After decades of connecting US subscribers to its online service and the internet through telephone lines, AOL recently announced it is finally shutting down its dial-up modem service on September 30, 2025. The announcement marks the end of a technology that served as the primary gateway to the web for millions of users throughout the… Continue reading AOL Will Shut Down Dial-Up Internet Access in September
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Best Side-Sleeper Mattress 2025: Picked by a Sleep Science Coach
Mattress Mattress Type Materials Sizes Available Add-ons Available Shipping Costs Delivery Options Trial Period Warranty Financing Compatible With Adjustable Frames? Nolah Evolution Hybrid Organic cotton or GlacioTex cover, AirFoam Luxe memory foams, gel memory foam, AirBreath border gusset, pocketed coils Twin, twin XL, full, queen, king, California king, split king Plush, luxury firm, firm GlacioTex… Continue reading Best Side-Sleeper Mattress 2025: Picked by a Sleep Science Coach
The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke
The Trump administration has a new propaganda strategy: turning deportations into one big meme. The catchy jingle advertising low-cost holidays on Jet2, a budget British airline, has been the viral meme of summer 2025. Its ubiquity was clearly not lost on the Department of Homeland Security’s communications team. Late last month, DHS published a video… Continue reading The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke
Cloud vs. Local: What’s the Best for Security Camera Footage? (2025)
Whether you want to keep tabs on your kids, package deliveries, or pets when you’re away from home, security cameras and video doorbells are an affordable and easy way to do so. But there’s one important question to settle before deciding on your ideal home security setup: Where will you store those videos? Cloud convenience… Continue reading Cloud vs. Local: What’s the Best for Security Camera Footage? (2025)
OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt
OpenAI’s GPT-5 model was meant to be a world-changing upgrade to its wildly popular and precocious chatbot. But for some users, last Thursday’s release felt more like a wrenching downgrade, with the new ChatGPT presenting a diluted personality and making surprisingly dumb mistakes. On Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to X to say the… Continue reading OpenAI Scrambles to Update GPT-5 After Users Revolt
Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars
I first thought Ford CEO Jim Farley was briefing me on a new car. It turned out to be something altogether more ambitious: A completely new way to make a car. Or, more precisely, electric vehicles. “No one’s ever built a car in three pieces then fit them together at the end,” Farley says. “We… Continue reading Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars
An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU
The Cleveland Clinic is partnering with San Francisco–based startup Piramidal to develop a large-scale AI model that will be used to monitor patients’ brain health in intensive care units. Instead of being trained on text, the system is based on electroencephalogram (EEG) data, which is collected via electrodes placed on the scalp and then read… Continue reading An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU
In ‘Alien: Earth’, the Future Is a Corporate Hellscape
Seventeen years ago, Noah Hawley became a father during the Great Recession. If you look at everything he’s written since having children—including the TV series Fargo and Legion—Hawley says it all revolves around the same question every parent faces: “How are we supposed to raise these people in the world that we’re living in?” Hawley’s… Continue reading In ‘Alien: Earth’, the Future Is a Corporate Hellscape
3 Best Steam Mops, Tested for Months (2025)
This all-in-one cleaner from Tineco has lots of bells and whistles. It’s easy to set up and easy to use, though I had to read the instructions a few times to make sure I understood all the different modes and options. Press the power button and it’ll start up in Auto mode, which detects how… Continue reading 3 Best Steam Mops, Tested for Months (2025)
Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World
The Trump administration’s radical changes to United States fiscal policy, foreign relations, and global strategy—combined with mass firings across the federal government—have created uncertainty around US cybersecurity priorities that was on display this week at two of the country’s most prominent digital security conferences in Las Vegas. “We are not retreating, we’re advancing in a… Continue reading Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World