Arc is one of the few companies doing truly interesting things in the browser space. Certainly it’s the first browser that convinced me that sprinkling AI features across search results is genuinely useful. But all of that happens on the computer side. The new Arc Search app changes that in a big way.  Arc Search is built on the belief that a browser,...

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Now is not the time to buy a new iPad or a MacBook Air. According to a Bloomberg report by Apple reporter Mark Gurman, Apple is about to release a new batch of MacBook Airs and iPads. This event could likely be scheduled for March 2024, so if you're in the market for one of these products now, you should wait till the...

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AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais A former contractor for the IRS who used his access to leak the tax records of former President Donald Trump and thousands of other wealthy Americans has been sentenced to five years in prison as part of a controversial plea deal. As CBS News reported, Charles Littlejohn, 38, was facing a maximum sentence of five years in prison after he...

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Every gardener, from the apartment dweller to the farmer, has a finite allotment of planting space. What you want to grow needs to fit into that space, so planning is essential. With planning, you can thoughtfully consider when different crops will be ready to harvest and can be rotated. Your plants can benefit from being next to certain plants, and kept away from...

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TV host Piers Morgan asked legendary comedian Jay Leno if he’s worried about “what happens to this country” if President Joe Biden loses to ex-President Donald Trump in 2024. Morgan interviewed Leno for over an hour this week on an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, during which the topic of politics came up. In one portion of their chat, Leno said he was “not a fan”...

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Republican Senators James Lankford (OK) and Tim Scott (SC) shruged off Friday’s verdict against Donald Trump — who was ordered to pay $83 million in damages for defaming the woman he was previously found liable for sexually abusing. ABC News’ Martha Raddatz interviewed Scott on Sunday for This Week, and she started with Friday’s verdict where a federal jury awarded E. Jean Carroll...

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Trump fans at former President Donald Trump’s victory party went nuts behind Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) when it was announced Trump had defeated ex-Amb. Nikki Haley in the New Hampshire primary. The New Hampshire primary was over barely more than an hour after polls closed. Trump was declared the victor with what figured to be a convincing low double-digit margin. But Haley was...

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The idea of mesh networking has been around for several years. However, we didn't start seeing the term pop up on wifi routers and devices until around the mid 2010s. That's when companies like Eero, Google, and Netgear started rolling out "mesh networking kits," which allowed you to blanket your home in a stronger wifi signal. Despite being around for several years now,...

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Super Bowl LVIII kicks off on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET. This year, the game is being broadcast by CBS with more than 10 hours of coverage. Even if you don't have cable, there are a few ways, both paid and free, that you can watch all the action live from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Sign up for a live...

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AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez E. Jean Carroll’s attorney argued Friday in the defamation trial against former President Donald Trump that the GOP frontrunner should be forced to pay at least $24 million in damages. During closing arguments, attorney Roberta Kaplan told the jury that Trump’s comments denying sexually abusing Carroll were “designed to humiliate Carroll, and it was a lie,” according to CNN....

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Streaming service Hulu is premiering a couple of maybe-check-them-out series this week: Superhot, a reality show about spicy food, and closed-room whodunnit series Death and Other Details. There's also awesomely creepy cult documentary series Daughter of the Cult, Fargo, and more. Daughters of the Cult I've been fascinated with cults for a long time, so I can't believe I had never heard of...

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Nikki Haley brutally mocked former President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening as she campaigned in her home state of South Carolina. Haley took it to Trump in front of a fired-up crowd, mocked his recent mental lapses, and accused the GOP frontrunner of not caring about the American people, only himself. After finishing third in Iowa and second in New Hampshire, with Trump...

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As a kid I remember wondering why anyone would need salt when they could use soy sauce instead. I still kind of wonder this, but I do use my fair share of plain ol’ salt crystals. (If you love salt, you should read about it here.) Soy sauce does more than make food salty. It also adds nuance, complexity, and soul to a...

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There’s a stereotype of the phone-obsessed gym rat hogging equipment while they “just sit there and scroll on their phone.” Excuse me, I am logging my sets and trimming my training videos and, um, scrolling Reddit, and yeah I kind of got sucked into TikTok somehow? And there’s a work email, crap, it could wait until after but I’m really curious what it...

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This 6th-generation iPad is on sale for $149 right now (reg. $250). It comes with a grade “B” refurbished rating, so there might be light scuffs or scratches on the body, but none on the screen. It has a 9.7-inch Retina display with 2048x1536 resolution, an Apple A10 Fusion chip, 8MP rear iSight camera, 1.2MP front-facing FaceTime HD camera, 32GB of storage, and...

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Tucker Carlson doesn’t care about his country. The fired Fox News personality once again demonstrated his ambivalence towards the United States’ many pressing problems when he placed — and recorded a video of himself placing — a frivolous prank call to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. That is, at least, according to the rules laid out by Carlson himself “Yes, hi, I couldn’t...

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A deepfake robocall using what sounds like President Joe Biden’s voice has been going out to voters in New Hampshire urging Democrats to stay home and “save” their votes for November. “You know the value of voting Democratic when our votes count. It’s important that you save your vote for the November election,” says the fake Biden voice in the call, adding: We’ll...

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Your Android web browser wants to be as fast as possible. That's why it's constantly saving little bits of data every time you visit a new website: That way, when you return to that site, it can pull it up faster and use that data for useful site features, like saving login info. That's the main role of storing cookies and other data...

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Ari Melber and Andrew Sullivan battled on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher — when the MSNBC host retaliated to Sullivan’s claim that the network pushes “propaganda all the time.” Bill Maher had the two as guests on Friday, and the dust-up began as Sullivan argued that America’s political divisions were caused by Democrats becoming increasingly leftist in recent years as a response...

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Former President Donald Trump defended mocking Nikki Haley’s birth name as “Nimbra” in an interview with Fox News. Speaking with Fox News anchor Bret Baier, Trump stood by post on Truth Social Friday in which he referred to the former South Carolina governor as “Nimbra.” (Her birth name is Nimarata Nikki Randhawa.) “She says that you’re using a nickname based on her given...

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