Airbnb has teased its plans to build its own AI travel agent before, but on Thursday the company announced that the new AI feature will launch in the first half of 2027. In the company’s Q3 shareholder letter on Thursday, Airbnb also provided more detail about how the agent will…
Your LG TV is getting a free (and unexpected) new feature
LG TVs come with plenty of free features you’d expect from a smart TV nowadays. You can download a wide selection of streaming apps, access over 400 free live TV channels through LG Channels, and use Home Hub to control and monitor smart home devices like lights, thermostats, and cameras.…
Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar
Muse Voice, a feature that lets users call and video chat with Meta’s consumer AI agent, Muse, is now available to everyone in the U.S., the company announced on Thursday. First introduced at Meta’s Connect developer conference in September, the video-chatting feature involves new AI models, Muse Realtime Avatar and…
3 quirky Apple innovations that shouldn’t have been abandoned
By and large, Apple is the sort of company that stands behind its technological innovations. Unlike, say, Google or Microsoft, which have both earned a reputation for axing products and initiatives before they have the chance to flourish, Apple is more steadfast in its approach. That being said, there are…
U.S. government warns of ‘ongoing cyber threat’ amid mass-hacks of industrial retail and military freezers
The U.S. government is warning of an “ongoing cyber threat” facing industrial refrigeration units, after reports of cyberattacks targeting freezers and fridges in supermarkets around the world, U.S. military bases, and at least one blood bank. U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA, the FBI, and several other federal government departments warned in…
Your keyboard has an expiration date
Keyboards are perhaps the most used and abused components of our modern personal computers. Many of us clack away on keys all day long, whether it be word processing, spreadsheet crunching, coding, or anything else in between. As a result, PC keyboards are designed with heartiness in mind, but that…
Food delivery startup Wonder files for IPO as it explores its next big bite
Food delivery startup Wonder is moving closer to becoming a publicly traded company after confidentially filing for an initial public offering (IPO). The company announced the filing on Thursday, marking a major milestone following years of fundraising, acquisitions, and expansion. Wonder has yet to reveal how many shares it plans…
4 post-apocalyptic DVDs to upgrade to 4K UHD sooner rather than later
One of my favorite film genres is Sci-Fi, and it helps that there are so many subsections of it. I never feel like I’m running out of things to watch. Sometimes I want to watch large-scale fights with aliens, but sometimes I want a more human-centric story. For the latter,…
Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on Election Night
The blue wave swept Bluesky on Tuesday night as the microblogging platform recorded its highest daily number of posts, replies, and likes in 2026. “We’re seeing a wave of new people joining and old friends coming back,” Schneider posted. According to Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider, posts and likes doubled during…
Apple’s OLED MacBook Pro exceeded my expectations
When Apple announced its new OLED MacBook Pro at its “Pro and tell” event last week, I was cautiously optimistic. I’ve been waiting what feels like ages for Apple to finally bring an OLED display to the MacBook, but at $2,900, it’s a steep price tag, and I wasn’t entirely…