Most soundbars also offer optical audio inputs for older TVs without HDMI ARC support, but you’ll want to check to make sure (or you could just upgrade to a new TV too!). We recommend sticking to soundbars with HDMI ARC at a minimum. It’s a much simpler connection, and it’s …
Read More »This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds
“It’s pretty exciting and freeing to keep my independence,” Mark says. “Some days can be more challenging, especially depending how I’m feeling, but the layout of the Amazon tablet makes it pretty easy to interact with and complete the tasks I need to.” Amazon declined to respond to a request …
Read More »OpenAI Messed With the Wrong Mega-Popular Parenting Forum
Think of any topic vaguely related to raising kids imaginable, and there’s probably a post about it on Mumsnet, the long-running, enormously popular, controversy-spurring UK-based parenting forum for mothers. Over its more than two decade-long history, Mumsnet has amassed an archive of more than six billion words written by its …
Read More »Somehow, the Dog Situation on Airplanes Has Gotten Even Wilder
But now in-cabin pets are subject to the same kind of strict entry requirements—and paperwork—as pets in cargo holds, with special attention paid to vaccination records from 96 countries with high risk of dog rabies, including China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Brazil, and Mexico. For Kimberly Graner, the chief operating officer …
Read More »The Best Clitoral Suction Toys (2024), Tested and Reviewed
Photograph: Dariia Chernenko/Getty Images Clitoral suction toys can be a bit of a mystery if you’re unfamiliar with their ins and outs. Vibrators contain motors that provide the vibration by just stimulating via shaking, but a suction toy is a little more complex. They work by modulating air pressure with …
Read More »Put these 2 Netflix series at the top of your watchlist next week
For Netflix subscribers, the upcoming week brings an all-new pile of streaming content to enjoy — more than 20 titles in all, from Netflix original movies like the science fiction-themed Uglies (starring Joey King and Laverne Cox) to a live event with Hollywood medium Tyler Henry as well as documentaries …
Read More »AWS brings OpenSearch under the Linux Foundation umbrella
AWS today announced that it is transitioning OpenSearch, its open source fork of the popular Elasticsearch search and analytics engine, to the Linux Foundation with the launch of the very aptly named OpenSearch Foundation. AWS first launched the OpenSearch project in 2021, after Elastic changed its license for its Elasticsearch …
Read More »Google TV now has 150+ live channels built in
Google jumped on the free ad-supported TV (FAST) trend last year by bringing dozens of free channels right to the home screen on Google TV devices. Google TV’s free selection launched with around 80 built-in channels, but over the past year, the number has grown. As of the latest update, …
Read More »Use glowing fireflies as lures
Spiders are intriguing creepy crawlies, and now, scientists have discovered that some spiders lure prey in using a terrifyingly smart tactic that may give you nightmares. According to new research published in Current Biology, scientists say that once orb-weaver spiders have ensnared male fireflies in their webs, they’ll actually turn …
Read More »Insight Partners is closing in on a whopping $10B+ new fund
Insight Partners is reportedly on the cusp of on more than $10 billion in capital commitments for its 13th fund, per the FT. The FT report notes that two of Insight’s portfolio companies were acquired in the last week. One of these, the threat intelligence company Recorded Future, which sold …
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