Новости за 14.10.2023

Whether it’s a colleague, friend, or family member, asking someone to do something can be intimidating. So, when the person responds to your request with something noncommittal like “I’ll look into it,” we may leave it there, without pressing them for a timeline.

Each year, as the temperatures drop in the fall, mice are on the hunt for an all-inclusive winter resort where they can find food, warmth, and shelter until the spring. Though you can’t really blame them, you also probably aren’t about to roll out the welcome mat and invite them into your home.

The Kodak Slide N Scan makes preserving old photos incredibly easy, and it’s on sale right now for $169.97 with coupon code KODAK. It lets you view and edit both color and black and white negatives (135, 110, and 126 mm film sizes), as well as 35 and 50mm slides with the cardboard frames, and then convert them into…

If you’ve recently gotten into home DIY projects, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a lot to learn. This not only includes picking up new skills, but also determining which tools and materials to use for a particular task.

If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Saturday, October 14, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. I’ll also explain the tricky words, with some fun facts along the way. Beware, there are spoilers below for October 14, NYT Connections #125! Read…

AI is everywhere, and it’s only going to continue taking over our lives. You don’t even need to download anything AI-specific in order to try it out for yourself. In fact, you can do it right from Instagram. Meta is now rolling out its AI chatbots to its various products—including Instagram, WhatsApp, and…

Remember when you were a kid and you repeated the same dumb joke again and again until everyone was annoyed with you? And the annoyance would make the joke even funnier? But only to you? So you’d just say it more? And everyone else was thinking, “will you please shut up already?” Well, kids still do that, but it’s…

Amazon has a great deal on the Samsung OLED G9 GP5SC right now. This curved gaming monitor features a dual QHD resolution, giving you two monitors’ worth of screen real estate on one display. The monitor typically lists for $1,799.99, but is just $1,349.99 on Amazon for a limited time.

If you’ve been looking to upgrade your home with a smart vacuum, now may be a good time to do so: Walmart currently has Shark’s AI Robot Self-Empty XL smart vacuum on sale for $300 off, making it just $298 compared to its regular $600 price tag.

Unlike a certain mismanaged social network that wants you to pay for the privilege of fixing your typos, Instagram’s Threads app now allows you to edit your posts for free. Along with the ability to post voice messages, it’s yet more evidence that Threads is catching up with or getting ahead of X, formerly known as…

Did you just update your iPhone and Mac to the latest versions of iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma? Did you also accidentally set off fireworks during your latest work call, or somehow get it to start “raining” when on a FaceTime call with your parents? It’s not your fault, and if you don’t want it to happen again, there’s a…

Though people talk about the auteur revolution of the 1970s, or the warm, populist glow of neon-soaked ‘80s movies, the 1990s were an incredibly assured time in filmmaking. Romantic comedies went deeper and darker; Black filmmakers were rising to the forefront and telling their own stories; and technology had advanced…