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5 Uncomfortable Truths About Using Ring Cameras

5 Uncomfortable Truths About Using Ring Cameras The Ring Video Doorbell, originally released in 2014 and later rebranded as Amazon Ring, was designed to be a simple way to connect your front doorbell to your smartphone, allowing you to see who’s at the door or catch deliveries. Over a decade later, Ring has become a […]

Sony’s WH-CH720N headphones offer excellent value at full price, but right now they’re a steal.

Sony WH-CH720N Headphones Drop to Lowest Price Yet: A Budget-Friendly Noise-Canceling Marvel In the ever-evolving world of audio technology, finding high-quality noise-canceling headphones at an affordable price point can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. However, Sony has managed to strike that elusive balance with its WH-CH720N model, and right now, these […]

OpenAI celebrates 10 years of existence — but how has it lived up to its promise of AGI which ‘benefits all of humanity’?

OpenAI: A Decade of Quiet Innovation and Explosive Growth It’s hard to believe that OpenAI, the AI juggernaut now synonymous with generative intelligence, quietly emerged onto the tech scene just 10 years ago. Founded in December 2015 as a non-profit by a consortium of tech luminaries—including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, and Greg Brockman—OpenAI’s […]

An Unbothered Jimmy Wales Calls Grokipedia a ‘Cartoon Imitation’ of Wikipedia

Wikipedia Co-Founder Jimmy Wales Shrugs Off Elon Musk’s “Cartoon Imitation” Grokopedia as AI Hallucinations Plague Accuracy In an era where the internet has become increasingly “enshittified,” Wikipedia remains a rare bastion of the web’s original egalitarian promise. Free, meticulously cited, and perpetually self-auditing, the open-source encyclopedia has been hailed as one of the digital world’s […]

The US Navy’s New Flight Helmet Does A Lot More Than Protect Pilots

The US Navy’s Next-Generation Flight Helmet: A Technological Marvel That Redefines Pilot Safety and Combat Effectiveness For decades, US Navy pilots have relied on the HGU-55P and HGU-68P helmets, dependable but largely unchanged since their introduction in the 1980s and 1990s. That era of static design has now ended with the Navy’s groundbreaking $22.6 million […]

​T​he ​Winter Olympics ​feel like a 90s ​snowboarding ​game​, and I’m here for it | Games

Here’s the rewritten news article with a more engaging, viral tone and expanded content: Winter Olympics Coverage Channeling the Golden Age of Snowboarding Video Games As someone whose childhood holidays consisted of narrowboating along the Grand Union canal or wandering the harbor-side at Whitby looking for vampires, I have never been on a skiing break. […]

Microsoft’s new RTO policy starts Feb. 23, bringing Seattle-area workers back 3 days a week

Microsoft’s Return-to-Office Mandate Kicks In Next Week: What It Means for Employees and Seattle’s Tech Landscape The countdown has officially begun. Microsoft’s controversial return-to-office mandate, announced last September, is set to take effect on Monday, February 23, marking a seismic shift in the company’s workplace culture and potentially reshaping the daily rhythms of Seattle’s tech […]

eBay takes aim at Gen Z, buys Depop from Etsy for $1.2bn

eBay Acquires Depop from Etsy in $1.2B Deal, Betting Big on Gen Z’s Love for Second-Hand Fashion In a strategic move that signals the explosive growth of the second-hand fashion market, eBay has announced its acquisition of Depop from Etsy for approximately $1.2 billion. The deal, expected to close in the second quarter of this […]

Bitcoin, Ether Hold Strong as Trump Announces Additional Universal 10% Tariff

Cryptocurrency Markets Defy Gravity as Trump’s New 10% Global Tariff Lands—Bitcoin and Ethereum Hold Strong While Traders Stay Calm In a dramatic twist of economic policy and digital asset resilience, cryptocurrency markets have shown surprising stability in the face of President Donald Trump’s latest trade maneuver. Despite the announcement of a sweeping 10% universal tariff […]