Author: Awais

I often scroll through designer home sites like Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, Anthropologie, and West Elm, mentally designing my house and decorating the tables I can’t afford. Occasionally, I’ll buy a statement piece or something I know will be in my life forever, but mostly, I’m there for inspiration. That’s how I came across West Elm’s new Tannenbaum dinnerware. I love the “quiet luxury” vibe and the effortless, Scandi-minimalist evergreen look. However, dishes for a dinner party with eight guests would cost more than my car payment. I want approachable elegance, not a credit card bill that haunts me for…

Publishers and search engines have long depended on ad placements and affiliate marketing to make money. Search engines rely on pay-per-click (PPC) models, while publishers blend display ads, affiliate links, and sponsored content. But with chat-based AI platforms like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity on the rise, that foundation is starting to crack.  If users get the information they need directly from AI, why would they keep clicking search ads or publisher display links? And as search engines push further into AI-driven results – including features like Google’s AI Mode – what incentive remains for users to engage with traditional ad…

[Submitted on 6 Mar 2025 (v1), last revised 25 Nov 2025 (this version, v4)] View a PDF of the paper titled TS-RAG: Retrieval-Augmented Generation based Time Series Foundation Models are Stronger Zero-Shot Forecaster, by Kanghui Ning and 9 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Large Language Models (LLMs) and Foundation Models (FMs) have recently become prevalent for time series forecasting tasks. While fine-tuning LLMs enables domain adaptation, they often struggle to generalize across diverse and unseen datasets. Moreover, existing Time Series Foundation Models (TSFMs) still face challenges in handling non-stationary dynamics and distribution shifts, largely due to the lack of…

Not a lot of Grumpy Old Men centers around Thanksgiving, but the 1993 comedy still belongs on this list. You may be gathering with older generations for Thanksgiving, and this comedy set in Minnesota is one of the few that recognizes the friendships, romances, and feuds of more seasoned folks. Star Ann-Margret is still with us at 81, but Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon have, of course, passed on.Where to watch: Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV

Brave is one of the best Chrome alternatives if privacy is your top priority. However, despite some useful additions, it feels bloated with all of its AI, rewards, and crypto integrations, often requiring you to turn off half of them just to make it usable. Helium is a new cross-platform browser that prioritizes privacy without the bloat of Brave. It’s built on Ungoogled Chromium, comes with uBlock Origin baked in, and lets you opt out of everything during setup. Is this the Chrome alternative Brave promised to be? After a week with it, I think it’s close, very close. Helium…

If you ever use your oven—and we’re guessing you use your oven—you need a good sheet pan. Baking batches of cookies? Sheet pan. Roasting vegetables or a chicken? Sheet pan. Cake for a crowd? Sheet cake… which you make in a sheet pan. Need an easy meal that isn’t an air fryer or Instant Pot meal? Hellooo, sheet-pan dinner.Our top pickWith so much versatility, there’s a good chance you’ll use this piece of bakeware more than any other in your kitchen, so you want to get the right one. We did the heavy lifting, testing popular baking sheets so you…

It’s officially the end of organic search as we know it. A recent survey reveals that 83% of consumers believe AI-powered search tools are more efficient than traditional search engines. The days of simple search are long gone, and a profound transformation continues to sweep the search engine results pages (SERPs). The rise of AI-powered answer engines, from ChatGPT to Perplexity to Google’s AI Overviews, is rewriting the rules of online visibility. Instead of returning traditional blue links or images, AI systems are returning immediate results. For marketing leaders, the question is no longer “How do we rank number one?”…

Long before we built computers and Artificial Intelligence, we had established institutions designed to reason systematically about human behavior — the court. The legal system is one of humanity’s oldest reasoning engines, where facts and evidence are taken as input, relevant laws are used as reasoning rules and verdicts are the system’s output. The laws, however, have been consistently evolving from the very beginning of human civilization. The earliest Codified Law – the Code of Hammurabi (circa 1750 BCE) – represents one of the first large-scale attempts to formalize moral and social reasoning into explicit symbolic rules. Its beauty lies…

Robot vacuums show up in our gift guides almost every year, and it’s easy to understand why: they clean, they save time, and they’re cheaper than hiring a professional. But not all robovacs are created equal, and some save more time than others. The Dreame X40 Ultra is one of those, offering a more genuinely hands-free cleaning experience than what you typically get. And now through December 1st, it’s down to a new low of $499.99 ($700 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and directly from Dreame.If you’re looking for a great robot vacuum that also does a fantastic job of…

Why It Works Marinating the shrimp in baking soda and salt seasons them throughout and gives them an extra-plump texture.Starting the shrimp in cold water and gradually heating it to 170°F (77ºC) ensures that they come out tender and juicy, not tough and overcooked.Allowing the minced shallot to sit in lemon juice softens its raw-onion flavor and gives each piece a tart pop. I’ll turn nearly anything into an excuse to eat seafood. Feeling sad? Nothing a trip to the raw bar can’t fix. Happy? Let’s celebrate the good times with some oceanic exoskeletons. Away on vacation? Time to immerse…