Other Delivery Chocolate Boxes We Enjoyed Uzma Chocolat’s Signature Exotic Box for $49: Hailing from Chicago, this was one of a few to arrive after the date for our January tasting panel—and so couldn’t be included in our top picks. But among the latecomers, it was a contender: an enrobed …
Read More »States and Startups Are Suing the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
American nuclear is in 25-year-old Isaiah Taylor’s blood: his great-grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project. In 2023, Taylor, who dropped out of high school to work in tech, started his own nuclear company, Valar Atomics. It’s currently developing a small test reactor, named after Taylor’s great-grandfather. But the company says …
Read More »HelloFresh Meal Kit Review (2025): Modern and Tasty, With Caveats
The first meal I ever cooked for myself was ramen. The next 12 were all, also, ramen. So were a sizable percentage of the next hundred. By age 11, as a latchkey kid, I had mastered the art of the Maruchan egg drop, the sliced green onion, the chili and …
Read More »Millions of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices Can Be Hacked via Wi-Fi
Below is a video of the Oligo researchers demonstrating their AirBorne hacking technique to take over an AirPlay-enabled Bose speaker to show their company’s logo for AirBorne. (The researchers say they didn’t intend to single out Bose, but just happened to have one of the company’s speakers on hand for …
Read More »Asus Vivobook Pro 15 Review: For Creators and Gamers
A discrete GPU means the Vivobook Pro 15 offers some solid gaming performance, even if that’s not the main purpose of this laptop. I tested a few games, such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Marvel Rivals. Because this is a 40-series GPU, you have access to frame generation, which can net …
Read More »10 Best Pajamas for Women of 2025: Cotton, Silk, Bamboo, and More
If you’ve ever wanted to feel like you’ve just stepped off a French terrace, these cotton pajamas are as close as you can get without leaving your apartment. Designed from the same high-quality fabric as La Ligne’s bestseller, these shorties are comfy, crisp, and just feel like you should be …
Read More »Best Organic Mattress and Bedding (2025): Nontoxic, Natural Sleep
My only gripe with the plush version is that it doesn’t have straps (the standard does, but I haven’t tested that). While it won’t slide off—it stays in place, thanks to the cotton cover—the corners do sometimes get bunched up when you’re changing sheets and need to be smoothed out. …
Read More »AI Is Using Your Likes to Get Inside Your Head
What is the future of the like button in the age of artificial intelligence? Max Levchin—the PayPal cofounder and Affirm CEO—sees a new and hugely valuable role for liking data to train AI to arrive at conclusions more in line with those a human decisionmaker would make. It’s a well-known …
Read More »Trump’s Tariffs Will Widen the Digital Divide
As President Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil continues, it becomes increasingly clear that this unpredictability in the US will create economic stress for American businesses and residents. But as with other types of commercial turbulence, the people who will be hit the hardest are those with lower incomes. Trump’s tariff policy …
Read More »As Measles Cases Surge, Mexico Issues a US Travel Alert
As the US struggles to contain its worst measles outbreak in years, cases have spilled over into Mexico. In an April 25 report, Mexico’s Ministry of Health reported there have been 583 confirmed cases in the country this year, with 560 recorded in the border state of Chihuahua. On April …
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