India’s ‘Human Calculator Kid’ Shatters 6 World Records in a Single Day
Remember when your teachers used to say that mental math is important because you can’t walk around with a calculator everywhere you go? Never minding the fact that we now do, actually, take a calculator everywhere we go (hello, smartphones), a teenager from India has taken it a step further: He has essentially become a […]
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Feb. 21
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Mini Crossword has a couple of TV-related clues. If you watch Severance and a certain NBC sketch comedy show, you’ll get at […]
Rivian inches closer to profitability but warns ‘changes to government policies’ could hurt
Rivian’s cost-cutting measures have gotten it a lot closer to profitability, but the company is warning that 2025 could still be a challenging year — especially because of the whorl of uncertainty caused by the new Trump administration. The company announced Thursday its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results, and along with it, shared plans […]
Get Copilot AI and Windows 11 Pro for A$28
TL;DR: Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for only A$28 through 30 March — that’s a 90% discount. If you thought AI would only be a fad, take a look at Microsoft. As we speak (or read?), they’re making computers infused with Microsoft Copilot, their latest AI technology. But something even cooler? You don’t have to […]
I’m Not Convinced Ethical Generative AI Currently Exists
Are there generative AI tools I can use that are perhaps slightly more ethical than others?—Better Choices No, I don’t think any one generative AI tool from the major players is more ethical than any other. Here’s why. For me, the ethics of generative AI use can be broken down to issues with how the […]
It’s Time to Plan Your Summerween Visit to Las Vegas’ Universal Horror Unleashed
Tickets are now on sale for Universal Horror Unleashed, opening this summer in Las Vegas’ immersive entertainment hub AREA15. The Universal Destinations and Experiences satellite interactive station brings Halloween Horror Nights to a year-round venue just off the Strip with monsters in tow beginning August 14, hot off the heels of Epic Universe’s opening. The […]
Call of Duty Launches Its Thinnest Multiplayer Map in Season 2 Reloaded
If you fancy playing Black Ops 6 as a walking bullet hose, you’ll fit right in on the newest multiplayer map. As Season 2 Reloaded adds new maps, modes, events and guns to the latest Call of Duty game, the standout addition is the new strike map Bullet. Two teams of six will fight across […]
Augury raises $73M on a $1B+ valuation for AI to detect malfunctions in factory machines
As companies like Nvidia and SoftBank make industrial robotics into a key focus for future R&D, a startup has raised funding today for another facet of how AI is being used on the factory room floor. Augury, which develops AI-based hardware that measures vibrations, sound, temperature and other factors to understand how machines are working […]
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 livestream: How to watch ICC Champions Trophy for free
TL;DR: Live stream the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for free from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. We’ve got an important question for all the cricket fans out there: How would you like to see Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia, England, and South Africa compete in an ODI tournament? Sounds pretty good, right? […]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Being Sued Under the Privacy Act: What to Know
After months of congressional wrangling that saw the elimination of Ervin’s proposed independent privacy oversight board, President Gerald Ford signed the Privacy Act into law on December 31, 1974. Ford, who had chaired the Domestic Council Committee on the Right of Privacy that Nixon created during his final months in office, highlighted “the vital need […]