On the morning of May 5th, 1961, 37-year-old Alan Shepard woke up, ate a breakfast (consisting of a filet mignon wrapped in bacon, scrambled eggs, and orange juice), strapped into the Freedom 7 rocket, and blasted off into space, becoming the first American astronaut to do so. Shepard's historic flight - and the first crewed […]

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Sao Paulo-based Enter, which uses AI to handle litigation for companies like Airbnb, raised $100M led by Founders Fund at a $1.2B valuation  —  Enter, a Brazilian AI legal startup, has tripled its valuation to $1.2 billion in a new round of funding, vaulting it into the upper ranks of artificial intelligence companies in Latin America.

In terms of pricing, the original AirPods Max remained stubbornly high even years after their debut, which made them hard to recommend over the Bose QC Ultra or Sony’s XM series headphones unless you were an Apple die-hard. The AirPods Max 2, however, have been out for just over a month, and we’re already seeing a $40 […]

Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir arrives again just in time to be the best new book of Pride 2026.

Like Batman and Wolverine, Daredevil would be a particularly interesting hero to see age on screen. Actor Charlie Cox seems into it.