It is impossible to overstate just how big an impact Star Trek: The Next Generation had on an entire generation of kids growing up in the 1990s. I watched every episode with my mom. When I walked into my friend’s house after school, a gigantic cardboard cutout of virile, bald Captain Jean-Luc Picard greeted us…
Treat fluid like medicine. You make it a point to take your meds, so do the same with fluids, Archbald-Pannone says. Set a timer to remind you to sip. Richards recommends aiming for half your body weight in ounces each day. For example, if you weigh 150 pounds, you should get 75 ounces. Find a…
Growing up in the Sacramento Valley in Northern California doesn’t prepare you for an East Coast winter. Weather that’s 100° F, relentless sunshine, warm days in November? Sure, I can handle it. A snowstorm in April? I don’t think I’ll ever get acclimated to that. An electric blanket is an obvious solution to the misery…
If you’ve been keeping up with your Windows software updates, you probably noticed Microsoft’s Copilot AI made an appearance in the Taskbar—and in apps including Word and Excel if you use the Microsoft 365 suite. If you’re unhappy with that, you may be able to disable it. You can disable Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps…
Vehicles Recalled• Nissan Altima sedans manufactured between May 25, 2018, and Dec. 11, 2019• Nissan Rogue SUVs manufactured between March 12, 2021, and Aug. 1, 2024• Infiniti QX50 SUVs manufactured between Oct. 6, 2017, and Jan. 10, 2022• Infiniti QX55 SUVs manufactured between Feb. 10, 2021, and Jan. 10, 2022 The problem: A manufacturing defect in the main, A-,…
If you only do one thing, do this. The biggest power hog in your laptop is, by far, the screen. The brighter it is, the more power it consumes. Unless you’re working under direct sunlight, you probably don’t need it at its highest setting. Lowering the brightness is as simple as tapping a function key…
Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in court documents that it is backpedaling on a ban on cancer-causing asbestos. Last year, under the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency took a long-awaited step to ban the last type of asbestos still used in the US—chrysotile asbestos, aka…
Each time in its nearly 60-year history, putting on the Super Bowl halftime show gets harder. Sometimes the logistics get complicated by concerns about protecting the turf. On other occasions, some aspect of the show leaks online, as happened last year ahead of Kendrick Lamar’s performance. In the lead-up to Bad Bunny’s performance at Super…
Offline routing is supposed to be one of the banner features of this watch. You should be able to just pick a point in the Maps app on the watch, then choose Straight-Line Navigation or Route Navigation. Unless you’re in a wide-open field, Straight-Line won’t help you much, but Route Navigation should parse the watch’s…
A small clause inside OpenAI’s contract with Microsoft, once considered a distant hypothetical, has now become a flashpoint in one of the biggest partnerships in tech. The clause states that if OpenAI’s board ever declares it has developed artificial general intelligence (AGI), it would limit Microsoft’s contracted access to the startup’s future technologies. Microsoft, which…
