NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 11 (game #799)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, May 10 (game […]
Amazon’s new Fire TV operating system closes the loopholes that made Fire TV worth buying in the first place
I’ve intentionally kept my Fire TV in the bedroom, while the other Android TVs around the house are mounted in the living room and guest bedrooms. Over time, it became my favorite setup because Fire TV offered the kind of flexibility I actually used every single day. I could connect Bluetooth headphones for late-night watching, […]
Samsung’s Bespoke Update Is Big Step Towards A Useful AI For Your Fridge
Sam Rutherford for Engadget The idea of installing a software update on your fridge already feels kind of weird, let alone one centered around improving its AI capabilities. But that’s exactly what’s happening to Samsung’s line of Bespoke refrigerators this week, and to my surprise this patch is making major strides at providing truly useful […]
I’m impressed that Microsoft keeps on improving PowerToys with smart additions — but I wonder why the newest monitor trick isn’t in Windows 11 by default
Microsoft’s PowerToys is arguably one of the best additions you can make to Windows 11 (or 10). It adds a bunch of powerful little tools to the operating system, and unlike third-party utilities, these are actually made by Microsoft, so there’s that extra guarantee that they’re going to ‘play nice’ with Windows 11. (Well, hopefully). […]
Your Pixel has a hidden emergency feature you should test right now
It’s easy to criticize smartphones for becoming stagnant or leaning too heavily into gimmicky features, like AI. However, it’s worth remembering that these phones also offer critical safety features that could save lives in an emergency. Google Pixel phones in particular are loaded with safety and emergency features, such as Car Crash Detection, Safety Check, […]
Whoop Will Soon Offer Users In-App Video Consultations With Licensed Clinicians
Whoop Starting this summer, Whoop users in the US will have access to on-demand video consultations with licensed clinicians from within the fitness tracker’s app. Along with that, the wearables company also announced on Friday that it is adding support for Electronic Health Record (EHR) syncing, so members and the clinicians they connect with will […]
4 cheap gadgets to make your kitchen smarter without remodeling anything
Buying quirky and fun new gadgets is one of the most exciting parts of payday for me. I love messing around with new pieces of technology, and I also love cooking and baking. So combining my love of both of these things is even more of a dream. I’ve spent an awful lot of time […]
I thought I needed an iPhone Pro until I paid attention to how I actually use it
For a while, I had convinced myself that my next iPhone had to be a Pro. Not because I had genuinely thought about what I needed from a phone, but because the marketing slowly wore me down. The triple cameras, the titanium build, the ProMotion display, the idea that it could handle absolutely anything — […]
Taiwanese startup shocks AI industry with low-power accelerator using outdated chips and massive 700 billion parameter support
Skymizer claims giant AI models no longer need hyperscale GPU infrastructure Old 28nm chips suddenly power massive language models at surprisingly low wattage The HTX301 squeezes 384 GB of memory into a single PCIe accelerator card A Taiwanese company called Skymizer has unveiled a PCIe AI accelerator that challenges both AMD and Nvidia using surprisingly […]
Mortal Kombat 2 understands fan-service better than storytelling
I still remember the first time I properly got into Mortal Kombat. Like many people from my generation, I had obviously seen the characters before. Scorpion yelling “Get over here!”, Sub-Zero freezing people into ice cubes, Raiden looking like a thunder god who somehow still manages to disappear whenever the plot needs him most. Mortal […]