Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has been detained by US military forces, sparking a leadership transition with Vice President Delcy Rodríguez acting as interim president and opposition leader Edmundo González declaring himself commander-in-chief. [1][2] This follows the disputed 2024 election, where Western governments recognized González’s victory; […]
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Pila makes the power station pretty
Pila Energy’s home batteries are now available to preorder with deliveries expected to begin in February 2026. These power stations are meant to be seen, unlike most batteries in this class that are better suited for job sites than designer lofts. Pila’s home batteries are […]
Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze
Trump administration had suspended Danish group’s work on major wind farm off coast of Rhode Island.
Patti Smith Redefines Art: A Fusion of Creativity, Activism, and Unyielding Authenticity
The Indissoluble Filament Connecting Us All: Patti Smith on What It Means to Be an Artist When Patti Smith speaks about art, she doesn’t offer neat definitions or comfortable boundaries. Instead, she describes a living, breathing ecosystem where creativity flows across mediums, where a café […]
These open-ear buds actually have decent noise reduction
My biggest gripe about open-ear buds is that they’re rotten for loud city commutes. Cue a pedantic audiophile pointing out that the whole premise of open-ear buds is to not block out sound. Yes, yes. But the unfortunate truth is that often means if you […]
The taint bandaid has evolved into the taint zapper
Six years ago, I first laid eyes upon the taint bandaid. It was the first night of CES 2020. In a corner of the inaugural CES Unveiled showcase, there was a lonely booth. Upon a sparse table lay a mannequin with its smooth Ken doll […]
Boston Dynamics’ Tesla Bot rival Atlas will start building Hyundai cars in 2028
Boston Dynamics unveiled the latest version of its humanoid Atlas robot Monday at CES in Las Vegas. The robot, with a glowing circle for a face and a fully electric, battery-powered body, is so advanced that it will soon be working alongside human factory workers […]
AMD reheats last year’s Ryzen AI and X3D CPUs for 2026’s laptops and desktops
But it may become slightly cheaper to buy AMD’s fastest integrated Radeon GPUs.
Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87
Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing.
SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives
Optimus SSDs will continue with the same model numbers that the WD SSDs used.