I’ve been a technology nerd most of my life. I remember my family getting their first Gateway computer, and that was a total game-changer for me. I figured out everything I could about that computer and, of course, ended up on Napster quite quickly, ripping CDs for people at school. Even ...

It’s the weekend again, meaning it’s time for us to reveal our winner and loser of the week.  This week saw multiple announcements from DJI, including the beginner-friendly Avata 2 FPV drone and the RS 4 and RS 4 Pro professional gimbals. Roku unveiled its newest TV software, Kobo brought ...

While the Stryker is a proven vehicle with numerous successes in multiple theaters of war, it does have some weaknesses. There's a tradeoff when an armored vehicle isn't outfitted with the thickest possible armor. This enables maneuverability while trading survivability, which is why you should ...

People in palliative care are dealing with serious, non-curable illness. Every day can be filled with severe physical, psychological and emotional pain. Palliative care staff work hard to help make patients as comfortable as possible and provide strong emotional support. Meaningful ...

While combat vehicles are decisive and essential to many ground operations, troops are irreplaceable. Because of this, the MRAP's design favored crew survivability over vehicle sustainment, and it worked well. The v-shaped hull and high center of gravity make most explosives incapable of ...

Samsung ViewFinity S9 offers more features than Apple’s Studio Display, but it doesn’t mean it can beat it. Pros HDR support Built-in matte display Height adjustable stand Cons Terrible speakers Tizen is bad for quick settings Poor ...

Recap: HP seems to have embraced the role of the villain in the realm of printers and ink cartridges, as controversies surrounding the company persist. Legal battles have arisen over its customer policies, with recent arguments focusing on whether consumers knowingly agree to exclusively ...

Why choose between a gaming laptop and one meant for school when you can get a PC that does both? Gaming laptops are now cheaper and more powerful than ever, and many wouldn’t look out of place in a classroom. If you’re aiming to do some serious multimedia work alongside playing video games ...

What car enthusiasts and collectors love the most are extremely low-production, low-mileage, and eccentric classic vehicles with an interesting back story, and the Vector M12 - a rare fiberglass-bodied American supercar built in the '90s - certainly checks all the boxes. Designed by McLaren F1 ...

Microsoft is exploring the idea of putting ads in your Windows 11 Start menu. To be specific, it's looking to place advertisements for apps you can find in the Microsoft Store in the menu's recommended section. I could hear you sighing in defeat if you've used Windows 10 extensively before — ...

The more scientists learn about the health risks of PFAS, found in everything from nonstick cookware to carpets to ski wax, the more concerning these "forever chemicals" become. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency now believes there is no safe level for two common PFAS – PFOA and PFOS ...

Do you think a judge will make Google allow an Android version of the Epic Games Store to live inside its own Google Play Store, let the Epic Games Store have access to every app inside Google Play, and let Android users begin sideloading apps with a single tap? Because Epic’s asking for those ...

The price of a monthly subscription to Tesla's (kind-of) self-driving software has just been cut in half. Tesla's Full Self Driving (Supervised) subscription now costs $99 per month, a reduction from the previous standard of $199. Tesla instituted the $199 monthly upgrade fee in 2021, back ...

Somehow, carmakers led us to believe that crossover SUVs are the automobiles we absolutely need if we are to survive these manic times of personal transportation. Clearly, we’ve been played because the oversized hatchbacks are about as meaningful as three-quarter pants. And yet, they also come ...

  AI just keeps getting smarter: another significant upgrade has been pushed out for ChatGPT, its developer OpenAI has announced, and specifically to the GPT-4 Turbo model available to those paying for ChatGPT Plus, Team, or Enterprise. OpenAI says ChatGPT will now be better at ...

IAAC introduces ecological MOBILE CATALYST flexible living unit Developed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), MO.CA (Mobile Catalyst) represents an advanced and ecological mobile home constructed using ‘zero-kilometer’ natural materials and digital construction ...

