Author name: Faulkner Media

To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren’t interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is the port where the big cargo ships come in from the world wide web, and the router is

An assailant attacked an elderly man Wednesday afternoon outside his California home over a pro-U.S. and Trump-themed political display, his wife alleged. Kerry Sheron was allegedly attacked shortly after 2 p.m. in Escondido, according to CBS 8. The Escondido Police Department (EPD) responded and discovered him seriously hurt and lying in the street. Sheron was

It’s been 17 years since I sat in on the iconic weekly search quality meeting in the Ouagadougou conference room at Google’s Mountain View campus. That Thursday morning, around three dozen engineers, product managers, and executives sat at a table or sprawled on the floor to discuss why certain search queries or categories didn’t yield

Photograph: Luke Larsen With just a few screws and a power cable to snake through the stand, setup was a straightforward process. The adjustments to the monitor tilt, height, and rotation happen with one dubious handle, and it’s not nearly as intuitive as I’d have liked. For something that would need to be frequently adjusted

Humans are animals that measure things. Call us Homo mensura. We have a compulsion to quantify, and for millennia we’ve been inventing new ways to go about it. For anything you can think of, there’s a device to measure it—from sphygmomanometers to spectrophotofluorometers. And of course nowhere is this more true than in science. Well

Review: Valve Steam Controller (2026) Without the context of Valve’s Steam Machine (which is still MIA), this controller can’t fully dazzle players yet. Photograph: Matt Kamen Fantastic build quality. Incredibly accurate TMR thumbsticks. Highly customizable inputs. Included puck is a marvel for charging and connectivity. Can’t use with PC games outside of Steam. Gyroscope tricky

Razer squeezes extra performance out of its Viper V4 Pro gaming mouse with meaningful, iterative upgrades. Courtesy of Amazon Multiple Buying Options Available Ultralight 50-gram design. Comfortable ambidextrous shape ideal for competitive gaming. 8,000-Hz polling. Upgraded dongle with 3x LED indicators. Extensive software customizations. No Bluetooth connectivity. Not a significant upgrade over V3. Razer’s Viper

I may be old-fashioned, but I prefer actual radio stations to Spotify’s algorithms. The best human DJs find music I’d never seek out, and that even the best recommendation system would never point out to me. Even better: If you’re good at finding community and public radio stations that appeal to your tastes, there are

The Gulf’s AI ambitions depend on something surprisingly fragile: a handful of undersea cables running through some of the world’s most volatile waterways. Countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have spent billions building AI infrastructure, attracting hyperscalers and positioning themselves as future exporters of compute capacity. But as the region shifts from oil wealth

Named after NBC’s iconic logo, Peacock is a video streaming service primarily featuring series and film content from NBC Universal studios, as well as news and sports programming. Premium tiers include a larger content library and access to additional NBC Sports, Hallmark Channel, and WWE content—yes, we’re talkin’ wrasslin.’ And right now, you can get