Month: February 2026
Uber launches robotaxi support project to aid AV partners
Uber is moving aggressively into robotaxis, striking deals with new partners and promising big investments to support future fleets — basically everything it can do except design and build the vehicles itself. (It tried that once, unsuccessfully.) Now, the ridehail giant is launching a new initiative to support its third-party…
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Best Puffer Jacket (2026): Patagonia, Arc’teryx, REI
Our favorite down puffer jackets will keep you warm in the backcountry and around town. Source
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Falcon Northwest FragBox review: A compact gaming rig that does everything right
Mafia: The Old Country demands to be played on an enormous screen. As much as I love my 32-inch Alienware OLED gaming monitor, it doesn't do justice to Mafia's cinematic vistas of Sicily. But, I also wanted to play that game in its full 4K glory, with none of the…
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The Best iPad to Buy (and Some to Avoid) in 2026
We break down the current iPad lineup to help you figure out which of Apple’s tablets is best for you. Source
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How many AIs does it take to read a PDF?
Last November, the House Oversight Committee had just released 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, and Luke Igel and some friends were clicking around, trying to follow the threads of conversation through garbled email threads and a PDF viewer that was, frankly, “gross.” In the coming…
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Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light
Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet’s “moonshot” incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light — line of sight permitting. Unlike last year’s Taara Lightbridge, which connects communities separated by water and mountains at distances up to…
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