Author: Zach_Wilson
The Sony 1000X Collexion are the company’s most luxurious headphones to date — and an unexpected discount makes them worthy of an audition
When you’re thinking about buying a new pair of headphones, I’d wager that a pair from Sony will undoubtedly come to mind. The tech giant is known for making some of the best headphones we’ve seen heard in the past decade. In fact, Sony released the uber-premium 1000X The Collexion…
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A stratospheric balloon could become a high-altitude drone carrier, capable of loitering for weeks and launching solar-powered UAVs
Military balloons now launch reusable drones directly from the stratosphere Solar-powered Apollo-R remains airborne for weeks after balloon deployment at altitude Thunderhead balloon carries multiple drones during a single high-altitude deployment mission High-altitude balloons are moving beyond surveillance roles as military developers explore using them as airborne launch platforms for…
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In a twist of irony, a Chinese open source GLM 5.2 AI model contained ‘rogue’ OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol in a Hugging Face hack just as the US mulls banning open-weight AI
Chinese Zhipu AI GLM-5.2 succeeded where leading American models failed woefully Hugging Face breach reignited Washington’s battle over open-weight artificial intelligence Safety guardrails unexpectedly complicated defensive cybersecurity work during a real incident The recent cybersecurity incident involving Hugging Face has unexpectedly placed a Chinese open source AI model at the…
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I love the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic so much I didn’t even take it off for my wedding — so where’s my Watch 9 Classic Samsung?
When I got engaged a couple of years ago my wife asked if there was anything I’d want in return to symbolize it: she gets to wear a ring, would I want a new accessory or piece of jewellery to match her. My immediate answer was a watch, with the…
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, August 3 (game #883)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…
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NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, August 3 (game #1149)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers…
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