Cursor’s CEO revealed extreme recruiting tactics including flying to candidates after they rejected offers. The AI startup just raised $900 million and uses intense two-day work trials to vet engineers in the competitive talent market.
Scientists have cracked the code on how tightly packed chromosomes can move so dynamically inside living cells. The discovery reveals they obey a universal physical law similar to Newton’s third law. This solves a contradiction that’s puzzled biologists for decades.
Mechanical engineering professor Alan McGaughey coordinated the Phonon Olympics, bringing together developers and expert users to test three leading open-source thermal conductivity calculation packages. After four years of work involving 17 people across six teams, the results show the packages pro
Researchers captured the first images of plasma’s interaction with water, revealing self-organizing patterns that could make destroying PFAS more efficient. The discovery might help scale up plasma water treatment from lab demonstrations to industrial applications. But the energy-intensive process s
Over half of Irish parents believe technology education is crucial for preparing children for future careers, but there’s a surprising generational split. Younger adults are significantly less convinced about tech’s benefits compared to older millennials who work in tech-driven environments.
New data reveals just 18% of board seats at UK tech scale-ups are held by women, with 36% having zero female representation. But several female-led companies are showing a different path forward with significant funding and growth.
Mastercard is in advanced talks to acquire crypto infrastructure provider ZeroHash for up to $2 billion. The deal would give Mastercard control over critical technology that bridges traditional finance with digital assets. This represents one of the largest acquisitions ever in the crypto infrastruc
Samsung is showcasing two innovative storage solutions at CES 2026. The Detachable AutoSSD features modular design for automotive use, while the PM9E1 offers PCIe Gen5 speeds in compact form for AI PCs. Both represent significant advances in storage technology.
Perplexity AI is positioning itself as a freedom fighter for the open web, but its aggressive tactics are drawing fire from major tech companies. Amazon has sued to stop Perplexity’s Comet browser from autonomously browsing its store, while Reddit alleges illegal scraping of billions of posts.
Microsoft is preparing to launch AI agents that function as independent users within enterprise environments. These agents will have their own email addresses, Teams accounts, and can autonomously perform tasks. The rollout is expected later in November.
