Tech & Ai

Fitness tracker Whoop faces unhappy customers over upgrade policy
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
Whoop has backed down, somewhat, from the controversial upgrade plans around its Whoop 5.0 fitness tracker. When the company first announced Whoop 5.0 this week,

More concise chatbot responses tied to increase in hallucinations, study finds
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
Asking any of the popular chatbots to be more concise “dramatically impact[s] hallucination rates,” according to a recent study. French AI testing platform Giskard published

The 12 Best Gifts for Every Kind of Golfer (2024)
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
Why do we golf? We may never get good at it, and even when we cross some self-imposed pinnacle of proficiency we face near-infinite new

Amazon offers peek at new human jobs in an AI bot world
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
The tech industry seems to have two thoughts when it comes to where human workers fit into the AI-powered world they are creating: Either they

NYT Connections hints and answers for May 11: Tips to solve ‘Connections’ #700.
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the

Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
“How we end up with similar circuitry was more flexible than I would have expected,” Zaremba said. “You can build the same circuits from different

The Greek revival you’re not watching (but probably should be)
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
Much of the world isn’t paying close attention to Greece right now. That may be a mistake. Best known for its stunning islands, sun-soaked cities,

How to unblock Pornhub for free in Arkansas
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
TL;DR: Unblock Pornhub from Arkansas with a VPN. The best service for unblocking porn sites is ExpressVPN. Your access to the online world is not

Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
Even in the best of times, long-term observations can be very fragile. It is difficult to convince funding agencies to put money into long-term observations

Egypt’s Nawy, the largest proptech in Africa, lands a $52M Series A to take on MENA
- By Abigail Avery
- . May 11, 2025
For decades, buying property in Egypt meant navigating a fragmented real estate market, relying on personal networks, dealing with commission-driven brokers, and facing developers more