Since April 8, when I witnessed a total eclipse of the sun, I've been feeling progressively more melancholy. It isn't because I was underwhelmed, or because my vantage point wasn't ideal, or because of some depressing epiphany I had while watching the moon turn our planet's star into a wispy ...

Canned salmon are the unlikely heroes of an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum, with decades of Alaskan marine ecology preserved in brine and tin. Parasites can tell us a lot about an ecosystem, because they're usually up in the business of several species. But unless ...

"Pretty disappointing..." Cracked View Who can forget that unscripted moment back in 2019 when a Tesla employee threw a metal ball at the futuristic Cybertruck during its live unveiling, breaking the so-called "armor glass" window in a spectacularly public setting? Now, a post from an ...

What just happened? Apple is warning iPhone users in 92 countries that they may have been the target of mercenary spyware attacks. The message was sent at 12:00 pm PDT via email and iMessage to the contact details associated with the users' respective Apple IDs. Apple did not reveal the ...

DuckDuckGo, the search engine known for its commitment to user privacy, has launched a new subscription service called Privacy Pro. This service aims to provide users with a more comprehensive suite of privacy protections beyond what is available for free through the DuckDuckGo browser. The ...

Blizzard is taking mid-match leaves on Overwatch 2 more seriously and is implementing harsher punishments when Season 10 arrives. People playing Unranked games won't be able to join a queue for five minutes after leaving two of their last 20 games. And if they leave at least 10 out of the ...

HDMI cables are also used to send video and audio between two devices but are often more versatile than DP cables. The HDMI creators intended for the cable to function as a universal tool for connecting devices, serving as a one-size-fits-all solution for connecting devices. Since then, the ...

One of our top Samsung laptop picks of the past year just received an almighty price cut from Currys. The beloved UK retailed has slashed £450 off the price of the Samsung Galaxy Book 3 360, bringing the final figure for this superb laptop down from £1,099 to just £649. Currys is listing ...

"We show that we can use this fluid to endow intelligence into a simple robot." Smart Water Harvard researchers have created what they're characterizing as an "intelligent liquid" — or in more specific terms, a programmable fluid with a unique structure that allows it to radically alter its ...

Spotify is debuting AI Playlists in specific parts of the world within a beta period, providing access to a new feature that will allow users to "fuel discovery and music curation." This is through a feature that allows the user to type a prompt in its chat, with an AI calculating songs ...

In a nutshell: A modder has turned a rare PS1 controller from 2001 into a fully-working portable PlayStation. The man behind the new console is well-known Japanese modder Hairo Satoh, who calls himself the "Gameboy Doctor" in an apparent nod to his Game Boy mods that have made him a hit with ...

Let’s be honest, most laptops are incredibly expensive, making a new purchase a costly expense. But most people don’t need to spend over the odds on a portable PC, especially if you’re open to the very best Chromebook options. That said, there are a lot of Chromebooks out there that have a ...

Auto China 2024 - also known as the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, will be held between April 25 and May 4, 2024, at New China International Exhibition Centre. A lot of big automakers are trying to reassert their focus on China with new products and localized developments – and ...

Logitech has unveiled the G Pro X 60, its latest mechanical gaming keyboard. Similar to the peripheral maker's G Pro X TKL from last year, this is a wireless model aimed at competitive-minded gamers first and foremost. Unlike that device, it has a smaller 60 percent layout, which means it ...

Tesla (TSLA) stock closed up nearly 5% on Monday as investors bought into CEO Elon Musk’s latest proclamation that Tesla would debut its long-awaited robotaxi on Aug. 8. Musk’s announcement of Tesla’s Robotaxi after the bell on Friday followed a Reuters report that Tesla had canceled plans ...

 Dell’s Inspiron line of business laptops are far from the most exciting computers out there, but with the Inspiron 14 Plus (7440) it really is what’s inside that counts. With an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and a 1TB SSD, you have the power, storage, and battery life to keep up with the most ...

The jeep came with high expectations when the government approached American automakers about creating a vehicle for the war. This land rover had to carry three people, be four-wheel drive, have a fold-down windshield, could carry 660 lbs., have an engine capable of at least 85 ft.-lbs of ...

