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How Watch Duty’s wildfire tracking app became a crucial lifeline for LA
If you live in Los Angeles, you are probably already intimately familiar with Watch Duty, the free app that shows active fires, mandatory evacuation zones, air quality indexes, wind direction, and a wealth of other information that everyone, from firefighters to regular people, have come to rely on during this week’s historic and devastating wildfires….
Google DeepMind researchers introduce new benchmark to improve LLM factuality, reduce hallucinations
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Hallucinations, or factually inaccurate responses, continue to plague large language models (LLMs). Models falter particularly when they are given more complex tasks and when users are looking for specific and highly detailed responses. It’s a challenge…
Citizen Sleeper 2 asks how we stay human in a hopeless future
Life for Sleepers is fraught. They gain consciousness in a state of indentured servitude, an emulated human mind inside an android body, forced to work until they’re discarded. Those who escape don’t last long due to trackers in their bodies, and their hardcoded dependence on a drug known as Stabilizer. Without it, a Sleeper’s body…
Best Continuous Glucose Monitors of 2025
Our Experts Written by Mercey Livingston, Kim Wong-Shing Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement Mercey Livingston CNET Contributor Mercey Livingston is a health and wellness writer and certified Integrative Nutrition…
Will Trump’s tariffs make costs explode for this year’s most anticipated products?
Tech lovers: Bigger price tags may be on the horizon. The incoming Trump administration has proposed a sweeping economic agenda that includes controversially high tariffs on imported goods, and while the plan has reportedly fluctuated over the last month, the President-elect argues increased tariffs on imports is the best way to pay for sweeping tax…
The Best Wi-Fi Routers
Other Routers We Have Tested We have tested some other routers we like and have several more in the queue. These aren’t as great as the picks above but are worth considering. Asus RT-BE86U for $324: The new Wi-Fi 7 version of the Asus RT-AX86U listed above, this dual band (2.4- and 5-GHz) router is…
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Meta is leaving its users to wade through hate and disinformation
Experts warn that Meta’s decision to end its third-party fact-checking program could allow disinformation and hate to fester online and permeate the real world. The company announced today that it’s phasing out a program launched in 2016 where it partners with independent fact-checkers around the world to identify and review misinformation across its social media platforms. Meta…
Global VC investments rose 5.4% to $368.5B in 2024, but deals fell 17% | NVCA/Pitchbook
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Global venture capital investments rose to $368.5 billion in 2024, up 5.4% from $349.4 billion a year earlier, according to the first look at the Q4 2024 Pitchbook-NVCA Venture Monitor report. But the number of global…
The best wireless workout headphones for 2025
Regardless of what kind of exercise you’re into, if you’re working out, you’ll want a pair of wireless workout headphones. They allow you to be free and untethered during a serious weight-lifting session, a 5K run, an hour at the skate park and everywhere in between where you’re moving and sweating a ton. There are…
We Asked a Wine Pro if Open Red Wine Lasts Longer in the Fridge
Counter or fridge? When it comes to storing open red wine, that is the question. If you’re hoping to keep your best bottles in top form until the last sip, you’ll want an answer, and we’ve got one from someone who knows. For those of us that see Dry January as a spectator sport only,…