Home From robot arms to bumper cars, I found the best home tech I’d put inside my smart home of the future Read more about the latest tech from IFA 2026: The 5 best new tech products we’ve seen at IFA 2026First look: Hypershell is launching the world’s first full-leg exoskeleton at IFA 2026 Timecode…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For decades, a phone call home from prison could cost a family several dollars a minute. That wasn’t an oversight. It was the business model. A growing number of state prison systems and county jails have moved to make calls free, arguing that regular contact with family is one…
Montréal’s NorthStar is helping a division of Canada’s air force track threats in space ahead of its anticipated public offering this fall. The news: The space tech company, founded in 2015, announced an agreement today with the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 3 Canadian Space Division (3 CSD) worth more than $40 million CAD over 12…
TikTok Canada will be allowed to continue its business operations in the country while it awaits another government review. On Wednesday, federal court Justice Russel Zinn set aside a Nov. 5, 2024 order that would have forced the social media app to wind down its business in the country. Zinn ordered the matter to be…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. Every once in a while, liberal TV host Bill Maher gets something right. Now is another one of those times. On his HBO show on Friday night, Maher slammed Obama’s hideous new presidential library, for its looks, the cost of the project, and more. Maher even insulted his own audience for…
by Katherine Gallagher: How the country went from a deforestation crisis to becoming a global leader in sustainability… In 2019, Costa Rica was named “Champion of the Earth” by the United Nations for its direct role in protecting nature and fighting climate change. The country, which is home to just over 5 million residents, was…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Think about the last time you ate lunch without also doing something else. Not at your desk, not in the car, not scrolling. Just sitting with food and letting it be the thing. For a lot of Americans, it’s hard to remember. For the French, it’s just lunch. Jane…
While astronomers are providing new knowledge of the stars daily, ancestral star knowledge is fading. For humans around the world, the stars were not mere objects of esoteric curiosity but guides to time and place that dictated the rhythm of life, and new research indicates that indigenous people in South Africa may be losing certain…
A 68-year-old man widely known and loved as “Polk County Santa,” who has portrayed Santa Claus at major Florida Christmas parades, events, and photo shoots for nearly a decade, was arrested for allegedly trying to pay $200 to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. Thomas Allen Hicks of Lakeland was one of 19 suspects taken…
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