The Best Laptops in 2025

The basic essence of laptop designa folding screen attached to a keyboardhasnt changed for over 40 years. Theres a good reason for that. Today, modern laptops are strong enough to replace full desktops. Image: Gizmodo Theres always an interesting laptop design on the horizon, like theLenovo ThinkBook Rollable. The best overall laptop is theAppleMacBook Pro with M4. We were also surprised that the MacBook Pros performance turned it into quite a portable workstation....

January 4, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Bruce Lopez

Adam Scott Sympathizes With Your AgonizingSeveranceSeason 2 Wait

Adam Scott,the star ofSeverance, gets it. Over video chat last month, io9 talked to Scott about all that. And dont worry, the interview is spoiler-free for season two. Severance returns this month.Image: Apple TV+ So it was really fun to see how far hes going to take the story this season. Because season one, originally, the story went a bit further than it ended up going. So Dan ended up finding that as the demarcation line of the seasons....

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Brandon Guerrero

Alcohol Should Come With Cancer Warning Label Like Cigarettes, U.S. Surgeon General Says

It seems that far too many Americans are in the dark about alcohols cancer risk. Less than half of all Americans even know that alcohol can cause cancer, the surgeon general notes. Research studies throughout the years have consistently shown that alcohol can be a major risk factor for cancer. Alcohol helps cause 100,000 new cancer cases every year in the U.S., a new advisory from the surgeon general warns.© Dirk Hoffmann via Getty...

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Mary Williams

Anthropic Agrees to Stop Claude Chatbot’s Ability to Spit Out Lyrics From Copyrighted Songs

This argument has been central to AI companies defense of copyrighted material showing up in their models. News and music publishers disagree, and the lawsuit against Anthropic is not entirely over yet. Art is merely content meant to serve the greater purpose of generating engagement and selling ads. Anthropic will stop producing lyrics to copyrighted songs following a lawsuit from the publishing industry.Allen J. Schaben/Getty The AI slop thats filling Facebook today is representative of how tech companies see it all as interchangeable....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Amanda Hernandez

Apple Intelligence Now Takes Up Nearly Twice as Much Storage as It Did at Launch

Users have already started to complain aboutbattery drainassociated with Apple Intelligence operations. Not sure thats a great value proposition. News from the future, delivered to your present. A laptop keyboard and Apple Intelligence on website displayed on a phone screen© Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Meta Pissed Off Everyone With Poorly Redacted Docs Meta is being very transparent on accident. Apple, Are You Okay? I need Apple to blink once for yes and twice for no, because it’s getting weird....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 80 words · Melinda Hughes

Are We Blessed or Cursed to Get aFantastic FourReboot Once a Decade?

Four times over the past four decades a newly rebootedFantastic Fourmoviehas been made. And, if you could believe it, theyve all happened almost exactly 10 years apart. Lets break it down. Members of the Fantastic Four across four decades.Image: Marvel Studios/Fox Arguably the most famousFantastic Fourmovie to date is the one released in July 2005. And no, we didnt forget about the OG. That throws off our exactly 10 years hypothesis, but only by a few months....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Andrew Thomas

Famous Orca Mom Seen Carrying Dead Calf for the Second Time

Humans arent the only ones who experience grief over losing their loved ones. Tahlequah isnt theonly whalewho has been observed displaying grief-like behavior, but she may be the most well-known. J61s death is especially tragic given the state of orcas in the area. A southern resident killer whale seen with her calf.© MarkMalleson via Getty So this death could further imperil the long-term survival of Tahlequahs pod. Orca calves in general face a harsh environment....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Amanda Welch

LG’s New Lamp-Projector Is the Kind of Device Only a Moth(er) Could Love

LG asks an important question: What if your lamp was more than a lamp? Its latest projectors include a 3-in-1 design with a speaker and projector lens disguised inside a circular lamp. Just remember to turn down the lamps brightness to see the projected image dancing on your living room wall. © LG LG said in areleaseit was inspired by a floor lamp for the design of its 3-in-1 PF600U....

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 233 words · John White

Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop

When theres no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth. The movies blue-skinned corpses dont know theyre dead. They just wander through the shopping center on autopilot, looking for something new to consume. Liv stares at you, ready for interaction.© Instagram screengrab. Thats how many of our social media spaces feel now. Thats what Meta is selling now. Metas various sites have over 3 billion users, an incredible percentage of the worlds population....

January 3, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Aaron Hampton

Now, Elon Musk Is Trying to Upend British Politics

Elon Musk has invaded Britainif only via tweet. The King must ACT before it is too late! Musk replied to the users post, stating merely: Yes. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Thats not all Musk got up to. Musk was subsequentlyaccused of politicizing the rape of young girlsas a means of pushing his own rightwing agenda. Why does Musk have it out for Starmer so bad? That said, its not like Musk is the first American plutocrat to mess with U....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Dana Ford

Officials Are Worried About Traffic as Amazon’s 50k Seattle Workers Return to the Office This Week

Amazon has demanded that all of its employees return to the office full-time, five days a week. Local news outlet Fox 13recently intervieweda public transportation official who said the policy would impact traffic flows. The report noted: Seattles case is not unlike many cities and Central Business Districts around the globe. © JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images As speeds slow down, drivers sit in traffic jams, losing time, money and fuel to congestion....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 124 words · Ruben Rodriguez

Rival to SpaceX’s Starlink Goes Dark After Failing to Account for Leap Year

OneWebs satellite constellation restored internet services after an outage that began on December 31, 2024, Eutelsatconfirmedon Thursday. The constellation is operating nominally once again. Whats the Difference Between SpaceXs Starlink and OneWeb? Eutelsat launched its final batch of satellites in 2023.Eutelsat Eutelsat operates a fleet of more than 630 satellites in low Earth orbit. It hasnt been an easy road for Eutelsat. OneWeb declined, promptingRussia to keep 36 of its satellitesat a storage facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan....

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 113 words · Harry Galvan

Russell T Davies Has High Hopes ForDoctor Who‘s Next Spinoff

Mike Flanagan wants his takes onCarrieandThe Exorcistto be timely. Get a look at the season finale ofOutlander. Plus, whats next onSilo. © BBC To me, my spoilers! In the same interview, Ariana Grande promised the titular musical number will be quite a meal. The scene that leads up to itand afterwardsis quite a meal. you might doubt me and cry hype… and get left behind. Oh my God, its good!...

January 3, 2025 · 1 min · 139 words · William Robinson