April 21, 2025

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

I tested 5 Dyson Supersonic dupes actually worth checking out

It’s a simple truth: Where there’s a Dyson product, there’s a dupe, and that holds especially true for Dyson beauty products. The brand entered the beauty sphere in 2016 when it released the now-iconic Supersonic, a hair dryer with an innovative design that maximized airflow and minimized hair damage. Eight years later, it remains the most

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Amazfit Active 2 Review: Affordable, Attractive Fitness Tracker

Amazfit’s partnership with Hyrox, the newest trendy CrossFit competitor, is also front and center, from ads within the app to a top suggested workout on the tracker. I paid extra money for a subscription to Wild.AI ($6 per month), the program that lets women optimize their workouts according to their monthly menstrual cycles. Cycle tracking

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Adobe exec Scott Belsky departs for indie movie studio A24

Adobe’s chief strategy officer Scott Belsky announced this week that he will be joining A24, the independent movie studio behind “Civil War,” “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and many more titles. Belsky first joined Adobe in 2012 through the acquisition of Behance, leaving briefly in 2016 to become a VC at Benchmark but eventually returning

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Get Lifetime Access to Microsoft Office 2021 for Just $60

Growing up, most millennials got a little experience using Microsoft Office. Older generations got the same training from their employers. While we’ve all come to recognize Microsoft Office as essential in the modern workplace, you don’t really think about how expensive it is until it comes time to get it for your personal computer. Whether

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NYT mini crossword answers for February 1, 2025

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who

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Yamaha TAG3 C Acoustic Guitar Review: Old Looks, New Tricks

For all the fancy electric guitars and amps and the wide array of pedals I own and get to test, I spend the vast majority of my playing time with an old Guild acoustic on my couch. I find it easier to plunk through new songs in the living room, and the quick grab-and-go versatility

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India pledges fresh billion for startups

India announced a new $1.15 billion Fund of Funds for startups on Saturday while unveiling sweeping regulatory reforms and an ambitious nuclear energy program, as New Delhi seeks to boost tech innovation and clean energy in the world’s fifth-largest economy. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the federal budget for 2025-26, said the fund builds on

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A Complete Guide for 2025

ChatGPT Fast Facts What is ChatGPT? A generative AI that can answer questions in natural-sounding language.Who developed ChatGPT? OpenAI, Inc.Pricing: ChatGPT is free. ChatGPT Plus costs $20/month. ChatGPT Teams, which is the business subscription for at least two people, costs $25/month. ChatGPT Pro, with unlimited access to OpenAI’s most powerful “reasoning” model, costs $200/month. The

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Thousands of datasets from Data.gov have disappeared since Trump’s inauguration. What’s going on?

Since President Trump was sworn into office, almost three thousand datasets have disappeared from Data.gov, the U.S. government’s repository of open data. According to 404 Media, online archivist communities discovered since Trump took office on Jan. 21, the number of datasets on Data.gov has decreased to 305,564 from 307,854 datasets. Screenshots of Data.gov’s homepage archived

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DeepSeek Has Gotten OpenAI Fired Up

It’s been just over a week since DeepSeek upended the AI world. The introduction of its open-weight model—apparently trained on a fraction of the specialized computing chips that power industry leaders—set off shock waves inside OpenAI. Not only did employees claim to see hints that DeepSeek had “inappropriately distilled” OpenAI’s models to create its own,

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