Ukraine-Russia peace talks advance amid ongoing conflict. US President Donald Trump stated after a Mar-a-Lago summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the two sides are closer than ever to a peace deal, including a 20-point plan, though deep divisions persist over territories controlled by […]
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Big Tech basically took Trump’s unpredictable trade war lying down
From Apple gifting a gold statue to the US taking a stake in Intel.
Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying
Remembering Windows 10’s rollout can help diagnose what ails Windows 11.
LG announces new UltraGear evo gaming monitors with AI upscaling
LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by 5K resolution and AI upscaling. The three flagships under the new branding are the 39GX950B, […]
Ubisoft shuts down ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ servers following hack
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that Rainbow Six Siege had been compromised and that it had shut down the game’s servers and marketplace while it resolved the issue. The hackers managed to gain control over a significant chunk of the game’s systems, including the ability to ban […]
Google Pixel Watch 4 Revives Smartwatch Appeal with Elegant Design, Long Battery, and Seamless AI Integration
The Google Pixel Watch 4 didn’t just win me over as a gadget; it quietly fixed almost every reason I stopped caring about smartwatches in the first place. For years, I bounced between different wearables, always ending up disappointed. Either the battery died before my […]
LG announces new UltraGear evo gaming monitors with AI upscaling
LG unveiled a whole new line of gaming monitors ahead of CES on Friday. The UltraGear evo line are all high-end monitors covering a range of technologies, but united by 5K resolution and AI upscaling. The three flagships under the new branding are the 39GX950B, […]
Zelenskyy and Trump Meet in Florida Amid Intensifying Ukraine-Russia Conflict and Freezing Kyiv Conditions – 12/28/2025, 8:28:35 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida to discuss a peace plan for the Ukraine-Russia war, amid fresh Russian strikes on Kyiv that killed at least one to two people, injured dozens, and left residents without power or […]
Kelli Anderson’s Pop-Up Book Brings Alphabet’s History to Life with Interactive Design Magic
Alphabet is not just a set of symbols; in Kelli Anderson’s new pop‑up book Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape, it becomes a living biography of our species’ ways of thinking, making, and seeing.[3][1] This large-format, two-volume work turns the history of typography […]
You need to read the subversive cosmic horror novella The Ballad of Black Tom
Things that HP Lovecraft was good at: Creating a mythos. Building atmosphere. Things that HP Lovecraft was bad at: Writing dialog. Creating compelling characters. Not being a racist. As a fan of horror in general, I can’t pretend that Lovecraft isn’t an important touchstone. But […]