Author: Awais

Christmas is tomorrow, and between planning family dinners and making cookies, you’re likely going to need to use eggs. This means it’s more important than ever to know how long the eggs in your fridge actually last.And no, you can’t solely depend on the “best by” date stamped on the carton. That date isn’t a safety warning — it’s a suggestion about quality. There are much better ways to tell whether an egg is rotten.  Zooey Liao/CNETWe turned to a food safety expert to settle the debate on how long eggs really last and the proper way to store them so you don’t…

Holiday baking burnout is real. With all the Christmas cookies and cakes, you deserve a break—and so does your oven. From trifles to pies to even cookies (yes, really), there’s a lot you can do without turning up the temperature this holiday season, and many of these desserts can be made ahead of time and chilled in the refrigerator overnight or frozen and thawed. Getting dessert on the table is easy with these no-bake Christmas desserts. Peanut Butter Bars Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Reviewer BAKEaholic says, “I am a beginner baker and have to say that these peanut butter bars…

of my Machine Learning Advent Calendar. Before closing this series, I would like to sincerely thank everyone who followed it, shared feedback, and supported it, in particular the Towards Data Science team. Ending this calendar with Transformers is not a coincidence. The Transformer is not just a fancy name. It is the backbone of modern Large Language Models. There is a lot to say about RNNs, LSTMs, and GRUs. They played a key historical role in sequence modeling. But today, modern LLMs are overwhelmingly based on Transformers. The name Transformer itself marks a rupture. From a naming perspective, the authors…

DapuStor has debuted a 245TB PCIe Gen5 QLC SSD for AI workloadsThe firm joins other vendors targeting hyperscalers with ultra-capacity flashThe move reflects how AI is driving demand for dense NAND storageAI workloads are driving demand for much larger SSDs inside hyperscale data centers, and in response to this, DapuStor has announced a PCIe Gen5 QLC SSD which scales to 245TB.122TB versions of the drive are already in use by customers, as the high capacity SSD is intended for AI data lakes, vector databases, and large storage pools where data stays online and is accessed frequently.These workloads generate large volumes…

Shoppers looking for an affordable new car in 2025 don’t have many options left, which makes the country’s cheapest new model stand out even more. While most automakers have abandoned the entry-level segment, this budget-friendly compact remains one of the last true bargains on the market, and it’s not just inexpensive. It offers durability and day-to-day dependability that rival, and in some cases surpass, more established nameplates. What surprises many buyers is how consistently this low-cost car performs in long-term ownership. Owners report fewer unexpected repairs, solid build quality, and running costs that stay far below the national average. It’s…

If you’re looking for tried and true, beloved dinner recipes, you’ve come to the right place. Pulled from Simply Recipes’ list of the most popular recipes of all time, these are dinners our readers have come back to again and again. Once you try them, we’re sure you will, too.

OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an advertising business, signaling a potential shift in how ChatGPT and other products could be monetized beyond subscriptions and enterprise deals. What’s happening. According to reporting from The Information, OpenAI has begun exploring ad formats and partnerships, with early discussions pointing toward ads that could appear within or alongside AI-generated responses. The effort is still in its early stages, but internal conversations suggest ads are becoming a more serious part of OpenAI’s long-term revenue strategy. Why we care. OpenAI is exploring ads inside AI-generated responses, creating a new, highly contextual channel for reaching users…

Back in November, Sony started selling PS5 consoles as part of a Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion. The deal officially sunsets at 3AM ET, so now is a good time to bite the bullet on a gaming console given that prices aren’t likely .You can pick up a and a . The beefy PS5 Pro . All of these deals are active on Amazon, but also .If the costs here still sound a bit high, that’s because Sony back in August. In other words, these $100 discounts are pretty much $50 discounts when factoring in that recent increase. Still, cheaper is…

With a business as dominant as Google with its hands in so many areas, it’s no surprise that the company has killed off tons of services. However, Google is infamous not only for shutting down services, but for doing so to many tools beloved by their users. Many of Google’s shutdowns make sense or had a direct successor step in, but others stung at the time and continue to even today. While there are always alternatives, Google acted too quickly in exterminating these. Inbox by Gmail (2014–2019) Better-organized email In 2014, Google began rolling out an email app (and web…

Every December, brands battle for something far more valuable than views: emotional resonance. And according to new data from DAIVID, 2025 may be one of the strongest holiday seasons yet for emotionally engaging advertising across North America. This year shows an acceleration of trends I’ve long argued shape effective holiday storytelling: nostalgia, warmth, joy, and authentic human narratives. These insights echo themes from my other articles on nostalgia marketing, John Lewis, and the full spectrum of 39 emotions that digital marketers can use to deepen engagement. Let’s break down the list and analyze what each ad teaches us about crafting…