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Refreshing your wardrobe might be on your new year agenda, but who says you have to buy everything at full price? Nobull’s new year sale offers huge markdowns on sneakers, leggings, sweatshirts and much more. Better yet, buy multiple items and you’ll score as much as 30% extra off already-reduced prices. All you have to … Read more

There are a few simple tests I run on nonstick skillets for measuring even heating, surface flatness as well as each pan’s nonstick properties and ability to release food.  Fried and eggs and omelets: classic nonstick fare The first and arguably most important test shows us how well each pan releases sticky foods including eggs … Read more

Both Meta’s and TikTok’s moderation systems are far from perfect and consistently make mistakes. Earlier this week, Taylor Lorenz reported that Meta restricted queer content and hashtags as “sensitive content,” including hashtags like #trans, #lesbianpride, and #bisexualpride. As recently as October, TikTok laid off hundreds of content moderation workers, replacing them with AI. But it’s … Read more

Xocean, an Irish marine robotics startup that provides ocean data to the energy and hydrography industries using uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), has raised €115 million ($119 million) as it looks to expand coverage to additional sectors. Founded in 2017, Xocean has built a fleet of remotely-controlled USVs that can remain offshore for long periods of … Read more

How we sort our mattresses Sort by Sleep is important, no matter how old you are. As they grow up, the amount of sleep our kids need changes. However, regardless of their age, quality sleep can make a whole lot of difference in their day-to-day lives and overall development. Hence, getting a good mattress for … Read more

a new year means new gadgets. With CES coming to a close, we’ve seen a ton of cutting-edge tech, and we’re only a week into 2025! A lot of the products announced at the show won’t be available until later this year, but there are still plenty that are available to buy now. (My apologies … Read more

Gaming startups, specifically those building casual mobile games, are very hot in Turkey right now, and today, another one is announcing a sizable round just nine months into its existence. Grand Games, the publisher behind Magic Sort and Car Match, has picked up $30 million in funding — money that it will use to repeat … Read more

Annual percentage yields for high-yield savings accounts continue to hang around 4.20% based on our weekly tracking, but you may be able to find higher. Experts say switching banks for a slightly higher APY may not be worthwhile if you’re already earning interest at an average rate. If you still have money in a traditional … Read more

Then, between Christmas Eve and New Year’s, came a new deluge of swattings. They hit close to a hundred politicians and law enforcement officials in a brazen, coordinated campaign: US Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Jen Easterly, Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, and Republican senator Rick Scott … Read more

VLC media player, the popular open-source software developed by nonprofit VideoLAN, has topped 6 billion downloads worldwide and teased an AI-powered subtitle system. The new feature automatically generates real-time subtitles — which can then also be translated in many languages — for any video using open-source AI models that run locally on users’ devices, eliminating … Read more