As my pro-level-home-cook friend Shannon says, “I can’t imagine doing serious stuff in ceramic.” It was time to break some eggs. On and off for several months, I cooked with the $50 Oxo Ceramic Professional Non-Stick 8-Inch Frypan, folding it into my daily kitchen testing and home cooking. (I also had a larger 10-inch version… Continue reading Teflon Nonstick Pans Are Bad. Consider These Alternatives
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5 Best Dog Beds (2022): Indoor, Outdoor, Elevated
Your dog’s bed of choice may be whatever bed you’re in … but that may not be your bed of choice for your dog. Whether they steal the covers or just sprawl out everywhere, there never quite seems to be enough space for you and your pup each night. Fortunately for your furry companion (and… Continue reading 5 Best Dog Beds (2022): Indoor, Outdoor, Elevated
BMW i7 2022 Review: High Life, High-Tech
The Curved Display we know from the iX. It’s core to BMW’s push to digitalization and combines a 12.3-inch instrument display with a longer 14.9-inch main infotainment glass touchscreen. The whole thing is a sculpture in its own right and sits on slender brackets on top of an open-pore matte wood trim. Audio, navigation, Apple… Continue reading BMW i7 2022 Review: High Life, High-Tech
TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data
Open internet proponents were relieved last month when an American candidate beat a Russian challenger in an election to run the International Telecommunications Union, an important international standards body tasked with cross-boundary communications. Meanwhile, though, we took a look at the fragility of the world’s internet infrastructure and the vulnerability of crucial undersea cables. Researchers… Continue reading TikTok Admits Staff in China Can Access Europeans’ Data
Google Expands Flood and Wildfire Tracking to More Countries
A gaggle of new AI projects are coming soon from Google, including disaster monitoring tools and a service that uses machine intelligence to generate custom videos. The company announced the array of initiatives at its AI@ event this week. The most practical development: Google is expanding its AI-powered disaster tracking and response systems. The company… Continue reading Google Expands Flood and Wildfire Tracking to More Countries
The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context
In November 2021, when the psychedelics company Compass Pathways released the top-line results of its trial looking at psilocybin in patients with treatment-resistant depression, the stock of the company plunged almost 30 percent. The dive was reportedly prompted by the somewhat-middling results of the research—but also because of the scattering of serious adverse events that… Continue reading The Harms of Psychedelics Need to Be Put Into Context
The Blue Check Rapture Will Render Verification Meaningless
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover has been chaotic since its slapdash inception, so it’s only fitting that his first change will scramble the platform’s social hierarchy. Last weekend, as Musk’s reign began, news broke that he was implementing a plan to scrap the company’s current verification process, where a blue check mark signifies that someone is… Continue reading The Blue Check Rapture Will Render Verification Meaningless
Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It?
Musk’s chief concern will be whether he can align his philosophical affection for decentralization with the need to turn Twitter into a profitable business. He has previously expressed a desire to open source the Twitter algorithm in the name of transparency, but ceding control of the algorithm (the mechanism by which people are kept on… Continue reading Twitter Had a Plan to Fix Social Media. Will Elon Musk Follow It?
30 Outdoor Gift Ideas (2022): Binoculars, Helmets, Trekking Poles
Got friends and loved ones who love to camp, hike, trail run, fish, or hunt? The experience is the whole point, but many outdoorsy people love to geek out over all the cool gear released every year. Not every gift has to be useful in the backcountry (although those are certainly appreciated). Their favorite gift… Continue reading 30 Outdoor Gift Ideas (2022): Binoculars, Helmets, Trekking Poles
The Rise of Rust, the ‘Viral’ Secure Programming Language That’s Taking Over Tech
Whether you run IT for a massive organization or simply own a smartphone, you’re intimately familiar with the unending stream of software updates that constantly need to be installed because of bugs and security vulnerabilities. People make mistakes, so code is inevitably going to contain mistakes—you get it. But a growing movement to write software… Continue reading The Rise of Rust, the ‘Viral’ Secure Programming Language That’s Taking Over Tech