In May of 2025, Ahad Ali was a successful accountant, overseeing a team of 20 people and handling more than 2,000 returns a year. “We did bookkeeping, accounting, sales tax, taxes, everything,” Ali says. It was a stable business, and one that would have been easy to stay in. But…
Resident Evil (2026) 4K UHD, Blu-ray and streaming release available
Resident Evil hit cinemas this past weekend and famed horror director Zach Cregger’s take on the famed video game franchise has proven to be a massive success thus far, both critically and commercially. The video game adaptation, which has a franchise-best 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, stars Austin Abrams as medical…
X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
X on Monday announced it will now tell users when their posts have been “shadowbanned,” meaning shown to fewer people, due to the company’s compliance with local laws. The feature is an expansion of the social network’s earlier transparency tool called “Under the Hood,” which allows users to see if…
Too many 4K remasters are hiding their best feature
When mail day comes, and it’s a new 4K Blu-ray, I’m usually a happy camper. Not only do I get the best resolution a home release can offer, but I also get vastly improved audio over what streaming has to offer. Audio is actually one of the reasons I get…
The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
While Silicon Valley is spending billions to make AI agents shop for us, the man who pioneered Apple’s retail stores thinks the industry is overestimating how much of shopping people will hand over to machines — and believes physical stores will continue to thrive. Ron Johnson, 66, has heard predictions…
4 horror comedies to watch if you like Widow’s Bay
I don’t often pay attention to the Emmy Awards. Something that grabbed my attention this year, though, was the fact that Widow’s Bay — a horror comedy series, on Apple TV no less — cleaned up big. It picked up 19 nominations and 14 wins, including Outstanding Comedy Series. The…
Meta’s AI agent has been blocked from using Amazon.com
Sunday night, users of Meta’s AI assistant Muse started getting a strange error message when they tried to buy goods on Amazon. As spotted by GeekWire, the error message read: “Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon’s Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed.” In other…
Don’t ignore these retail TV red flags
A disclaimer right up front: the points I’m going to cover don’t automatically doom a smart TV. Even if a TV is cheaply made, it might still beat the longevity odds, or at least survive long enough that you’ll be ready to upgrade by then. The odds may actually be…
Meta’s Muse is outpacing ChatGPT’s early mobile launch
Meta’s latest AI app, Muse, could be the social giant’s next major hit, new data suggests. According to just- released estimates from market intelligence provider Apptopia, Muse’s app on mobile devices has been downloaded more times during its first 12 days on the market than ChatGPT was in the 12…
I wire these home theater devices with Ethernet whenever I can
Don’t worry, I get it. Sometimes, it’s not practical to wire anything in your home theater to Ethernet. Your router might be on the opposite side of the room, or in another room entirely. And you or your partner might object to having cables running everywhere, at least without clever…