A clearer view of what is new online
Apps, websites, products and the people behind them. Clear explainers to help you decide what to try, buy or trust.
The “2026 is the new 2016” trend brings back 2016 photos, filters, music and memes. It is partly nostalgia and partly a reaction against today’s highly polished, AI filled internet.
Thinking Machines Lab is Mira Murati’s AI company behind Tinker and the open weight Inkling models. It raised a US$2…
Opeyemi Adeniran created Danfo Run after a career in software engineering. Read about his Lagos childhood, studies, Berlin work and…
Welocalize is a Maryland localization company founded in 1997 that also supplies AI training data through Welo Data. This covers…
Amazon closed Mechanical Turk on 30 September 2026 after 21 years. This covers what the notice says, the dates that…
Incogni is a data removal service from Surfshark that sends opt-out requests to hundreds of data brokers. This explains how…
Chime is a US fintech app that looks like a bank but offers accounts through partner banks. This covers how…
YesStyle is a Hong Kong-based online retailer of Asian fashion and beauty, launched in 2006 by the founders of YesAsia.…
Quince is a San Francisco retailer founded in 2018 that sells factory-direct apparel and homeware. This covers the founders, the…
The Jaecoo 7 PHEV pairs a 1.5-litre turbo petrol with an 18.3 kWh battery for a claimed 56-mile electric range.…
Surfshark is a VPN service founded in 2018 that merged with Nord Security in 2022. This covers who owns it,…
The Fairphone Gen. 6 costs €599 and is built around a removable battery, replaceable modules and software support through at…
MrBeast is YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, reported as the first creator to pass 500 million subscribers. This covers his channel milestones…
Tosin Eniolorunda is a Nigerian software engineer who co-founded TeamApt, now Moniepoint, in 2015. This profile covers his career, the…
A factual guide to Elon Musk's companies and current roles: Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company and X, including the…
Text messages claiming your T-Mobile Rewards points are about to expire have been reported as a large phishing campaign. This…
TriZetto Provider Solutions, a Cognizant company that serves healthcare providers, disclosed a data breach affecting about 3.4 million people. This…
Phishing emails disguised as Paperless Post invitations have been reported by local news and security teams. This explains what a…
New apps, websites, AI tools and online services: what they are, who made them, what they cost and where they work.
New gadgets, phones, accessories and technology products: what changed, what it costs and who it is for.
Founders, creators, developers and the people behind new products or suddenly in the news, with only verified background.
What is suddenly trending online, platform changes and the questions people are starting to ask.
