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Eyeballs are great: I have two. I also like spoons. But if you want a consistent coffee dose for great espresso or pour-over, a precise scale is the mildly inconvenient one true path. I can still remember a time when in order to weigh out my coffee beans each morning, I placed a little dosing … Read more
The recent rollout of iOS 18.2 finally brings many of the promised Apple Intelligence features, like Genmoji and Image Playground. One such long-awaited tool is Visual Intelligence, a feature currently reserved for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max that was first introduced at the company’s September event. What is Visual Intelligence? Visual Intelligence is … Read more
We’ve all been there — the relentless tossing and turning and the endless ticking of the clock as sleep eludes us in the darkest hours of night. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends 7 or more hours of sleep each night, but it isn’t always so easy to find rest. But hope is not … Read more
If you are going to contact the police and rat on someone for expressing their interest in child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to you, maybe it is not the best idea to have the same material on your own devices. Or to further consent to a search so law enforcement can gather more information. But … Read more
OpenAI says its corporate structure must evolve to advance its mission of ensuring artificial general intelligence (AGI) — AI that can complete most tasks humans can — benefits all humanity. OpenAI currently has a for-profit org controlled by a nonprofit, with a “capped profit” share for investors and employees. But in a blog post published … Read more
For residents of Steel City, Verizon Fios is CNET’s top pick for the best internet provider in Pittsburgh. It gets the top spot in our list because of its wide coverage and fast speeds. If you’re one of the very few Pittsburgh residents who are outside the coverage area of Verizon Fios, Xfinity and T-Mobile … Read more
Kat Dennings wants to keep laying Darcy in the MCU. Brian Tyree Henry teases tearjerkers for Beyond the Spider-Verse. Plus, Sonic the Hedgehog director Jeff Fowler teases the potential for Big the Cat on the big screen, and what’s coming on Creature Commandos. Spoilers, away! Labyrinth A new report from Jeff Sneider alleges that Robert Eggers has been … Read more
Courtesy of Rhett Allain But what about the colors from a video projector? It essentially does the same thing. However, instead of a bunch of tiny RGB lights, it projects RGB colors to different locations on the screen. Projecting the Color Black Now we’re ready for the fun stuff. How does a video projector shoot … Read more
It was another record-breaking year for ransomware. When file-locking malware wasn’t causing widespread disruption, like downing online services and lasting outages, ransomware was the cause of unprecedented data theft attacks affecting hundreds of millions of people, in some cases for life. While governments have struck some rare wins against ransomware hackers over the past twelve … Read more
The travel agency AAA expects almost 8 million people to travel by air this holiday season, setting a new record for the number of air travelers this time of year. That means there’s a chance your luggage could get lost amongst a sea of cargo. But a new AirTag feature in iOS 18.2 could help you easily … Read more