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With Multiple Train Megaprojects Ahead, Hochul Builds Her ‘Transit Legacy’

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair Janno Lieber walk along tracks in Borough Park slated to become part of the Interborough Express, Aug. 1, 2025.

New York City’s mass-transit system is potentially on track for what could be its most ambitious expansion in close to a century thanks, in part, to a booster from the state’s western edge. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal last week to advance the possibility of someday extending the Second Avenue Subway west to three new stations […]

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Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web  —  A report from market intelligence firm Similarweb suggests that Meta's Threads is now seeing more daily usage than Elon Musk's X on mobile devices.

RunPod, an AI app hosting service launched four years ago that raised a $20M seed in May 2024, says it has reached a $120M annual revenue run rate (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
RunPod, an AI app hosting service launched four years ago that raised a $20M seed in May 2024, says it has reached a $120M annual revenue run rate  —  Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh tell TechCrunch.

Demon Slayer's head writer reveals how cornerstone of Japanese cinema inspired Infinity Castle

How Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai shaped Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, inspiring Hikaru Kondo’s intense, high-stakes anime epic.

Why the False Hydra is D&D’s best homebrew monster — and why you can only run it once

The False Hydra turns player forgetfulness into horror, making it one of the smartest and most memorable homebrew monsters in D&D.