His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets. Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit...

DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’ In Brief Posted: 6:40 AM PDT · March 18, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images The U.S. Department of Defense said on Tuesday evening that Anthropic poses an “unacceptable risk to national security,” marking the agency’s first rebuttal to the AI lab’s lawsuits...

Chappell Roan leaves talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after Epstein falloutGetty ImagesSinger Chappell Roan says she has left the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman, whose name appears in the Epstein files.Announcing her split with the agency, Roan said she has a "duty to protect her team" and her decision reflected her belief that "meaningful change in our industry requires...

Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for Feb. 8, #503Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.It's Super Bowl Sunday! Today's Connections: Sports Edition is all about the big game. If you're...

Apple's Midrange iPad Gets an M4 Chip Bump, Arriving March 11If you're shopping for a midrange iPad, Apple has an update to the Air that just arrived. And it makes the high-end iPad Pro released last fall maybe feel a little less necessary. The new iPad Air is available for preorder on Wednesday, March 4, arriving on March 11.The iPad Air's chip update to an M4 chip is hardly surprising, but it...