If climate change is here to stay, then the rodents will come out to play. A study released today suggests increasing temperatures are helping to drive a surge in city-dwelling rats. Researchers at the University of Richmond led the study, published Friday in the journal Science Advances. Based on an analysis of cities around the […]
Amazon Music Unlimited just got a price hike – giving you no reason to choose it over Spotify or Apple Music
Amazon is hiking prices for its Music Unlimited plans. The Music Unlimited individual plan without Prime is now the same price as Spotify. There’s a bigger case to be made for another streaming service. If you currently get your music fix courtesy of Amazon Music Unlimited, we have some bad news: whether you’re a Prime […]
New Books for February: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror
The new year is no longer quite so new, and the book releases are starting to pick up the pace. This month you’ll find a fresh sci-fi adventure from Edward Ashton—who’ll soon see his earlier novel Mickey7 come to theaters as Mickey 17—as well as another tale, Victorian Psycho, that’s also headed for the big […]
This five-star Sonos speaker is back to its cheapest price since Black Friday
Sonos is the producer of some of the best soundbars and speakers, and if you’ve been hunting for a deal on the best wireless speaker for around the home, you’re in luck. You can now get the Sonos Era 100 at Amazon for $199 (was $249), which is a return to the record-low price we […]
Caltech’s Lightsail Experiment Brings Interstellar Travel Closer to Reality
A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology devised a means of measuring the thin membranes of a lightsail, helping prove out a futuristic travel concept first imagined by Johannes Kepler over 400 years ago. The team’s research, published this month in Nature Photonics, describes a miniature lightsail in a laboratory setting. The […]
‘Crypto Is Ground Zero’: Hedge Fund Warns Investors Trump Is Inflating a Catastrophic Bubble
Hedge fund Elliott Management recently sent a letter to investors warning them away from crypto. It urged clients to remember that crypto is a speculative market, suggested that the White House has caused a massive bubble to form, and predicted that a huge crash is coming. The Financial Times saw the letter Elliott sent to […]
Football lover? You can now win an exclusive Tottenham Hotspur experience when signing up to ExpressVPN
ExpressVPN is offering a lucky new customer the opportunity to win a once-in-a-lifetime Tottenham Hotspur experience. ExpressVPN’s Dare to Dare competition includes flights to London, three nights in a 4-star hotel, a premium ticket to a Spurs match, and £500 of spending money during your stay. The VPN provider launched its digital privacy partnership with […]
Yes, Chef! Amazon’s Favorite Smart Meat Thermometer Won’t Stay at Its Lowest Price for Long
Save 33% on a 3-pack of Chef IQ smart Bluetooth meat thermometers at Amazon. Looking to cook the perfect turkey? One of the most important ways you can achieve that is regulating and monitoring the turkey’s temperature while its in the smoker, deep fryer, or oven. Perhaps a good meat thermometer will do the trick. […]
The GTA 6 release date may have leaked, and it could be an important franchise anniversary
Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to launch later this year A retailer leak has suggested that it will arrive on September 17, 2025 This would be the 12th anniversary of the Grand Theft Auto 5 launch The upcoming open-world crime game Grand Theft Auto 6 is easily one of the most anticipated releases of […]
MSI Cyborg 14 Review: The Price Is Right
Yes, Nvidia 50-series gaming laptops are coming. And yes, they’ll cost an arm, leg, and possibly a firstborn. And in an economy where many of us are worried about the price of food and other essentials, spending upwards of $2,000 on a laptop isn’t feasible. In those cases, looking at a previous-generation model or a […]