The following article contains spoilers for earlier Star Trek properties but doesn’t reveal specific spoilers about Star Trek: Picard season three, not that you should be watching it anyway. It’s 2034 and Warner Bros. decides it needs to wring more cash out of Friends, the decade defining cultural juggernaut and sitcom behemoth. Imagine what that […]
A swallow doesn’t make a summer and I’m not sure you can count four examples of a product as a trend, but certainly an interesting topic at this year’s CES. At this year’s show, four companies are showcasing urine analysis tools designed for home use by the general public. They are positioned as a natural […]
There are some things you can’t really show off in the same way as other consumer electronics pieces. One such tool is a WiFi-connected urine analyzer that sits in your toilet and samples your pee for analysis. As such, I had to go to an event behind closed doors in a private suite at CES […]
I get it: On the one hand, you want to be a resilient, off-grid solarpunk freed from the yoke of your increasingly unreliable energy company. On the other hand, you want to continue to enjoy creature comforts both at home and on the go. This is a problem that EcoFlow understands, and it has applied […]
There are many reasons why we are not yet in the mass production revolution enabled by 3D printing. One of them is that technology is time consuming and often forces you to release a print that works overnight without oversight. That means there’s probably a lot of dead time when a finished print is sitting […]
Shiftall is a Panasonic company dedicated to creating equipment to immerse people in their virtual world. This includes Mutalk (pictured), a mouth-worn Bluetooth microphone designed to prevent your speech from being heard by people in the same room. But here at CES, the company unveiled two new versions of its VR headset, as well as […]
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Slow Horses It was a slowly burning surprise when its first season started in April. This was another Apple TV hit whose marketing wasn’t good enough to connect with viewers, instead relying on word of mouth. What audiences did find, however, was a low-risk spy drama with the meaty, retro vibes you’d rarely see in […]
For most people there is no such thing. necessary Roomba, if you can run your own vacuum cleaner. It’s nice to have them and do a job, but you’ll get better results if you put the job on yourself. They also need more management than Rosie the Robot. Jetsons or Red Dwarfs kryten When you […]
Elon Musk has banned Twitter employees from working remotely, saying they must stay in the office 40 hours a week unless expressly permitted otherwise. Bloomberg It is reported from the company’s first official communication with Musk since acquiring the platform. He said employees should prepare for the “hard times ahead” for ad-driven businesses like Twitter, […]
Less than two months after a million vehicles admitted to having faulty window sensors, Tesla is issuing another large-scale recall. This time around, the company is chasing a software bug that cuts off the power steering when driving over potholes. A software fix is being released, and Tesla said more than 97 percent of affected […]
On October 15, billionaire Elon Musk said that Ukraine will indefinitely fund the use of Starlink to support the country. But on October 24, the Ukrainian army lost internet access, causing problems for the commanders and soldiers fighting against the Russian invasion. The outage was reportedly caused by a funding brouhaha between Musk, SpaceX, and […]
Something is happening at Virgin Hyperloop, the new startup trying to bring Elon Musk’s high-speed train vision to life. At some point in the last few weeks, the company quietly changed its name to Hyperloop One, the brand it used between 2016 and 2017. The website was also cleaned using an old stock image of […]
I’ve always wanted an Apple TV, but the high price and unlocked features made me choose Roku’s ecosystem instead. While I appreciate the freedom Roku offers, Devindra Hardawar’s new 4K TV review almost made my head spin. The 2022 model is cheaper, smaller, and more efficient than its predecessor, and still comes with that fancy […]
Canon’s EOS R6 was a great camera with one fatal flaw: It couldn’t maintain its temperature, so it overheated quite regularly. Two years later, Canon released a successor that would help restore its reputation after such a high-profile mistake. The EOS R6 Mark II features a higher resolution 24.2 megapixel sensor, faster shutter speeds and […]
There’s the BBC and Disney announced Next seasons of Doctor Who will air on Disney+ outside the UK and Ireland. This is confirmation of a long-standing rumor that the UK’s public broadcaster is looking to remove the show from its traditional distribution network. back in July, Bloomberg Reportedly, Disney is looking for “established” brands to […]
