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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

Florida-based pet food and product online retailer Chewy has been around for less than 15 years but has quickly become a popular source for everything pet-related. Chewy even has supplies for farm animals, reptiles, fish, and more, carrying over 3,500 brands, including everything from food to medicine to toys. My cat is constantly throwing up

Google Workspace is the modern business world’s de facto productivity suite, and it’s only gotten better over the years. There’s the centralization of Google Docs, Drive, and Gmail, of course, but Google has bolstered its productivity suite with an AI infusion via Gemini, as well as simplified its offerings to work for massive corporations all

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

Three months ago, OpenAI cofounder Greg Brockman told me his concerns about a mounting public relations crisis facing artificial intelligence companies: Despite the popularity of tools like ChatGPT, an increasingly large share of the population said they viewed AI negatively. Since then, the backlash has only intensified. College commencement speakers are now getting booed for

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that Cox Media Group and two other marketing companies, MindSift LLC and 1010 Digital Works, have agreed to collectively pay nearly $1 million to settle allegations that they deceived their customers—other businesses—by claiming that they could help target ads based on audio recordings collected from consumers’ smart devices