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3 Best Floodlight Security Cameras (2026), Tested and Reviewed
Consider These Floodlight Cameras Photograph: Simon Hill Reolink Elite Floodlight WiFi (Wired) for $230: Similar to our Reolink pick above, the difference with the Elite Floodlight is that it’s a fixed dual-lens camera designed to give you a wide 180-degree view (59 degrees vertically), rather than a pan-and-tilt camera.... Read more
Entain announces it will end Coral Cup sponsorship after 52 years
Entain has officially confirmed that it will no longer be sponsoring the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham festival after a 52-year association with the event. The operator first sponsored the race in 1974, but the decision follows an increase in betting taxation announced in the UK budget last November.... Read more
I Hate How Much I Love This Hydration-Tracking Water Bottle
The LARQ Bottle PureVis 2 has become my emotional support water bottle, specifically thanks to its hydration-tracking feature. Anna Gragert/CNET Any time I felt tired growing up, one of the first questions my mom would ask me was, “Have you been drinking enough water?” On top of this, I’ve... Read more
Best Valentine’s Day Gifts (2026): Legos, Karaoke, Digital Frames, and More
Valentine’s Day is a sneaky one. It’s easy to let grabbing fun and unique Valentine’s Day gifts fall to the wayside while you recover from the Christmas holidays, but it’s not one to miss if you have a partner you want to shower with a little extra love. If... Read more
Las Vegas Sands sees uptick in Q4 financial report, but Sands China declines
Las Vegas Sands, which owns properties worldwide, posts a strong Q4 and full-year, but Sands China sees dip. The net revenue of the company was $3.65 billion, compared to $2.90 billion in the prior year quarter. The operating income was $707 million, compared to $590 million in the prior... Read more
Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Feb. 2 #497
Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. It helps to know a lot about two distinct locations and... Read more
How to Use Physics to Escape an Ice Bowl
I don’t know who invented this crazy challenge, but the idea is to put someone in a carved-out ice bowl and see if they can get out. Check it out! The bowl is shaped like the inside of a sphere, so the higher up the sides you go, the... Read more
Enterprises are measuring the wrong part of RAG
Enterprises have moved quickly to adopt RAG to ground LLMs in proprietary data. In practice, however, many organizations are discovering that retrieval is no longer a feature bolted onto model inference — it has become a foundational system dependency. Once AI systems are deployed to support decision-making, automate workflows... Read more
Billions in tax revenue would be generated by expanding sports betting legalization
Billions of tax revenue would be generated if all 50 states in the US made sports betting legal, a report by the Tax Foundation claims. If all states established statewide gambling markets, the Tax Foundation estimates that gross gaming revenue (GGR) would increase by $15.6 billion per year. If... Read more
Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Feb. 2 #1689
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle has one tough letter right in the middle. If you need a new starter... Read more