There’s also only one roller head on the Submarine, but it already has a debris tray you can no-touch rinse and empty. It’s also easy to take apart the Submarine head to rinse it and let it air dry at my laundry room sink. After six months of use, the roller head still doesn’t smell.… Continue reading The Dyson WashG1 Is an All-in-One Wet Floor Cleaner That Doesn’t Use Suction
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I Am Once Again Asking Our Tech Overlords to Watch the Whole Movie
Today OpenAI announced GPT-4o, a new AI model that will be available to free and paid users alike. Among its many upgrades—faster response times, enhanced memory capabilities, better parsing of images—is a conversational voice that tries its level best to sound like a real live human. It laughs, it jokes, it maybe flirts a little.… Continue reading I Am Once Again Asking Our Tech Overlords to Watch the Whole Movie
Internal Emails Show How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC
There was a lot of overlap with former members of the NYPD. Adams and Banks came up together as police officers—as did a then-account-executive of Evolv, also name-dropped by Chitkara in the email to the mayor’s staff. Dominick D’Orazio, who had been Evolv’s sales manager in the northeast US before being promoted to regional manager… Continue reading Internal Emails Show How a Controversial Gun-Detection AI System Found Its Way to NYC
The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy
In the conclusion of that same statement to the court, they point out that under Dutch law the maximum prison sentence for money laundering at the scale Pertsev allegedly committed is eight years, and they ask that Pertsev be sentenced to five years and four months if he’s found guilty. The Tornado Rolls On Cryptocurrency… Continue reading The $2.3 Billion Tornado Cash Case Is a Pivotal Moment for Crypto Privacy
Hisense U8N TV Review: Loaded Package, Shades Required
The U8N also lets you control the volume output of its optical port with the TV remote, making it much simpler to control older audio systems that don’t support HDMI ARC/eARC, like my original KEF LSX speakers. If you decide to settle for the onboard sound, the U8N’s 2.1.2 speaker system offers some decent detail,… Continue reading Hisense U8N TV Review: Loaded Package, Shades Required
Gazelle Eclipse Review: A Luxury Dutch Electric Bike
If you’re looking at bikes online—or anything, really, whether it’s headphones or monitors—you have to consider price versus payoff. Gazelle has billed its newest ebike, the Eclipse, as a long-range comfort cruiser. It is basically the expensive Dutch version of the direct-to-consumer (DTC) Rad Power Bikes’ Radster Road (8/10, WIRED Recommends). I brooded over that… Continue reading Gazelle Eclipse Review: A Luxury Dutch Electric Bike
3 Best Smart Scales (2024): Luxe, Budget, and All App-Connected
The humble bathroom scale has long been overdue to learn some new tricks. After all, who needs to devote precious real estate to a device whose purpose is merely to tell you your weight? The “smart scale” category sprung to life in the early days of the internet of things, but early models weren’t always… Continue reading 3 Best Smart Scales (2024): Luxe, Budget, and All App-Connected
Apollo Go (2024) Review: A Great Commuter Scooter
Control is all I want in an electric scooter. OK, that’s a lie, I also want decent range, good power, and a reasonable weight. Being able to control speed, regenerative braking, and how turn signals work—if they’re even available—is not something you find on most escooters. And even if you can access those things, tweaking… Continue reading Apollo Go (2024) Review: A Great Commuter Scooter
Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal
On Monday, Stack Overflow and OpenAI announced a new API partnership that will integrate Stack Overflow’s technical content with OpenAI’s ChatGPT AI assistant. The deal has sparked controversy among Stack Overflow’s user community, with many expressing anger and protest over the use of their contributed content to support and train AI models. “I hate this.… Continue reading Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal
The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm
Three rapid bursts of charged particles that erupted toward Earth from the sun’s burning-hot outer atmosphere on Wednesday could lead to stunning auroras across a wide swath of the US and a colorful hue as far south as Florida to start the weekend. Traveling at more than 1.5 million miles per hour, the trio of… Continue reading The Northern Lights Could Be Visible Across the US Thanks to a Rare Solar Storm