Author: Zach_Wilson

LG’s microwave has a 27-inch display that’ll be perfect for ads

LG says the microwave’s display provides “an immersive entertainment experience” that’ll surely prevent the onset of buyer’s remorse at having overpaid for a potential advertising machine centrally located in your kitchen. And when paired with LG’s oven, it “conveniently shows the cooking progress of dishes in the range, eliminating the need to…

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11 basketball courts in 1 teaspoon: this new material, borne from the space age, could hold the key to next-generation batteries and ultra small power cells

Researchers create a form of carbon with an incredible surface area This could allow the material to trap more substance including various chemicals Hypergolics are widely use in jet propulsion Researchers at Cornell University have developed a nanoporous carbon material with the highest surface area ever reported. The breakthrough uses…

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I signed up for YouTube Premium, and it was the best tech decision I’ve made all year

I’ve only become a regular user of YouTube relatively recently. The video platform, which first launched in 2005, wasn’t something I spent much time with for its first decade of existence. I’d heard how it got bought by Google, and how it was something that was popular with kids. I…

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LG’s new UltraGear lineup includes a bendable 5K OLED

As is tradition, LG is announcing several of its new OLED monitors before CES 2025 kickoffs in earnest. The new UltraGear GX9 series all feature curved WOLED panels, webOS and an anti-glare, low reflection coating that should make them pleasant to look at wherever your desk is stationed. LG is…

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LG’s 2025 gaming monitor lineup includes a bendable 5K2K OLED

LG isn’t waiting until CES begins to reveal its new collection of gaming monitors. The 2025 lineup is led by the UltraGear OLED Bendable Gaming Monitor, which LG claims is the “world’s first 5K2K-resolution bendable OLED display.” That strikes me as extremely specific, but hey, it’s always worth bragging when…

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NYT Connections today — my hints and answers for Monday, December 30 (game #568)

Good morning! Let’s play Connections, the NYT’s clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need clues. What should you do once you’ve finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I’ve also got daily Strands…

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