomberg reported that they had been effectively "pushed out." This

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FOKS: Federated Open Key Service

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-02 05:49:21

A Simple Key Hierarchy To power applications like the Git and KV-Store shown above, FOKS needs a shared symmetric key for all readers and writers of the data, available only to the authorized devices, teams users and keys that the authors specify. FOKS achieves this natural application requirement with a simple key hierarchy. Everything starts with base-level keys, like user device keys, backup keys, or YubiKeys. Device keys are generated on user devices and never leave the machine they are ge

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How Netflix’s ‘Leviathan’ United Japanese Animation and Western Imagination

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-08-02 21:40:03

Leviathan, the latest collaboration between Beastars‘ Studio Orange and Star Wars: Visions producer Qubic Pictures, marks Netflix’s entry—alongside Crunchyroll—into the realm of Western novel-to-anime adaptations, echoing a path carved by the Answer Studio’s Anne Shirley. Based on Scott Westerfeld and Keith Thompson’s 2009 steampunk alternate history of World War I (featuring mechs and living animal airships), the anime aims to go beyond a copy-paste replication of its source material. With the

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FOKS: The Federated Open Key Service

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-03 01:49:21

A Simple Key Hierarchy To power applications like the Git and KV-Store shown above, FOKS needs a shared symmetric key for all readers and writers of the data, available only to the authorized devices, teams users and keys that the authors specify. FOKS achieves this natural application requirement with a simple key hierarchy. Everything starts with base-level keys, like user device keys, backup keys, or YubiKeys. Device keys are generated on user devices and never leave the machine they are ge

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Multi-Region Row Level Security in CockroachDB

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 12:53:19

Controlling who can access what data is more important than ever as organizations scale and modernize their data infrastructure. Enterprises are modernizing their critical databases, and they need fine-grained, built-in access controls that go beyond table-level permissions. That’s why, with the 25.2 release of CockroachDB , we’re introducing Row-Level Security — a powerful feature that allows you to define and enforce access policies at the row level, directly within the database. This form o

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‘Lord of the Rings Online’ Players Successfully Get Small Hobbit Army Lost Inside Mount Doom

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-08-04 17:25:13

MMORPG players love making challenges for themselves beyond the actual challenges offered by their games. Setting artificial level caps, soloing content designed for groups, empowering yourself through ways outside of the typical grind—you name it, someone has probably tried it in an MMO. But a group of Lord of the Rings Online players have managed an impossibility that triumphantly shows the source material’s thematic heart of hope in the face of despair so perfectly Tolkien could’ve come up wi

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I'm Building LLM for Satellite Data EarthGPT.app

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-04 18:33:14

EarthGPT Work with multi-spectral satellite imagery by leveraging the power of LLMs and modern remote sensing.

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Bulgaria to join euro area on 1 January 2026

news.ycombinator.com European Central Bank 2025-08-06 13:44:51

Conversion rate of lev fixed at 1.95583 = EUR 1 Bulgaria joined the ERM II in 2020 Bulgarian banks supervised by ECB since 2020 Today the Council of the European Union formally approved the accession of Bulgaria to the euro area on 1 January 2026 and determined a Bulgarian lev conversion rate of 1.95583 per euro. This is the current central rate of the lev in the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II), which the currency joined on 10 July 2020. The European Central Bank (ECB) and Българска народна

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Exploring the future of voice AI with Mati Staniszewski at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

techcrunch.com Techcrunch Events 2025-08-08 05:45:00

We’re excited to welcome Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, to the AI stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 in San Francisco. In a featured fireside chat, Staniszewski will dive into how AI-powered voice technology is transforming digital communication and interaction. Takeaways that blend technical depth with business impact ElevenLabs is leading innovation in audio AI, building tools that make synthetic voices more natural, expressive, and accessible.

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1945 TV Console Showed Two Programs at Once

news.ycombinator.com Allison Marsh 2025-08-09 16:43:53

As I try to write this article, my friend and I have six different screens attached to three types of devices. We’re working in the same room but on our own projects—separate yet together, a comfortable companionship. I had never really thought of the proliferation of screens as a peacekeeping tool until I stumbled across one of Allen B. DuMont’s 1950s dual-screen television sets. DuMont’s idea was to let two people in the same room watch different programs. It reminded me of my early childhood

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Google’s customizable Gemini chatbots are now in Docs, Sheets, and Gmail

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-08-15 12:30:41

• Leverage a copywriting Gem to create posts and content tailored to your target audience, pre-loaded into the Gem. • Create a Gem that helps with sales interactions that is grounded on information for a specific company, prospect, or industry. • Leverage an “assistant gem” tailored to your job role to help provide more relevant summaries for you and content for internal communications. • Leverage a Gem designed to help pressure test content from a certain persona (e.x C-Suite or CEO) to help

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AI voice startup ElevenLabs pushes global expansion as it gears up for an IPO

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-08-15 13:16:14

Founded in 2022, ElevenLabs is an AI voice generation startup based in London. It competes with the likes of Speechmatics and Hume AI. LONDON — ElevenLabs, a London-based startup that specializes in generating synthetic voices through artificial intelligence, has revealed plans to be IPO-ready within five years. The company told CNBC it is targeting major global expansion as it prepares for an initial public offering. "We expect to build more hubs in Europe, Asia and South America, and just k

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You're Probably Not Eating Enough of These 13 Kidney-Boosting Foods

