Buying a Smart Smoke Detector Turns Out to Be a Little Dumb
…It's not smart the way a smart thermostat would be, since you can't meaningfully exert control over it over Wi-Fi. You'll simply get alerts on your smartphone of…
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Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
…Testifying for the first time in the landmark trial, Altman said that it was Musk who had sought to seize control of OpenAI and make money from it. Zoë Schiffer: Brian, Leah…
Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
…While its nonprofit arm controls the company, it created a for-profit arm to raise outside capital, and now it's trying to become a public benefit corporation. OpenAI has denied the…
Taylor Lorenz’s Screen Time Is Almost 17 Hours a Day
…Because we don't have any sort of coherent tech policy that would give us the ability to exert control over our feeds, I feel like I just have to constantly make…
The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
…They spoke so much that Chibuike used to run out of data and had to hang up, buy more, and call her back. They also sang songs together. “She had an Alexa…
We Made More Than a Thousand Pizzas to Find the Best Pizza Ovens
…With the stand, cover, Neapolitan arch, wood fire control kit, turning peel, and 15 pounds of Gozney-brand kiln-dried hardwood, the final price for the Dome Gen 2 can rack up…
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
…There's real money in here in the pro-database side. There's less on the anti-database side, as these things tend to go, but it is across party lines. The…
I’ve Tested Countless Mesh Systems. Here Are the Routers I Recommend
…Just be aware that AiProtection Pro means sharing your data with Trend Micro, so you may want to review its privacy policy. The parental controls allow you to set up profiles, schedule…
Snake Bros Keep Getting Bitten by Their Lethal Pets. Only Zoos Can Save Them
…The National Poison Data System’s 2024 annual report listed a little north of 5,000 bites from venomous native species that year, with just 81 bites—of which at least 57…
What Should Be in Your Bug-Out Bag, When the Disaster Comes?
…But also, a lot of medications need to be temperature-controlled, notes Columbia disaster preparedness expert Sury. And so if this applies to someone in your family, a small cooler can also…