Category: Technology

It’s likewise smartly designed, packing up into—as you likely already gleaned—the shape of a suitcase. The heavy-duty handles and latches are strong. Though the Nomad is 28 pounds, which is a bit on the heavy side for a single-hand carry, the shape and large handle actually make it easier to carry than smaller and cheaper […]

Apps for budgeting and personal finance do a good job of tracking your money as you earn and spend it. Some also have excellent debt calculators that help you figure out how to pay off your debts. Each debt calculator is a little different. Some suggest a specific method for paying down debt, while others […]

Lately, Kegel has been steadily improving its automation, to the point where today’s machines do the entire job without any human intervention. The lanes you and I bowl on as amateurs are oiled very differently from the ones pros use. At your local bowling center, public lanes are oiled in what’s referred to as a […]

During the Trinity nuclear test on July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert—the world’s very first test of an atomic bomb—a new material spontaneously formed. It was discovered only recently, by an international research team coordinated by geologist Luca Bindi at the University of Florence, which identified the novel clathrate based on calcium, copper, […]

Inside a makeshift workshop in Gaza, rebuilt after it was damaged by Israeli air strikes, Suleiman Abu Hassanin stands among piles of broken concrete, trying to give them a new form. His voice over the phone sounds tired, carrying the weight of what he is trying to do: rebuild in a place where building materials […]

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. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s a pretty easy one, but read on for all the answers. And if you […]

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one, though as a Minnesota pro football fan I appreciated the yellow group. If you’re struggling with the […]

The HBO drama Euphoria is premiering new episodes. It may be hard to believe that the previous season wrapped up in 2022. On my TikTok “For You” page, I still regularly see clips from early episodes.  Season 3 takes place five years after season 2 (see our finale recap here), well after high school. The new season […]

For AI systems to keep improving in knowledge work, they need either a reliable mechanism for autonomous self-improvement or human evaluators capable of catching errors and generating high-quality feedback. The industry has invested enormously in the first. It's giving almost no thought to what's happening to the second. I’d argue that we need to treat […]

If you have a heart condition such as hypertension, the American Heart Association recommends regularly tracking your blood pressure. It’s important to have a device on hand that you can rely on to monitor and prevent potential medical episodes. We spoke with cardiologists to narrow down the best blood pressure monitors to have at home. […]