Acer Nitro 17 (2024, AMD) Review: Great Power Yet Affordable

Acer Nitro 17 (2024, AMD) Review: Great Power Yet Affordable

With all the chatter about the artificial intelligence features of Intel’s new Core Ultra CPUs, it’s easy to forget that AMD has been busy doing AI too. AMD has outfitted many of its Ryzen processors with neural processing units (NPUs) since mid-2023, and it’s continued to expand its AI offerings ever since. Acer’s latest Nitro … Read more

Eufy X10 Pro Omni Review: Great Mopping and Decent AI Smarts

Eufy X10 Pro Omni Review: Great Mopping and Decent AI Smarts

Like last year’s model, it also meets the TÜV Rheinland privacy and security certification. This is important, because it navigates via AI.See—a “visual recognition technology.” Basically, it uses a camera to steer around your house. It’s not upward-facing, and Eufy assures its customers that the photos are not stored in a server and are deleted … Read more

Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record

Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is undergoing its worst coral-bleaching event on record.Credit: David Gray/AFP via Getty Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fifth mass bleaching event in eight years — and this … Read more

Elehear Alpha Pro Review: Hearing Aids With Great Battery Life

Elehear Alpha Pro Review: Hearing Aids With Great Battery Life

Hearing aids: Not only for the near-deaf? We’ve already seen one product in the emerging category of hearing aids designed for users with relatively mild hearing loss—the Olive Union Olive Max. Now there’s Elehear’s Alpha Pro, another affordable over-the-counter product that aims to acclimate users to what hearing aids can do … before things reach … Read more

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better

Courtesy of De Dakdokters Below that stretches a filter layer, which keeps the soil from getting into the next layer, a lightweight crate system that stores the water. And finally, below that you’ve got additional layers to keep water and plant roots from infiltrating the actual roof. “You have, in fact, a flat rain barrel … Read more

JBL Quantum 910X review: great gaming audio, but some rough edges

JBL Quantum 910X review: great gaming audio, but some rough edges

One-minute review A high-end wireless gaming headset designed for Xbox, the JBL Quantum 910X falls just short of earning a place among the best Xbox Series X headsets. That’s not to say that it isn’t still a formidable option, however, as it offers an excellent level of comfort that’s backed up by rich audio; it’s … Read more

Prime Video movie of the day: Mafia Mamma is the best kind of bad movie, in that it’s actually great

Prime Video movie of the day: Mafia Mamma is the best kind of bad movie, in that it’s actually great

Mafia Mamma was in so much danger of not working. Its story is borderline nonsense, its acting is as grounded as the International Space Station, and its tone veers from full-on farce to alarming violence to surprisingly erotically charged. And in the end, all of that is why it works so well. This Prime Video … Read more

Mega Samsung tablet sale at Best Buy and Amazon – 4 great deals from $169.99

Mega Samsung tablet sale at Best Buy and Amazon – 4 great deals from 9.99

Samsung manufactures a variety of tablets that are some of the best options out there for Android fans or those who want to avoid the Apple iPad ecosystem. Whether you want an affordable entry-level device for general everyday use and light gaming, or a powerful tablet to function as a full laptop replacement and creative … Read more