Author: Awais
As a food news editor for Allrecipes, I, admittedly, eat a lot of fast food. And, unlike some folks out there who claim to just hit the drive-thru for convenience, I’ll be honest: I love fast food. Yes, it’s convenient, yes, it’s nostalgic, but it can also be downright delicious. Sure, like everything, there can be some fast food release flops, but nine times out of 10, I enjoy the newest foods from the drive-thru—even the Heinz tomato ketchup smoothie. This year, I ate some of my all-time favorite menu items—some that have even replaced my regular go-tos, with standouts…
For the past two years, we’ve been living in AI’s gold rush era. To borrow from Taylor Swift, think of it as the “Lover” phase where everything is shiny, new, and full of possibility. The behavior: Buy everything. The metric: Can it generate something cool? The vibe: Pure FOMO. But we’re entering a new era now. Call it the “Reputation” phase, which is darker, edgier, and entirely focused on receipts. A sign of this shift was in the headlines recently, blaring on about Microsoft lowering its AI sales targets. The hot takes rushed in to frame it as a disappointment,…
one little trick can bring about enhanced training stability, the use of larger learning rates and improved scaling properties The Enduring Popularity of AI’s Most Prestigious Conference By all accounts this year’s NeurIPS, the world’s premiere AI conference, was one of the largest and most active in its history. This year’s conference was held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California from Sunday, November 30, 2025 through Sunday, December 7, 2025. As a sense of the scale, NeurIPS 2025 received 21,575 valid paper submissions. From 2023 (~12.3 k) to 2025 (~21.6 k) this reflects a ~75–80% jump…
The robot swerved through the cafeteria of Rivian’s Palo Alto office, shelves adorned with chilled canned coffees — until it didn’t. Five minutes later, a man carefully pushed it out of everyone’s way, the words “I’m stuck” flashing yellow on the poor droid’s screen. It was an inauspicious start to Rivian’s “Autonomy & AI Day,” a showcase for the company’s plans to make its vehicles capable of driving themselves. Rivian doesn’t make the cafeteria robot and isn’t responsible for its abilities, but there was a familiar message in its foibles: this stuff is hard. Hours later, as I rode in…
If there was one thing I could always count on when staying at my grandma’s house for the holidays, it was that she’d have tins full of homemade candies and cookies. Aunts, uncles, cousins, and neighbors would stop by at any time to have some of Imogene’s goodies and an extra-strong cup of coffee, so she was always prepared with treats like Martha Washington candy, pecan pie, and penuche fudge. One delicacy I could never get enough of was her chocolate-dipped peanut butter Ritz crackers. The first bite into that crispy, sweet, salty treat always reminded me that I was…
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No matter how hard you try, you can’t really escape ChatGPT and its kin anymore. It’s replaced Google in many cases, even for me, especially when I’m meal prepping for the week, planning my next vacation or wanting to discuss themes in a book I’ve just read (this is where ChatGPT’s Voice Mode really flourishes).However, just because it’s good at some things doesn’t mean it’s suitable for everything. ChatGPT is sometimes adept at being “convincingly wrong” and delivering answers that are biased, outdated or completely false, while seeming to tell the truth. Even senior OpenAI executives admit that you shouldn’t trust ChatGPT as…
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It has been another busy week in the world of tech, which included us testing new Android XR glasses and watching the new Supergirl trailer.To catch up on both of these and more, scroll down for our picks of the week’s seven most important tech news stories. You’ll find quick recaps of them all, and links to the larger story if you want to learn more about what’s been happening.When you’re done here, be sure to also check out seven new movies and TV shows to stream this weekend (December 12). You may like 7. IKEA gave us a handy…
HTG Wrapped 2025: 24 days of tech 24 days of our favorite hardware, gadgets, and tech Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are some of the best features in newer cars, but if you’ve ever wanted to upgrade from a wired system to a wireless one, the options were somewhat limited—until now. Don’t waste your money on a no-name adapter from Amazon, and buy this one instead. I have an older Toyota Tacoma truck that’s heavily modified and upgraded, including the Pioneer stereo, but it still doesn’t support wireless Android Auto. And unless you have a relatively newer vehicle, or a…