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technology

Windows 10’s secret ingredient was that we believed in it

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 1:21 PM

technology

5 annoying Apple TV quirks, solved

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 1:00 PM

technology

Humans are really bad at detecting fake AI images, study shows

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 12:30 PM

technology

There’s a 7-inch tablet in the palm rest of this new 15-inch laptop

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 12:13 PM

technology

Peacock’s new Select plan might be cheaper, but it’s missing a lot

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 11:53 AM

technology

How GPUs went from arcade graphics to running the world’s smartest machines

By Interesting Engineering | Kaif Shaikh | 7/29/2025 11:40 AM

The graphics processing unit, better known today as the GPU, did not begin as a... ... Read full Story

technology

Windows 11 is getting a multi-monitor feature it’s been missing for years

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 11:34 AM

technology

This portable 1080p IPS laptop monitor is a no-brainer for $60 right now

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 11:18 AM

technology

World’s first drone with built-in 8K 360-degree camera set to challenge DJI

By Interesting Engineering | Kapil Kajal | 7/29/2025 10:48 AM

Chinese camera maker Insta360 is entering the competitive consumer drone market with a new brand... ... Read full Story

technology

Some guy saved a PNG file to a bird’s brain

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 10:48 AM

technology

This free tool puts you on Windows 10 with support until 2032

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 10:39 AM

technology

I never leave home without Anker’s $30 ultra-compact, no-wires power bank

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 10:30 AM

technology

11 dead-simple ChatGPT prompts that make everyday tasks easy

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 10:03 AM

technology

Finland traps 14 GWh of waste heat a mile underground using breakthrough tubes

By Interesting Engineering | Georgina Jedikovska | 7/29/2025 9:54 AM

A waste incineration plant in Finland has used glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubes to... ... Read full Story

technology

Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked by Wi-Fi signals

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 9:52 AM

technology

Anker’s 6-port USB charging station just dropped to its best price

By PCWorld | | 7/29/2025 9:50 AM

technology

US engineers test breakthrough nuclear reactor cooling system at Idaho lab

By Interesting Engineering | Mrigakshi Dixit | 7/29/2025 9:38 AM

The MARVEL microreactor project at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), US, has successfully concluded its three-month... ... Read full Story

technology

Nuclear-linked hydrogen plan aims to feed AI-fueled energy hungry data centers

By Interesting Engineering | Kaif Shaikh | 7/29/2025 9:37 AM

Canada-based First Hydrogen Corp. says it will begin designing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) with... ... Read full Story

technology

Lab-grown mini-brain with blood vessels could help slash 90% neurodrug failure rate

By Interesting Engineering | Mrigakshi Dixit | 7/29/2025 9:24 AM

Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a novel whole-brain organoid. This model is unique because... ... Read full Story

technology

Texas to turn 500 used EV batteries into 24 MWh storage for state power grid

By Interesting Engineering | Christopher McFadden | 7/29/2025 9:22 AM

B2U Storage Solutions, a California-based company, has announced it is building a new battery storage... ... Read full Story

auto

This Is Your First Look At The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt

by carbuzz.com | Jul 30 2025

book

Looking for groups in ‘Looking For Group’

by BookPage | Jul 29 2025

exercise

If You Don’t Walk Backward Every Day, a Sports Medicine Doctor’s List of the Benefits Might Convince You To Start

by thehealthy.com | Jul 11 2025

fashion

She is known as the woman with the ‘world’s largest lips’— here’s what she looked like before all her surgeries

by NY Post | Jul 27 2025

food

Your Tomato Sandwich Deserves This Crunchy One-Ingredient Upgrade

by The Daily Meal | Jul 30 2025

long_island

This new Long Beach spot is flipping the script on pizza — with focaccia

by greaterlongisland.com | Jul 29 2025

new_jersey

Homeless numbers in NJ reach ‘shocking’ 10-year high

by NJ Spotlight | Jul 30 2025

nutrition

Carnivore Diet: Expert Clinicians List the Foods, Effects, and Health Risks

by thehealthy.com | Jul 10 2025

odd_fun

Mysterious Ring camera footage sparks alien speculation

by United Press International, Inc. | Jul 29 2025

people

The Naked Gun 2025: Trailer, cast and when does the reboot come out?

by marca.com | Jul 30 2025

politics

Biden 'Politburo' member Steve Ricchetti to appear before House investigators in Comer cover-up probe

by Fox News | Jul 30 2025

retirement

Retirees face staggering 6-figure health care bill when leaving the workforce

by Fox News | Jul 30 2025

science

Sticky goo in 2,500-year-old bronze jars finally identified, settling 70-year debate

by LIVE SCIENCE | Jul 30 2025

soccer

🎥 Florian Wirtz picks perfect time to score first Liverpool goal

by Yahoo Sports | Jul 30 2025

world

A look at Trump’s trade deals so far as tariff deadline days away

by Global News | Jul 30 2025

Word of the Day

doppelgänger

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 30, 2025 is:

doppelgänger • \DAH-pul-gang-er\ • noun

A doppelgänger is someone who looks very much like another person. In literary use, doppelgänger refers to a ghost that closely resembles a living person.

