Neoplants has an attractive pitch: a living alternative to an air purifier bioengineered to rid the home of those toxic vapors known as volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. Its first product, the Neo Px, claims to be 30 times more efficient at air purifying than a regular houseplant. It arrived at my home in a… Continue reading Neoplants Neo Px Review: This Plant Isn’t as Good as an Air Purifier
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Jabra Enhance Select 500 Review: Excellent Hearing Aids
The vast majority of additional features on the 500—including Jabra’s SoundScape speech clarity technology, top-tier support from professional audiologists, and even the choice of five colors— haven’t changed in any detectable way. A single button on either aid still controls volume (up with the right button, down with the left) and choice of four operational… Continue reading Jabra Enhance Select 500 Review: Excellent Hearing Aids
The 6 Best Linen Sheets for Cool and Comfy Summer Sleeping (2024)
I fell in love with linen bedding years ago. I bought a bright yellow linen duvet I was certain would bring my bedroom together. The yellow was just a phase, but sleeping on linen just clicked. Linen has a rougher texture and a lived-in look, which can turn some folks off from sleeping on it.… Continue reading The 6 Best Linen Sheets for Cool and Comfy Summer Sleeping (2024)
Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
“They’d only get in trouble if they summarized the story incorrectly and made it defamatory when it wasn’t before. That’s something that they actually would be at legal risk for, especially if they don’t credit the original source clearly enough and people can’t easily go to that source to check,” he says. “If Perplexity’s edits… Continue reading Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
Polyend Tracker+ Review: Powerful but Niche
Polyend’s Tracker+ is a significant update to its powerful (if somewhat anachronistic) sample-based groovebox, the Tracker. What made the Tracker so unique, and also confounding, was that it was a tracker (small t), but in hardware form. Trackers were an early form of music-making software that emerged in the late ’80s. They were initially used… Continue reading Polyend Tracker+ Review: Powerful but Niche
US Bans Kaspersky Software
The Russian cybersecurity software firm Kaspersky’s days of operating in the United States are now officially numbered. The Biden administration on Thursday said it’s banning the company from selling its products to new US-based customers starting on July 20, with the company only allowed to provide software updates to existing customers through September 29. The… Continue reading US Bans Kaspersky Software
Bugatti’s Tourbillon 2024: Price, Specs, Availability
The resurrection of Bugatti is one of the 21st century’s most notable automotive stories. Aristocratic, artistic, and more than a little arcane, Bugatti was a prewar marque that mastered luxury, design, and motorsport, the creator of Grand Prix winners, and arguably the most lavish motorcar ever made, in the shape of the early 1930s Type… Continue reading Bugatti’s Tourbillon 2024: Price, Specs, Availability
Far-Right Militias Are Back
Leah Feiger: To be fair, a militia of 2,500 across the United States that’s carefully organized on Telegram and promotes the use of armed weapons as a response to anything from natural disasters to fake claims of election fraud is still really concerning. I’m concerned. David Gilbert: Absolutely, and I think that gets lost. When… Continue reading Far-Right Militias Are Back
We’re Still Waiting for the Next Big Leap in AI
When OpenAI announced GPT-4, its latest large language model, last March, it sent shockwaves through the tech world. It was clearly more capable than anything seen before at chatting, coding, and solving all sorts of thorny problems—including school homework. Anthropic, a rival to OpenAI, announced today that it has made its own AI advance that… Continue reading We’re Still Waiting for the Next Big Leap in AI
Honor 200 Pro Review: Midrange Mixed Bag
Honor’s 200 Pro is an upper-midranger or maybe a lesser flagship. It has a lovely screen, good battery life, fast charging, a versatile camera, and the AI features of Honor’s flagship, Magic 6 Pro. Compromises are minimal. Sure, the processor is a step down from the flagship tier, it’s slightly less water resistant, the camera… Continue reading Honor 200 Pro Review: Midrange Mixed Bag