The latest Amazon Echo Spot smart alarm clock has dropped to its lowest price yet at just $44.99 (down from $79.99) on Amazon, undercutting both Black Friday and Prime Day…
Amazon Echo Spot Hits Record Low Price at $44.99, Beats Black Friday Deals
Day: December 18, 2025
Global Turmoil: Strikes, Floods, and Prisoner Releases Shake World’s Landscape – 12/18/2025, 8:29:28 AM
Major Global Conflicts and Security Incidents In the Syrian conflict, an ISIL member attacked a joint Syrian-American convoy in Palmyra, killing two U.S. service members and one civilian interpreter while…
Snapchat’s new Quick Cut stitches a video together for you
Snap just launched a new Quick Cut video editing tool right inside Snapchat that “helps Snapchatters turn their favorite Memories into beat-synced, ready-to-share videos in seconds.” With Quick Cut, you can select multiple photos or clips and then “instantly preview a rendered video,” and the […]
Kuxiu’s S3 MagSafe power bank is bigger and better and probably won’t explode
Kuxiu is back with a new S3 portable battery that addresses most of the issues I had during my review of the S2, aka the “world’s first” semi-solid state power bank. It also introduces a few new ones, while adding useful features like a kickstand […]
Pablo Neruda’s Love Affair with Words: Transforming Language into a Sensual, Political, and Poetic Force
Words: Pablo Neruda’s Love Letter to Language Pablo Neruda didn’t just use words; he loved them, argued with them, re‑shaped them, and trusted them with the most intimate parts of…
Global Tensions and Quiet Diplomacy: Insights for Dec 18, 2025
Good morning, friends. Imagine a world that feels both smaller and more intricate than ever before—a place where a single phone call can ripple across continents and a quiet gesture of condolence in one city becomes a political statement in another. This is the rhythm […]
The ChatGPT app store is here
On Wednesday evening, OpenAI launched an App Directory to browse all the tools currently available and opened its SDK for developers to build new interactive experiences that operate within the bot’s UI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said last month that “We are planning to build […]
LG and Dolby partner to release the first FlexConnect soundbar
Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology debuted this year with the TCL Z100 speakers, and now we’re getting our first FlexConnect soundbar thanks to LG. The new H7 soundbar – which runs on the same Alpha 11 Gen 3 chip as LG’s OLEDs and new Micro RGB […]