Even if your dining room is more like a breakfast nook—or more like a card table smushed up against the wall—you’ll need to find a way to light it unless you like eating in the dark. True, you could just screw a bulb into the ceiling and call it a day, but what would be the fun … Read more
Ukraine said on Saturday that Russian security services were involved in a recent cyber attack on the country, with the aim of destroying important data and spreading panic. The SBU, Ukraine’s state security service, said the attack, which started in Ukraine and spread around the world on Tuesday, was by the same hackers who attacked … Read more
Creativity is one of the great challenges for machine intelligence. There is no shortage of evidence showing how machines can match and even outperform humans in vast areas of endeavor, such as face and object recognition, doodling, image synthesis, language translation, a vast variety of games such as chess and Go, and so on. But when … Read more
Best Buy (BBY, +0.86%) is making nice with one of its fiercest rivals, Amazon.com(AMZN, -1.45%), to bolster its ongoing bid to be the leading retailer in the booming smart-home tech area. The electronics retailer, enjoying a renaissance of late, announced on Wednesday it was expanding space at 700 of its stores to better showcase Amazon’s Echo as well as Google (GOOG, -2.53%)Home … Read more
Enlarge Image This Samsung refrigerator will include cameras so you can see the inside of the fridge from your phone. Samsung Samsung has placed a big bet that its customers want their large kitchen appliances to be connected to the internet. The company announced this week that all of the appliances in the brand’s next … Read more
Horse breeding records are some of the most impressive efforts to chronicle animal lineages in human history, with some stretching back thousands of years. Yet decoding the genetic origins of today’s horses has proved remarkably difficult. Now, a new study finds that nearly all modern horse breeds can be traced to two distinct, ancient Middle Eastern … Read more
What this little house in Burbank lacks in living space (691 square feet in total), it makes up for in personality, with a bright red paint job and a rooftop deck that offers views across the surrounding hills. Built in 1922, the home has one bedroom and one bathroom, with a bright and airy living … Read more
When it’s time to update your kitchen appliances, $5,000 can go a long way. At this price range, you can splurge a bit on your large appliances and get a few more extras on your products. With $5,000, you can peruse French-door or door-in-a-door refrigerators, slide-in ranges, induction cooktops, and dishwashers with roomy racks and … Read more
It is said that honesty is the best policy. Sadly, People nowadays have become less honest with each other than in the past, which makes living these days harder. Our serious problem today is not simply that many people routinely tell lies. It’s just that people have departed from the truth for one reason or another. In … Read more
Today in ‘so much effort for nothing’, world’s dumbest thief tried to break into a garage through one of the windows. Except, he missed one key detail – the garage door was open and he could have just walked in. Caught on surveillance camera, the thief, dressed in a hoodie and dark clothes is seen … Read more