Modern TVs may feature large screens, but the onboard speakers are very small and can sound distant and tinny. The solution is to buy a separate TV speaker — it can instantly turn your system into a veritable home theater. A new soundbar doesn’t even need to cost that much. These days, soundbars are considerably more popular than … Read more

Have you seen the nightmare fuel tank? currently in circulation around the internet – the video in which a robot dog fires an assault rifle? I have good and bad news. The good news: It’s probably just a dangerous toy cobbled together by a Russian hoverbike startup. Vice traced the video to Alexander Atamanov, the … Read more

Climate change is making extreme heat the norm in a larger part of the world, increasing the need for adaptation. But in the case of AC, some experts are concerned about how to balance that need with the damage the solutions can cause. According to a 2018 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global … Read more

In the past few months, both Stripe and Instacart have seen their internal valuations updated in a 409A appraisal process. The startups saw their valuations being slashed by 28% and 38%, respectively, as a result of the appraisals. What do these re-pricings signal to other late-stage, pandemic-spurred startups? And how seriously should we be taking … Read more

Cleaning our houses is the worst. Between dust, pet hair and plates from last night’s dinner, it just doesn’t stop there — and we’re the only ones to blame. There’s nothing yet to make it all go away (even robot vacuums have their flaws), but at least the right products can make these chores easier … Read more

Apple products, even older models, tend to hold their prices over the years, so it can be difficult to find a discount on the device you want. For that reason, it is often the best choice to go for a refurbished model if you want to save some money. Woot, an Amazon subsidiary, is one … Read more

Netflix wants linear TV to die. CEO Reed Hastings has been hitting the TV killing drum for over 8 years now, and in today’s investor call, he reiterated his belief, confidently saying that Netflix was in a great place because linear TV would be dead in 5 to 10 years. .” Hastings is financially incentivized … Read more

But Sony soon learned that speed alone wasn’t enough to make GT Sophy a winner. The program surpassed all human drivers on an empty track and set superhuman lap times on three different virtual courses. But when Sony tested GT Sophy in a race against multiple human drivers, requiring both intelligence and speed, GT Sophy … Read more

The days of the Galaxy Note Unpacked events are sadly over, but Samsung’s foldable devices are happy to fill a phablet-sized gap in the company’s annual release schedule. Over the past few years, the company has kept its promise to fully commit to the form factor, and we expect the latest additions to the Fold … Read more