// I saw your doppelgänger at the movies yesterday and almost waved hello before I realized they weren’t you.

// In one of the creepiest parts of the story, the main character is haunted by a doppelgänger.

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Examples:

“When [Timothée] Chalamet himself briefly appeared at his own [celebrity look-alike] contest, popping up between two of his doppelgängers, the crowd was thrilled, but the contestants were somewhat diminished, all of the discrepancies emphasized between his face and their own.” — Amanda Hess, The New York Times, 22 Nov. 2024

Did you know?

According to German folklore, all living creatures have an identical, but invisible, spirit double. These second selves are distinct from ghosts, which appear only after death, and are sometimes described as the spiritual opposite or negative of their living counterparts. English speakers borrowed both the concept of the doppelgänger and the German word for it (from doppel-, meaning “double,” and -gänger, meaning “goer”) in the mid-1800s, but today the English word typically has a more quotidian use, referring simply to a living person who closely resembles another living person.

Windows 10’s secret ingredient was that we believed in it

5 annoying Apple TV quirks, solved

Humans are really bad at detecting fake AI images, study shows

There’s a 7-inch tablet in the palm rest of this new 15-inch laptop

Peacock’s new Select plan might be cheaper, but it’s missing a lot

How GPUs went from arcade graphics to running the world’s smartest machines

Windows 11 is getting a multi-monitor feature it’s been missing for years

This portable 1080p IPS laptop monitor is a no-brainer for $60 right now

World’s first drone with built-in 8K 360-degree camera set to challenge DJI

Some guy saved a PNG file to a bird’s brain

This free tool puts you on Windows 10 with support until 2032

I never leave home without Anker’s $30 ultra-compact, no-wires power bank

11 dead-simple ChatGPT prompts that make everyday tasks easy

Finland traps 14 GWh of waste heat a mile underground using breakthrough tubes

Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked by Wi-Fi signals

Anker’s 6-port USB charging station just dropped to its best price

US engineers test breakthrough nuclear reactor cooling system at Idaho lab

Nuclear-linked hydrogen plan aims to feed AI-fueled energy hungry data centers

Lab-grown mini-brain with blood vessels could help slash 90% neurodrug failure rate

Texas to turn 500 used EV batteries into 24 MWh storage for state power grid

This Is Your First Look At The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt

Looking for groups in ‘Looking For Group’

If You Don’t Walk Backward Every Day, a Sports Medicine Doctor’s List of the Benefits Might Convince You To Start

She is known as the woman with the ‘world’s largest lips’— here’s what she looked like before all her surgeries

Your Tomato Sandwich Deserves This Crunchy One-Ingredient Upgrade

This new Long Beach spot is flipping the script on pizza — with focaccia

Homeless numbers in NJ reach ‘shocking’ 10-year high

Carnivore Diet: Expert Clinicians List the Foods, Effects, and Health Risks

Mysterious Ring camera footage sparks alien speculation

The Naked Gun 2025: Trailer, cast and when does the reboot come out?

Biden 'Politburo' member Steve Ricchetti to appear before House investigators in Comer cover-up probe

Retirees face staggering 6-figure health care bill when leaving the workforce

Sticky goo in 2,500-year-old bronze jars finally identified, settling 70-year debate

🎥 Florian Wirtz picks perfect time to score first Liverpool goal

A look at Trump’s trade deals so far as tariff deadline days away

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Mysterious Ring camera footage sparks alien speculation

2.Look: Scuba team rescues lost wedding ring from British river

3.Look: School maintenance workers free raccoon stuck in dumpster

4.Overturned truck covers Washington road in cherries

5.California man's winning streak culminates in $2M lottery prize

6.Watch: California woman fills her hair with 711 golf tees

7.Watch: Escaped water monitor lizard crosses state border into Connecticut

8.Cedar Point coaster strands riders for a fourth time in one month

9.Watch: Alligator removed from shoulder of Florida's Turnpike

10.Bishop in dressing gown interrupts church concert - and asks crowd to 'leave my house'