The space-age Typhur Dome might have solved the big problem with air fryers

Air fryers can be great for saving time and energy, but on a practical level there does appear to be a flaw with the design. Most of today’s best air fryers are tall rather than wide, so while the internal volume is generous, the usable space can be rather limited. Unless you’re cooking something that … Read more

Paleblue Earth batteries eliminate the one big pain point of rechargeables

Batteries are ubiquitous – in one form or another, they’re powering a lot of our wireless tech. That also means we’re throwing out a lot of batteries once they’ve been drained, which isn’t doing our environment any favors. Many of us have opted for rechargeable batteries to power some of our devices, from TV remotes … Read more

VMware users warned to brace for next big upheaval as latest Broadcom changes rumble on

VMware’s end-user compute products are set to undergo substantial changes imminently, with service providers and customers bracing for the impact of yet another potentially colossal shakeup by Broadcom. An email seen by The Register is reportedly warning service providers of VMware’s Horizon range to either face increased costs or an architecture change. The changes had … Read more

Adobe’s next big project is an AI that can upscale low-res video to 8x its original quality

A group of Adobe researchers recently published a paper on a new generative AI model called VideoGigaGAN and we believe it may launch on a future product. What it does is upscale low-quality videos by up to eight times their original resolution without sacrificing stability or important aspects of the source material. Several demo clips … Read more

Trailer for The Big Cigar shows Black Panther FBI fakeout

Apple TV+ dropped the first trailer for The Big Cigar Wednesday. And it looks like so much fun I almost don’t want to know how true the “incredible true story” actually is. The upcoming drama series tells the tale of Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton enlisting a Hollywood producer to fake out the FBI, … Read more

The obscure little PC that wanted to be a big NAS — super compact Maiyunda M1 doesn’t cost that much, offers up to 40TB SSD storage, runs Windows and has 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports

At first glance, the Maiyunda M1 doesn’t look all that special. It’s a mini PC with a large on/off button on the front, alongside a TF card slot, a USB 3.0 port, and two USB 2.0 ports. On the rear, there are HDMI 2.0 and DP ports to allow the device to drive two screens … Read more

The Big Door Prize season 2: stream the acclaimed Chris O’Dowd comedy

The residents of Deerfield continue their rollercoaster journeys of personal transformation following the arrival of a machine proclaiming their true “life potential” in the return of The Big Door Prize, season two. The acclaimed dramedy reunites Chris O’Dowd with an excellent ensemble, among them Gabrielle Dennis and Josh Segarra, as the residents of the sleepy … Read more

Could ChatGPT be the next big cybersecurity worry — researchers say it can crack systems faster than ever before

LLMs such as ChatGPT might just be the next cybersecurity worry, according to the latest findings by researchers. Previously believed to only be able to exploit simpler cybersecurity vulnerabilities, LLMs have shown a surprisingly high proficiency in exploiting complex ones as well.  Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) found that GPT-4 demonstrates a … Read more

How volcanoes shaped our planet — and why we need to be ready for the next big eruption

Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves Tamsin Mather Abacus (2024) Unlike Alice in Alice in Wonderland, volcanologists cannot fall down a deep rabbit hole to discover what goes on in the bowels of the Earth. Instead, they scour the surface and examine the chemistry of emitted gases, lava and … Read more

The US takes another big step towards banning TikTok – here’s what you need to know

A TikTok ban in the United States is closer than it’s ever been, with the US House of Representatives voting through the relevant legislation on Saturday – meaning it could become law in just a few days. As reported by Android Authority and others, the short-form video and social media app needs to cut ties … Read more