I love my Roomba, and I hate my Roomba. The endearing little beeps and boops, the hypnotic but inexplicable path it takes across my floor, the possibility of training woodland animals to ride it across the floor…there’s a lot to like. But, three yea…
Lees meerLast week, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement in a landmark defamation case stemming from the 2020 election, and the immediate reaction from the online communities (Twitter and Reddit) was something like disappointment. In a c…
Lees meerWebcams, especially the ones built-into computers, haven’t always been that great. The priority was convenience, not necessarily quality, when it came to powering video calls on your mobile machine. But times have changed: Not only can you buy high-…
Lees meerDave’s Hot Chicken started as a single popup in a Los Angeles parking lot in 2017. Today, it’s in 20 states and Washington D.C., and it’s on track to be the fastest-growing chain after opening its 100th location in Brooklyn, NY, with 14 more to ope…
Lees meerEmail is old. In its earliest incarnation, email dates back to 1965—a time when computers were the size of elephants and only a small number of nerds had regular access to them—and the kind of email we recognize today dates back to the early 1970s.R…
Lees meerChatGPT can do a lot, but we haven’t reached Hollywood-levels of AI just yet. OpenAI doesn’t let you ask ChatGPT questions with your voice, and it won’t respond in kind, at least not without a browser extension. But, as it turns out, you can pick up…
Lees meerWe didn’t the cinematic Nike Air Jordan bipoic Air to remind us of the indelible mark Michael Jordan has made not just on basketball, but on the shoe game. The birth of the Air Jordans in 1985 meant big things for the company, but it also blew the…
Lees meerFor some reason, I have a Moon Pie-branded tin that is absolutely stuffed with old wine corks I’ve collected over the years. I don’t know what I’m saving them for; all they do is remind me that I’ve spent a fair amount of money of mid-priced wine, y…
Lees meerI’m going to admit upfront that I’m a big Windex girl. It’s cheap, it’s always available, and it’s easy to spray on everything from mirrors (normal!) to tabletops (nor normal!) for a quick rubdown. It turns out, though, that you’re really not suppos…
Lees meerThe concept of an omelette is enticing and simple: Wrap tasty stuff in an egg blanket. In practice, however, it can be so frustratingly hard to get “right” that even celebrity chef judges will quiz other professionals on if they can make a perfect F…
Lees meerCar insurance companies don’t take unnecessary risks—and now, for State Farm and Progressive, many Hyundais and Kias are a risk they are not willing to take, at least temporarily. The reason? That same viral TikTok trend from the “Kia Boyz” we cover…
Lees meerAmazon’s Prime Video is known to have some of the deepest pockets in the streaming biz, having recently spent more than $140 million on Daisy Jones & the Six, $175 million on The Peripheral, and $465 million on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Po…
Lees meerWhen you keep shuffling between browser tabs, meetings, and tasks on your Mac, it’s easy to lose track of a few important things. You may have referenced a document that contained an important quote for a blog post, or heard an insightful comment du…
Lees meerIf you’ve ever felt like your melatonin gummies hit harder than you expected, it’s possible that you didn’t actually take the dose you thought you did. In a recent study, melatonin gummies labeled as containing 3 milligrams actually had anywhere bet…
Lees meer“Zone 2” is the name the fitness world has (mostly) agreed upon to describe the low intensity cardio most of us should be doing. When you’re in zone 2, you’re working hard enough that you start breathing heavier, but easy enough you could hold a con…
Lees meerCost-effective, erosion-proof, and chemical-corralling, the mighty grass driveway doesn’t get the respect it deserves. But if you have rainwater rushing down your gravel driveway, washing away dirt or leaving trenches in its wake, it might be the so…
Lees meerCookies are the perfect treat, and each one is valuable to society. And yet, I’ve recently unwittingly stumbled upon an outstanding way to improve almost any cookie. To experience an otherworldly crunch phenomenon, simply wrap your drop cookies in p…
Lees meerThe food distributor Lipari Foods has issued a voluntary recall after a specific lot of Lipari Branded Ground Cumin Tubs was found to potentially have been contaminated with Salmonella and was distributed to 16 states. Salmonella can cause serious o…
Lees meerI don’t know if it’s a coincidence or evidence of a disturbing cultural trend, but a lot of people seem to be shooting people for really dumb reasons lately. There’s the guy in Kansas City who allegely blasted a kid for ringing his doorbell, the man…
Lees meerWe live in a divided world, but one thing most people can agree on right now is that the cost of housing is way too high. Home prices have slipped a bit, but home prices, mortgage rates, and rents remain sky-high in a lot of places, and a lot of peo…
Lees meerEvery time you interact with ChatGPT, you’re actually training it to be better. It takes your conversations and uses that experience to make future conversations more useful and accurate for everyone. That’s a good thing for both ChatGPT, as well as…
Lees meer