Logitech is announcing a quartet of wireless accessories in the Designed for Mac line of wireless accessories today. The first title item is the MX Mechanical Mini (for Mac), an Apple-preferred variation of the current MX Mini released earlier this year. Basically, it’s the same product as before and offers a refined variation on the […]
There are plenty of robots that say they can sweep and mop your floors, but they never satisfy anyone. On some, you have to fiddle with the system to add the mat halfway, while on others it will drag the dirty pad through your clean carpets and rugs. This is a problem that iRobot has […]
Paramount has announced a new scripted Star Trek podcast detailing the exploits of villain Khan Noonien Singh. Star Trek: Han – Ceti Alpha V The classic episode will cover the period after Khan and his cohort of genetically modified villains were exiled. Space Seed and before Star Trek II: Khan’s Wrath. More importantly, the long-debated […]
Apple’s long-awaited Far Out event is a . He was blessed with a new, super-sized sibling, and his screen was notched for a diamond-shaped punch hole. Sorry, folks at Apple insist we call the hole “Dynamic Island” because the screen around it will resize for notifications. It’s reintroduced with all the added reinforcement that extreme […]
The US may excel in semiconductor design, but manufacturing is still the crown jewel of places like Taiwan. To counter this, the Biden administration determined where to allocate the $50 billion investment allowed by the CHIPS law. Of that, $28 billion is to boost domestic production of cutting-edge logic and memory chips. The money will […]
It’s been a while since an iPhone launch really felt like an event, as each new model is only marginally brighter than the last. Not so, it promised to be a complete redesign with major changes and new features. Headline tweaks include vastly improved cameras, a hole to replace the notch, and an always-on display. […]
If there was a fundamental distinction between Twitter’s leadership and its users, it was in the presence or absence of an edit button. For most of its life, the company has opposed users to change tweets after they’ve been posted. This is more or less changing from today, because Twitter announced indeed it said it […]
A blockbuster lawsuit focusing on who accesses a celebrity’s Instagram Stories will be the subject of a new documentary about Disney+. Wagatha Christie It will tell the story of broadcaster Coleen Rooney, who is married to former Manchester United and England football superstar (and current DC United coach) Wayne Rooney. After stories about Rooney’s life […]
A group of Apple employees step back against an impending deadline that demands they return to work at the office. The Financial Times He saw a petition distributed by the Apple Together employee group demanding more flexibility in working remotely. It came in response to an edict requiring workers to return to work at the […]
The following article discusses themes explored in the documentary, including substance abuse, mental health, gun violence, and suicide. We all know or knew that man. Not in your social circle, but still known; someone’s older brother, cousin, or drinking buddy. Whenever they have a captive audience, they’ll tell you stories of their exploits when they’re […]
Anglo-American EV startup Arrival is shelving groundbreaking bus and car projects as it struggles to manage its cash reserves. The Financial Times The company, which said last month it would lay off a third of its staff, said it will now focus on completing the delivery van. Arrival said it has received up to 20,000 […]
The theory and practice of marginal gains is to find and fix hundreds of little things that make up something huge in total. Asics believes there are gains to be made with what runners wear at home as well as what they wear on the track. This is the veil of Actibreeze 3D, a pair […]
Framework sold its eponymous laptop with the promise that end users should feel comfortable enough to fix almost any hardware problem themselves. Replacing a component should not be the reserve of dedicated service professionals if all you need is a T5 screwdriver and patience. When the company launched its new 12th generation Intel Core motherboards, […]
The following article includes: really important spoiler For the ‘Quality of Mercy’. We live in an era of prequels, with studios using every scrap of available material where there’s an audience to enjoy beforehand. However, the low fruit and easy cash a prequel promises severely limits the storytelling opportunities for these properties. Obi-Wan Kenobi cannot […]