Author: Awais

Bread. Cheese. Heat. While there’s virtually no way to muck up a grilled cheese sandwich, there are a few ways to elevate it: a dollop of pasta sauce, for example, or some spicy gochujang. And just this week, Tillamook announced Butternaise, a limited-time-only combo of Tillamook butter and Kewpie mayonnaise “made specifically to create perfectly crusted grilled cheese sandwiches.” Better break out the frying pan.  On November 6, only on its website, Tillamook started selling eight-ounce tubs of Butternaise in a box with two packages of sliced cheese and a branded spreader for $15. It sold out in two minutes,…

[Submitted on 5 Feb 2025 (v1), last revised 13 Nov 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Efficient Image Restoration via Latent Consistency Flow Matching, by Elad Cohen and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Recent advances in generative image restoration (IR) have demonstrated impressive results. However, these methods are hindered by their substantial size and computational demands, rendering them unsuitable for deployment on edge devices. This work introduces ELIR, an Efficient Latent Image Restoration method. ELIR addresses the distortion-perception trade-off within the latent space and produces high-quality images using a latent consistency flow-based model.…

A sports car usually isn’t the place you look for long-term value, yet one Japanese performance model is defying that rule entirely. While the average enthusiast coupe tends to lose value quickly, this one is holding onto its price so well that it actually depreciates less than a Toyota Corolla, a benchmark economy car famous for rock-solid resale. For buyers who want thrills without financial fallout, it’s a rare combination. Its surprising value retention comes down to more than brand loyalty. Limited supply, strong enthusiast demand, and a reputation for reliability have kept used prices buoyant, even as the broader…

Whether you’re organizing a gift exchange for your family, friends, or coworkers, these are the best Secret Santa apps to try this holiday season. Note: If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Elfster is by far the best Secret Santa app on iOS and Android. In addition to creating a Secret Santa event with a custom name, time, and date, Elfster also lets organizers set a gift budget and offer gift suggestions to their mystery Kris Kringle through a built-in wish list feature. The Elfster Secret Santa generator is available on both iOS and Android devices.…

There’s something irresistible about music that sounds as if it’s coming apart at the seams. The Black Dresses are masters of barely contained chaos. All of their records feel as if they’re in danger of collapsing into pure noise at any moment. But never have they so expertly woven the various threads of their sound — glitchy percussion, pummeling guitars, irresistible pop hooks — together as they do on Forever in Your Heart.The Canadian duo of Ada Rook and Devi McCallion crafts something undeniably catchy from abrasive electronics, metallic percussion, death-metal screams, and off-key warbling. The opening track, “PEACESIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” jumps…

In the Author Spotlight series, TDS Editors chat with members of our community about their career path in data science and AI, their writing, and their sources of inspiration. Today, we’re thrilled to share our conversation with Dr. Janna Lipenkova. Dr. Janna Lipenkova is an AI strategist, entrepreneur, and author of the book The Art of AI Product Development. With a PhD in Computational Linguistics, she combines deep technical insight with business strategy to help organizations turn AI into tangible outcomes. Janna has founded and led multiple ventures at the intersection of language, data, and intelligence — including Anacode, which…

The latest hype wave around LLMs has created a new trend in the browser world. Everyone suddenly wants to make an “AI browser,” and even the big names like OpenAI and Perplexity are now trying to take on the absolute giant that Google Chrome has become. Competition is always good, especially in a space that has pretty much turned into a monopoly, but I have to be honest. These new AI browsers are not it. I am all for competition, especially in a space that has basically become a monopoly. But after actually using some of these so-called AI browsers,…

“What can I bring?” is often our automatic response to a holiday dinner invitation. Around Thanksgiving, the reply is frequently, “Can you bring a dessert?” It’s a great assignment—everyone loves dessert, and even if you arrive a little late, you haven’t ruined dinner. What’s not so great is worrying whether the dessert you carefully made will still look as good when it arrives as it did when it left your kitchen. These 10 desserts travel well, holding up beautifully on the dessert table—at least until someone digs in and says, “This is sooooo delicious!” Love any of these recipes? Tap…

Most of what people are calling “AI SEO” right now is just legacy SEO with new buzzwords. AI SEO is different. When you look at how AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Mode actually source and compress information, there are things you can do that literally did not exist in the Google 10-blue-links world. This article walks through those AI SEO-only tactics, backed with real data, not wishful thinking. The context: clicks are collapsing, but answers are not You already feel this in your numbers. A few facts to anchor the conversation: Studies on Google’s AI Overviews showed click-through rates…

This week’s news in SEO brings changes and questions about control. Google’s shopping AI moved from showing where to buy to completing purchases directly. Google added structured data for merchant shipping policies. OpenAI released GPT-5.1 with personality controls. And the EU opened an investigation into Google’s site reputation abuse enforcement. Raising the question, should one gatekeeper control how independent media funds online journalism? Here’s what you need to know for this week in SEO. Google’s Shopping AI Completes Transactions Without Your Site Google rolled out Gemini-powered shopping features that find products, compare prices, and handle checkout across multiple retailers. AI…