Numerous tuners have left their mark on the latest generation Land Rover Defender, so the aftermarket offering is vast. Be it a widebody conversion, specific add-ons, custom interiors, power boosts, wheels, and so on, everything is only a few mouse clicks or screen taps away on the World Wide ...

Intel just released XeSS 1.3, an update to its AI-powered upscaling technology designed to enhance performance and image quality in games. This is good news for early AI PC adopters who may have had issues with performance during certain tasks or when gaming. This could also become a huge ...

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 33, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been writing about the end of Google ...

The all-new Toyota Hilux Champ has a lot of merits to consider. Entrepreneurs and small business owners should pay attention since few commercial vehicles from a legacy automaker could beat the Hilux Champ's $13,000 base price. The Ford Maverick is currently the lowest-priced pickup truck on ...

Security researchers put the much-touted guardrails placed around the most popular AI models to see how well they resisted jailbreaking, and tested just how far the chatbots could be pushed into dangerous territory. The experiment determined that Grok—the chatbot with a “fun mode” developed by ...

It's hard to imagine the amount of thrust needed to launch a space shuttle into orbit, let alone one as massive as SpaceX's Starship. However, the company's Raptor engines do just the trick, even if they need nearly 40 of them to complete the spacecraft's journey. So, how powerful are they? ...

Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that AI companies were running into a wall when it comes to gathering high-quality training data. Today, The New York Times detailed some of the ways companies have dealt with this. Unsurprisingly, it involves doing things that fall into the ...

Apple will make it easier for you to pay for music purchases and subscriptions outside of its payment system, if you're living in a European Union country. As first noticed by 9to5Mac, the company has updated its Apple Developer guidelines page to state that iOS and iPadOS music streaming ...

Argentina-based firm Grizzo Studio designs this Bosque House in Martínez as a unique dwelling integrating lush plant-life and organic forms. The project began with a desire to preserve the essence of the existing leafy garden. The team envisioned the house as an extension of the landscape, ...

Musk's announcement on X wasn't the only time Tesla's Robotaxi was mentioned on April 5. Just hours earlier, it was revealed that the long-awaited Model 2 project was essentially dead. Leaked internal emails from Tesla suggested that the company had pulled the plug on its plans to produce an ...

A hot potato: The most popular AI algorithms available today require constant internet access to interact with powerful data centers. Opera Software claims it can perform the same functions using just a properly configured browser and an initial, massive download. A recent update to Opera's ...

Solar eclipse glasses are so important, but on April 8, some people in the path of totality will wear them when they absolutely should not—and lose a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see one of nature’s most beautiful sights. Let’s be clear: eclipse glasses are an essential tool for ...

More than 40% of all websites around the internet are based on WordPress. This latest version of WordPress puts more power into the details. It offers new and improved ways to fine-tune and enhance your site-building experience, letting you take control in ways that make it your own. You'll ...

first look at cargo tiny house by madeiguincho Portuguese practice Madeiguincho shares first-look images of CARGO, a new Tiny House project soon available for short-term rental. The atelier challenged itself by repurposing an old shipping container, converting it into a daylit and space-saving ...

We have no good reason to believe that aliens have ever contacted Earth. Sure, there are conspiracy theories, and some rather strange reports about harm to cattle, but nothing credible. Physicist Enrico Fermi found this odd. His formulation of the puzzle, proposed in the 1950s and now ...

In February, Google announced that it would put Gemini’s AI abilities into products and services, such as Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and Meet, for Google One AI Premium plan subscribers. Some of those features have already started rolling out, but on Wednesday, PiunikaWeb shared the first images of ...

Earlier today Microsoft announced new tools and features to Copilot in Microsoft 365. Jordi Ribas, the CVP, Head of Engineering and Product for Copilot and Bing at Microsoft shared a tweet (X is a figment of Musk's imagination) regarding the announcement. The two important Copilot updates ...