Author: Awais
Back in the early 2010s, as a project manager for a manufacturing company, I lived in spreadsheet hell. Nothing tests your project management skills quite like juggling factory defects, container ship timetables, and impatient customers, all while trying to track everything in a folder full of Excel files. (I still get a twitch whenever someone mentions pivot tables.) If you’d shown me tools like Asana or monday.com back then, with their real-time tracking and automated notifications, I probably would have hugged you.Connect your project management software to your other appsThese days, both platforms offer sophisticated solutions that would have transformed…
The Nintendo Switch 2 comes with a pair of Joy-Con 2 controllers, but it’s always good to have a second set around in case more people come over for a few rounds of Mario Kart World. BJ’s Wholesale Club is offering a set of Joy-Con 2 controllers for $79.99 ($20 off), a new all-time low. The store requires a paid membership to shop there, but anyone can take advantage of the deal by clicking “Get a 1-day online pass” during checkout.The Joy-Con 2 are the default Nintendo Switch 2 controllers, and they attach magnetically to the sides of the console.…
Why It Works Using a blind-baked tart crust prevents the bottom from becoming soggy and ensures it stays crisp. Toasting the almond flour for the filling enhances its nuttiness.An optional step of brushing the cooked pears with honey adds shine and a subtle sweetness. I am going to be completely honest about how this dessert came about: It was an impromptu creation that came out of my desire to use up everything in my fridge. I had spent the week testing several recipes—Zola Gregory’s almond cream and Rebecca Frey’s tart dough, among them—and had many pears lying around at home. The…
Ever wondered how to increase your reach and engagement and, in turn, grow your following on Instagram? Your Instagram captions could hold the key.Yes, Instagram is a visual social media platform, but your caption carries more weight in the Instagram algorithm than you think. A strong visual can catch users’ attention, but carefully thought-out Instagram captions can do more heavy lifting when it comes to growing your following on Instagram.For another, your caption can be crucial in prompting engagement from your followers. For example, you could use those 3,000 characters to:Authentically connect with your followers in a meaningful, vulnerable caption.Ask them…
AT&T is taking a second crack at the smart home. After sunsetting its Digital Life service in 2022—powered by the now-defunct 3G network—the company is launching a new smart-home security platform called Connected Life, this time in partnership with smart-home players Google and Abode.Previously available as a pilot program in select markets, AT&T Connected Life is rolling out nationwide starting today. The vision behind it is to simplify smart-home setup. Instead of buying various smart-home devices and using multiple apps to connect them, you can buy one of two kits directly from AT&T’s Connected Life website—the Starter Kit ($11 per…
Intel’s next-gen integrated graphics, the Arc B370, just popped up in a new benchmark leak – and frankly, the numbers are shocking for a chip that lives directly on the CPU. Spotted inside an engineering sample of the Core Ultra 5 338H (part of the upcoming Panther Lake family), the chip was tested on FurMark’s 1440p OpenGL workload, hitting a score of 2,383 points. To put that in perspective, this integrated chip is 33% faster than Intel’s actual desktop graphics card, the Arc A380, and 70% faster than the current Lunar Lake chips. Even more impressive? It did this while…
Coffee creamer has officially gone beyond trendy flavors and holiday-inspired creations—now it’s stepping straight into the world of pop culture. Some of our favorite new creamers of the last year have had movie and TV tie-ins, including “Home Alone,” “Harry Potter,” and even “The White Lotus.” And the newest creamer is poised to perk up fans of one of the most binge-worthy shows, one cup of coffee at a time. If you’re a fan of the Netflix series, this collab will feel like it was meant to be. Planet Oat Launches a New White Chocolate Raspberry Creamer with “Emily in…
[Submitted on 10 Dec 2025] View a PDF of the paper titled Stanford Sleep Bench: Evaluating Polysomnography Pre-training Methods for Sleep Foundation Models, by Magnus Ruud Kjaer and 9 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard test for sleep analysis, generates vast amounts of multimodal clinical data, presenting an opportunity to leverage self-supervised representation learning (SSRL) for pre-training foundation models to enhance sleep analysis. However, progress in sleep foundation models is hindered by two key limitations: (1) the lack of a shared dataset and benchmark with diverse tasks for training and evaluation, and (2) the absence…
Messaging app Freedom Chat has fixed a pair of security flaws: one that allowed a security researcher to guess registered users’ phone numbers, and another that exposed user-set PINs to others on the app. Freedom Chat, released in June, bills itself as a secure messaging app, and claims on its website that users’ phone numbers stay private. But security researcher Eric Daigle told TechCrunch that users’ phone numbers and PIN codes, used for locking the app, could be easily obtained by exploiting vulnerabilities. Daigle found the vulnerabilities last week and shared their details with TechCrunch, as Freedom Chat does not…
A comforting soup is the perfect solution for a low-effort dinner when inspiration is running low. By keeping your pantry stocked with the essentials, like canned beans and tomato, chicken or veg broth, pasta, and lentils, you’ll always be prepared. This collection of recipes feature soups with just five ingredients, which will make it that much easier to get dinner on the table. Heartwarming recipes like Sausage White Bean Soup, Pumpkin Tomato Soup, and Easy Lasagna Soup (yes, please!), are the perfect go-to when you don’t have a plan. So pull out your pot, and get cooking!