As much as I’ve written about HDMI, it usually tends to be straightforward in practice. Got a laptop or game console? Hook it up to your TV with HDMI 2.1. New soundbar? Make sure it’s plugged into eARC if you can, or at least ARC. If it’s an older or…

Because everything runs wirelessly via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, there is also no cable clutter to deal with. This isn’t just a convenience thing. It means no wires dangling within reach of sneaky toddler hands. Where Tech Collides This is where the real test comes in. In split screen mode, the…

Audiences will have to wait a few months longer to see “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the release date pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027. In addition to relaunching “Narnia” on big screens and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first film since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” also looks…

Soundbars are an excellent way to upgrade your TV audio, and it’s no wonder you see so many of them around considering how poor TV speaker quality has become over the years. My Sony Bravia X90J has abysmal speakers, and I couldn’t wait to get them upgraded. I ended up…

AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short time. For years they were slow and inaccurate — unless you spoke with a particular accent and enunciated clearly. Advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed that, producing systems that can decipher speech more accurately…

A gunman attempted to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, last weekend, while President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other administration officials were in attendance. Media reports and Trump himself quickly identified the suspected shooter as 31-year-old engineer and computer scientist Cole Tomas Allen. The…

A leader of the modern streaming era, Netflix has so drastically altered how home entertainment is consumed that it’s so easy to forget how things were. For decades, TV shows used to drop over 20 episodes a season just about every week from September to May; you’d have to wait…

Europe should be known for BottleCap AI, not bottle cap memes. With its tongue-in-cheek name, this Prague-based AI startup is one of the teams that VCs think you should know. It is not that European startups never cut through the noise — Lovable and Mistral AI are proof of it.…

A recurring complaint you’ll hear is that it’s hard to find a dumb TV. They’re actually not as hard to find as you might think — but you do have to hunt for them specifically, and they’re not really marketed towards the average consumer anymore. They’re aimed at businesses, like…

A garlic-herb salmon with risotto was probably the best among the family meals I tried. The chopped asparagus was less than visually appealing when drizzled in garlic butter, but still tasty and a bit crisp. The salmon was tender and flaky. And the sweet pea risotto had no choice but…