The best Mint alternatives

As a long-time Mint user, I was frustrated to say the least when news broke at the end of 2023 that Intuit would shut Mint down. I, like millions of others, enjoyed how easily Mint allowed us to ...

Beats took its time, but the Powerbeats Pro 2 are finally here with heart monitoring

Summary The Powerbeats Pro 2 are 22% lighter and offer 45-hour battery life. The new design includes an ear hook with nickel-titanium alloy for flexibility and comfort. Features include ...

16th-Century Transylvanian Diaries Expose Climate Chaos

Meteorology has never been as precise as it is today—but how can scientists learn about past weather events? In addition to environmental evidence such as ...

The best mesh Wi-Fi systems of 2025

Have you ever found yourself wandering around your home, phone in hand, trying to find that one spot where the Wi-Fi actually works? If your internet slows to a crawl in certain rooms or drops out ...

YouTube is quietly taking over TVs in the US

Summary YouTube now has more viewers on TV in the US than on mobile, with 1 billion daily hours watched worldwide. According to a Neilson report, YouTube is the most watched streaming ...

Brave New World Are In, and All Over the Place

Anthony Mackie makes his standalone solo film debut with Sam Wilson taking up the mantle in Captain America: Brave New World and the consensus on this ...

EFF sues Elon Musk and DOGE to block their access to federal employee data

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with multiple federal employee unions, have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team to block their access ...

Ads on Spotify Premium? Some users say it’s happening

Summary Some Spotify Premium users are experiencing ads despite paying for ad-free listening. The issue appears to be a bug and not intentional, and is not limited to specific devices or ...

Shudder Just Got One of the Wildest Retro Zombie Movies Ever

You can keep your fast-moving zombies, 28 Years Later. The slowest zombies to perhaps ever feature in a movie can be found in Tombs of the Blind Dead, a ...

Apple and Google adopt Gulf of America for US Maps users

Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already ...