14 Best Hoodies for Style, Comfort, and Warmth (2025)

Honorable Mentions We’ve tested a bunch of hoodies. They’re not all worthy of the top spot, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth buying. Below, we’ve listed a few more that we think are good but aren’t as great as the ones above. Photograph: Arcteryx Arcteryx Covert Hoodie for $180: I liked the zippered center… Continue reading 14 Best Hoodies for Style, Comfort, and Warmth (2025)

Mchose GX87 Ultra Review: A Refined but Accessible Mechanical Keyboard

I occasionally ran into an issue where the keyboard would stop recognizing an input if I held certain keys (typically Shift+W when gaming) for too long (20+ seconds). However, this issue wasn’t constant, and I could release and re-press the key without fail. It only came up in fringe cases where I was moving in… Continue reading Mchose GX87 Ultra Review: A Refined but Accessible Mechanical Keyboard

Apple iPhone 16e Review: Questionable Value

The iPhone 16e isn’t for me. If you’re an avid tech enthusiast and Apple fan, it’s probably not for you either. It’s for the person holding on to an iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X, ready to upgrade because their more than seven-year-old smartphone isn’t working too well nowadays. They want a new phone, and… Continue reading Apple iPhone 16e Review: Questionable Value

A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC

A mysterious disease with Ebola-like symptoms has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the World Health Organization, the disease was first detected on January 21, and over the past five weeks hundreds have been infected and more than 50 people have died in the northwest of the country. Health officials are… Continue reading A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC

DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator

On February 10, employees at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) received an email asking them to list every contract at the bureau and note whether or not it was “critical” to the agency, as well as whether it contained any DEI components. This email was signed by Scott Langmack, who identified himself… Continue reading DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator

Amazon’s Souped-Up Alexa+ Arrives Next Month

Amazon’s new and improved version of Alexa is here, and it’s called Alexa+. The next-gen upgrade is more conversational, can execute complex tasks, and is much more personalized. While the rollout starts next month on select Echo Show devices, Amazon claims it’ll eventually be available on every Alexa-powered device the company has shipped. It’ll cost… Continue reading Amazon’s Souped-Up Alexa+ Arrives Next Month

A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

While working on internet-of-things security in the mid-2010s, Alex Zenla realized something troubling. Unlike PCs and servers that touted the latest, greatest processors, the puny chips in IoT devices couldn’t support the cloud protections other computers were using to keep them siloed and protected. As a result, most embedded devices were attached directly to the… Continue reading A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection

Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way

New research from a team at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics suggests that the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, hosts a gravitational structure hundreds of thousands of times the mass of the sun: a potential supermassive black hole. The most widely accepted theory of galactic evolution holds that supermassive black… Continue reading Something Unexpected Is Spewing Stars Into the Milky Way

Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them

Monica Retamosa was in the middle of changing the batteries of a tape recorder when she heard a bellbird for the first time. Standing on a forest floor, she looked up into the trees, scanning for the source of its metallic and powerful sound, searching for the bird for half an hour to no avail.… Continue reading Costa Rica Is Saving Forest Ecosystems by Listening to Them

Anthropic Launches the World’s First ‘Hybrid Reasoning’ AI Model

Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company founded by exiles from OpenAI, has introduced the first AI model that can produce either conventional output or a controllable amount of “reasoning” needed to solve more grueling problems. Anthropic says the new hybrid model, called Claude 3.7, will make it easier for users and developers to tackle problems that… Continue reading Anthropic Launches the World’s First ‘Hybrid Reasoning’ AI Model