Video game confession time — I own a Nintendo Switch, and I’ve never played even a single minute of a Zelda game. I do know Link, of course, because he’s one of the worst drivers in Super Mario Kart and one of the best fighters in my favorite Nintendo... Read more

When Chuck Mumford first launched Pit Viper, the Salt Lake City-based sunglass company he founded with college buddy Chris Garcin in 2012, he picked up an old Samsonite briefcase at Goodwill, spray painted it neon colors, and filled it with a bunch of the outrageously bright military-grade sunglasses he’d... Read more

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OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman is set to reclaim his position as CEO after being ousted by the company’s board just days ago, reports Axios. Additionally, a revamped board, led by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, has been announced. This agreement “in principle” follows... Read more

While VPNs, or virtual private networks, are great at protecting your privacy, there’s an unavoidable trade-off: slower internet speeds, often by 50% or more. It’s the nature of how VPNs work, where your data has to bounce to another server to be encrypted, and there’s really no way around... Read more

Every single year I tell myself that I’m not going to go overboard for the holidays. Then I start shopping for all 20 of my 20 closest family members and friends. Pair that big list of people with the fact that gift-giving is my love language, and you’ve got... Read more

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has recently filed a complaint against the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. According to Protos, the SEC alleges that Kraken has been functioning as an unregistered national securities exchange, broker, and clearing house. Kraken’s Monday announcement has sparked a strong rebuttal from the company, which is... Read more

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Days after he was fired as CEO by OpenAI’s board, Sam Altman is set to return to the company. OpenAI released a statement late Tuesday saying it had “reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO.” The proposed agreement includes replacing all the... Read more