My desire to make authentic-tasing barbecue at home was always tempered by the intimidation of regularly using a smoker. I’ve tried a couple of smart smokers before, but none were as easy to set up, cook with, and maintain as Brisk It’s Zelos-450. An early […]
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SpaceX’s Starship Soars with First Successful Test Flight of 2025, Boosting Mars Mission Hopes – 8/27/2025, 8:28:36 PM
Here are the latest major world news headlines as of August 27, 2025: President Trump warns of “economic war” with Russia if President Putin does not end the conflict in…
Microsoft’s Copilot AI is now inside Samsung TVs and monitors
Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is officially coming to TVs, starting with Samsung’s 2025 lineup of TVs and smart monitors. With the integration, you can call upon Copilot and ask for movie suggestions, spoiler-free episode recaps, and other general questions. On TV, Copilot takes on a […]
Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance
This was the first successful flight of SpaceX’s second-generation Starship after three failures.
SpaceX’s Starship Megarocket Soars to Success on Tenth Test Flight – 8/27/2025, 8:29:22 AM
The latest world news as of August 27, 2025, includes significant developments across geopolitics, conflict zones, and scientific achievement: Israel-Gaza Conflict: Israel remains “unwilling to reach an agreement” on a…
Microsoft hosts emergency press conference after protesters ‘storm a building’
Microsoft president Brad Smith hosted an impromptu press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after protesters gained access to a building at the company’s headquarters and held a sit-in demonstration inside his office. Seated on the edge of his desk, in the office that had […]
Framework is working on a giant haptic touchpad, Trackpoint nub, and eGPU for its laptops
Today, Framework announced the second-gen Framework Laptop 16 with two industry firsts: the first Nvidia graphics card upgrade you can perform at home in just a couple minutes, and the first complete 240W laptop charging solution over a USB-C cable. But the company’s also revealing […]
CRKD’s $99 Peak Design clone is great for handhelds
Embracer Group-owned CRKD recently launched a backpack, the $99.99 Vortex 1.0. During a recent vacation, I swapped it in place of my go-to for the past eight or so years, the 20-liter Peak Design Everyday backpack, which CRKD has thoroughly cribbed the look of. However, […]
Hasselblad X2D II: the luxury sports car of medium format cameras
We’ve spent most of the year talking about gadgets getting more expensive. Thanks to US tariffs, prices are rising every few months, and even small upgrades have come with big price hikes. So I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the new Hasselblad X2D […]
Dish gives up on becoming the fourth major wireless carrier
Dish’s parent company, EchoStar, is selling a broad swath of its 5G spectrum licenses to AT&T for $23 billion. Under the deal, the Dish-owned Boost Mobile will primarily operate using AT&T’s growing network – a move that marks “the end of the road for the […]