Are there things that might smell good but taste terrible? For example, many soaps and candles may have excellent fragrances, but if you take a big chomp out of them, you will be spitting it out shortly after. I do wonder why people make candles that smell like apple pies and pumpkin spice, but they cannot make them taste good. When I was little, I was always entranced by the smell of coffee. My parents are not big coffee drinkers, but they do...
In a world where every component of a computer seems to be drenched in RGB LED lighting, it is refreshing to find products that take a different approach. LEDs have become a standard feature for almost every fan, cooler, or even power supply, often adding unnecessary glare to otherwise sleek systems. Do not get me wrong, there is a place for vibrant gaming rigs that light up a room, and I understand the appeal of making your setup look like a...
From PC Mag: While Bluesky has gotten a lot of attention since the US elections, its biggest rival, Threads, has actually surged much further ahead.
In the past two weeks, the Meta-owned platform has gained 15 million new users, Threads and Instagram boss Adam Mosseri shared.
"Huge couple of weeks...
From The Verge: The hacker behind one of the biggest-ever cryptocurrency heists will serve five years in prison for conspiring with his wife to launder billions in stolen Bitcoin. Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein was sentenced in Washington federal court Thursday after he admitted to hacking the Bitfinex...
From PC World: A new mandatory security patch for Windows 11 was released this past Tuesday, known as update KB5046633 for Windows 11 23H2. Users who have installed the update, however, are reporting a strange message that’s showing up ever since.
It appears that the Windows Update service warns of...
From The Verge: Almost two years after EU regulators first accused Meta of “abusive practices” that gave the tech giant unfair market advantages, the European Commission has fined Meta €797.7 million (around $840 million). The combination of forcing Facebook users to be exposed to Marketplace and...
From PC Mag: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company evacuated one of its new chip factory construction sites in Kaohsiung, Taiwan after an unexploded bomb was found, according to news outlets and a statement from the chip maker.
The bomb has corroded, signifying it may be quite old, and weighs...
From PC World: Open AI is reportedly preparing the launch of a new AI agent, codenamed ‘Operator’, which can perform tasks for users, such as writing code or booking travel.
According to sources familiar with the project, the tool is planned to be released in January as a research version and via...
From CNET: Google brought out a really lovely kid-focused alternative to the Apple Watch earlier this year, called the Fitbit Ace LTE. Its one downside was its weird, locked-down approach to LTE calls and messaging, which prevented contacting siblings. Google's fixing this today, thankfully, along...
From PC Mag: Tesla's unmistakable Cybertruck has been recalled for the sixth time this year—this time, over its drive inverter.
Tesla filed the issue to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Nov. 5, explaining that the recall is because "a fault in the drive inverter may...
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