Only 4% of the startups in YC's 2026 spring batch had a native mobile app as their main product, down from 15% in 2013, as startups focus on AI and agents

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Everyone Hates ‘Digger.’ It’s the Perfect Climate Movie

Should you see a Looney Tunes–esque satire that stars Tom Cruise in prosthetics portraying a loud caricature of an American oilman, that’s currently on track to be one of the biggest box-office failures of all time? Absolutely yes—and it’s a movie that rewired my expectations of

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Apple’s HomeView ad is confusing to everyone except parents

Apple’s ad introducing its new HomeView smart display is a little unusual. It’s fast-paced and unruly, depicting a family of five as they rush through the morning routine. There’s yelling and mess, misplaced keys and discarded eggshells. Apple’s typical vibe is clean, simple, orderly; this commercial

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Perficient Included in Forrester Research on the Rise of Profitable Distributed Commerce

Buying decisions extend beyond brand websites. Customers now discover, compare, and select products across social platforms, marketplaces, answer engines, connected devices, and AI-powered experiences. These channels open new paths to purchase, but each one changes the cost and level of control involved in reaching customers. Many organizations are responding by

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The Energy and Infrastructure Challenges Behind Physical AI

For three years, "AI" meant something you talked to. A box on a screen that wrote your emails, summarized your meetings, and occasionally hallucinated a court case. That version of AI lived entirely behind glass, with no hands, no weight, no stake in the physical room it was