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-20 06:00:11

Your kidneys are quietly working around the clock to keep your body in balance. They filter waste, regulate essential hormones, and help manage everything from blood pressure to red blood cell production. But like any vital organ, they need care and attention to function at their best. According to the CDC, more than 1 in 7 US adults live with chronic kidney disease, and many don't even realize it. That makes early prevention and daily support even more important. Fortunately, you don't need to

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Next-gen procurement platform Levelpath nabs $55M

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-08-20 21:46:23

Levelpath, a procurement software startup founded by the duo behind Scout RFP, has raised $55 million in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures as the company looks to quadruple its revenue this year. The funding round also saw participation from existing investors, including Benchmark, which led Levelpath’s $14.5 million seed round, and Redpoint, the lead investor in the $30 million Series A round announced in 2023. The startup was founded by Stan Garber and Alex Yakubovich (pictured right)

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A Super Mario Maker 2 player has cleared an astonishing 1 million levels

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-21 01:24:45

Super Mario Maker 2 was released six years ago this past Saturday. While Nintendo didn't do a whole lot to mark the occasion, one of the game's most dedicated players sure did. DSteves hit a remarkable milestone by becoming the first to clear 1 million SMM2 levels. The Twitch and YouTube streamer had hoped to reach that point by the game's sixth anniversary and got there toward the end of a 18-hour marathon . In fact, DSteves cleared 1,000 levels during that single stream. After the 999,999th

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‘Leviathan’ Is a Steampunk Anime Soaring With Heart, Even if Its Animation Grounds It

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-08-21 05:15:45

While anime remakes and manga adaptations, along with the occasional original project, continue to dominate the medium, a quieter trend has begun to emerge: the adaptation of Western novels. The latest addition to this movement is Scott Westerfeld’s 2009 steampunk historical fiction novel, Leviathan, reimagined as a 3DCG anime by Studio Orange in partnership with Qubic Pictures of Star Wars: Visions fame. Though the 12-episode anime doesn’t quite recapture the visual splendor of the studio’s ear

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Make Sure to Stay on Top of These 6 Blood Tests When Monitoring Your Health

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-21 17:04:53

Having your blood drawn might not be much fun, but regular diagnostic tests of your blood can detect diseases early for treatment and give your doctor and medical providers critical information about how well your body is functioning. The proper frequency of these blood tests depends on your age and personal health status -- the most important thing is to ask your doctor which tests you need and when you need them. With all the different types of blood tests out there, it's good to go into you

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LLMs Bring New Nature of Abstraction

news.ycombinator.com Martin Fowler 2025-08-19 00:55:14

Like most loudmouths in this field, I've been paying a lot of attention to the role that generative AI systems may play in software development. I think the appearance of LLMs will change software development to a similar degree as the change from assembler to the first high-level programming languages. The further development of languages and frameworks increased our abstraction level and productivity, but didn't have that kind of impact on the nature of programming. LLMs are making that degree

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LLMs bring new nature of abstraction – up and sideways

news.ycombinator.com Martin Fowler 2025-08-18 09:52:05

Like most loudmouths in this field, I've been paying a lot of attention to the role that generative AI systems may play in software development. I think the appearance of LLMs will change software development to a similar degree as the change from assembler to the first high-level programming languages. The further development of languages and frameworks increased our abstraction level and productivity, but didn't have that kind of impact on the nature of programming. LLMs are making that degree

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Space Elevators Could Totally Work—if Earth Days Were Much Shorter

wired.com Rhett Allain 2025-08-23 15:00:00

Suppose you could speed up Earth’s rotation so that a day was only half as long? What would happen? Well, for starters we’d have to make new clocks that only have hours 1 to 6 for am and pm. If you had tickets to an 8 o’clock concert, you’d be out of luck: 8 o’clock no longer exists. But maybe a more germane question is, why do physicists ask nutty questions like this? It’s never going to happen—just move on, right? Well, here’s the deal. Thinking about counterfactual scenarios gives us insight

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Space Elevators Could Totally Work—If Earth Days Were Much Shorter

wired.com Rhett Allain 2025-08-24 01:00:00

Suppose you could speed up Earth’s rotation so that a day was only half as long? What would happen? Well, for starters we’d have to make new clocks that only have hours 1 to 6 for am and pm. If you had tickets to an 8 o’clock concert, you’d be out of luck: 8 o’clock no longer exists. But maybe a more germane question is, why do physicists ask nutty questions like this? It’s never going to happen—just move on, right? Well, here’s the deal. Thinking about counterfactual scenarios gives us insight

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Nothing confirms the Phone 3 is getting a periscope lens, and here’s a gallery of what it can do

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-25 21:39:15

TL;DR Nothing has confirmed that the Phone 3 will have a telephoto camera. There’s no word on the optical zoom level. The company shared a few examples of what the lens is capable of. Nothing is a company that often likes to send out teasers of new products. True to form, the company has released a new teaser for the upcoming Phone 3, revealing that the Android phone will have a camera that its predecessor lacked. In a social media post, Nothing confirmed that the Phone 3 will feature a 50MP

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Best Internet Providers in Cleveland, Ohio

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-28 12:09:00

What is the best internet provider in Cleveland? CNET recommends Spectrum as the best overall internet provider in Cleveland, Ohio. The reasoning for this is because of its overall widespread availability, with a variety of plans that are suitable for those who live alone or for those who have a full household that's in desperate need of speeds. Spectrum also has a great and reasonable pricing to consider, with its 1,000Mbps plan costing just $70 per month. Yet while there is a wide range of i

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