The best cheap VPN in 2026

When talking about the best VPNs, I frequently warn about the dangers of trusting free VPNs without verifying them. Although there are a few free VPNs worth recommending, many other free providers ...

The world’s first flush, recessed drop-down TV mount

Out of Sight Mounting Solutions was engineered to solve a problem traditional mantle mounts can’t: they force TVs to be mounted too high to clear the mantle, ruining sight lines and aesthetics. Our ...

Gold Has Been Acting More Like Bitcoin Lately

Comparisons between bitcoin and gold have been made since the earliest days of the crypto asset’s existence. Satoshi Nakamoto once likened his creation to a base metal like gold that ...

The Nex Playground channels the spirit of Xbox’s Kinect

You might not have heard of the Nex Playground, but it’s a tiny gaming system built entirely around Kinect-like games. With its camera and computer vision processing, the $249 Nex Playground can ...

Apple just spent 2 billion on an AI company you’ve probably never heard of

In a major move, Apple has just confirmed to Reuters its purchase of Q.ai, an Israel-based artificial intelligence startup company. Q.ai consists of one hundred employees, all of which are set to ...

The Best Moment in the Worst Episode of ‘Star Trek: Voyager,’ 30 Years Later

Thirty years ago, Star Trek: Voyager broadcast one of its most controversial episodes ever: “Threshold,” the episode that is now infamous as “The One Where Captain Janeway and Tom ...

Amazon discovered a ‘high volume’ of CSAM in its AI training data but isn’t saying where it came from

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it received more than 1 million reports of AI-related child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2025. The "vast majority" of that content was ...

I checked if Apple Music, Spotify, and Tidal are actually lossless

I'm going to preface this with a (sometimes) controversial perspective: lossless music is overrated. Yes, it is technically the purest your music can get, and it's worth buying lossless albums ...

Darren Aronofsky’s New AI Series About the Revolutionary War Looks Like Dogshit

Darren Aronofsky used to be a director who made interesting, if sometimes polarizing, films like Black Swan, Mother!, Noah, and The Wrestler. But it seems like a safe bet that people ...

Apple just reported its best-ever quarter for iPhone sales

Apple shared its latest quarterly financial results today and the news is once again very, very good for the Cupertino company. The quarter ending December 27, 2025 marked "the best-ever quarter" for ...