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We recommend an electric kettle for tea lovers, though they can come in handy for just about anybody, and this is one of our top picks. It has an insulated, double-walled body, four preset programs (for oolong, white, and green tea, along with a button for boil), along with an auto shutoff and “keep warm” mode. It also has a really cute look, with a matte finish that’s available in adorable colors like cornflower blue and sage green. We also love that the buttons on the touch-activated display only appear when the kettle is in use, so it looks super…
Microsoft has started rolling out Xbox mode to Windows 11 devices, including laptops, desktop PCs and tablets, just like it promised in March. The mode, which debuted on the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X handheld, brings a console-like full screen Xbox experience to Windows. It’s a controller-optimized interface that puts a focus on an aggregated library, which allows you to easily browse and launch your collection of games, including ones you got from Xbox Game Pass and installed from various PC storefronts. You’ll also be able to easily use the Xbox Game Bar overlay for Windows and switch…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Engineering an efficient, affordable solar-power car has eluded automotive enthusiasts for decades. While the technology is increasingly becoming more cost-effective and integrated into global energy grids, using solar cells to reliably propel a standard-sized vehicle long distances simply isn’t quite there yet. But that doesn’t mean you can’t rig a smaller ride to ferry you on shorter trips. As YouTuber Simon Sörensen demonstrated earlier this year, all you apparently need is a couple of e-bikes, some sustainable energy add-ons, and a little bit of…
The name’s Bond, Royal Navy Aircrewman James Bond. At least, that’s what the future Double-O was known as before he became the international man of mystery. In 007 First Light, developer IO Interactive offers us an original take on the iconic character first brought to life by British author Ian Fleming. I recently had the opportunity to get an in-depth, hands-on look at First Light, playing roughly three and a half hours of some early levels of the game. I came away both impressed by its scale and ambition, and relieved to say that it sticks the landing while playing…
When I ask influencer chef Jon Kung to name the purchase they regret most, there’s no deliberation. “In my early twenties, I bought this used SMEG fridge,” the 42-year-old Chinese American TikTok creator tells me. “It’s got this giant British flag on it, and I still have it. I’ve stuck Sex Pistols, Ozzy Osbourne, and Spice Girls stickers on the sides to try to make it a little better.”It’s become a conversation piece at the dinner parties Kung hosts at home. Every holiday season, Kung whips up their Chinese takeout feast; it’s a seven-course spread that maps their upbringing across…
Denise Truscello/Getty Images If you think that companies should stick to their core expertise, Toto is here to flush away that notion. The Japanese company is best known for its bidet-style “Washlet” toilets, but it also has an advanced ceramics division that produces components used in NAND memory chips. That business gained 34 percent over last year thanks to AI chip demand, accounting for 55 percent of Toto’s 53.8 billion yen ($343.5 million) operating profit so far this year. Toto expects that division to continue to grow rapidly, around 27 percent…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In a world drowning in notifications and devices that want to be everything all at once, calculator giant Texas Instruments (TI) is going back to basics. This week, the company unveiled the TI-84 Evo, its most powerful graphing calculator ever. It explicitly can’t access social media apps or even connect to Wi-Fi. Instead, TI says its $160 “distraction free” device is designed to do only one thing exceptionally well: math. That’s likely welcome news to educators around the country battling a growing attention crisis…
We are but a few short days away from May 4 aka Star Wars Day. What once started out as a silly internet joke about how “May the fourth” sounds like “May the Force…” has evolved into a fully corporate-endorsed celebration of the sci-fi franchise. Does it diminish the fan-created joke? Sure. But hey, at least we all get to take advantage of some sweet Star Wars deals. Starting today and in honor of the upcoming Star Wars Day festivities, Lucasfilm and Disney have marked down nearly every Star Wars game currently being sold on GOG. Over 25 different Star…
To boost the sound or picture quality inside your house, you can connect the P1 to an AV receiver or a soundbar using the one HDMI port over eARC. But even so, the P1 can only do so much because it doesn’t support 4K Ultra resolution, HDR10+ color quality, or even Dolby Atmos Audio using the included speakers. Its key feature is portability. (Dolby Atmos did work with an AV receiver connected using the one HDMI eARC port.)Inside and OutPhotograph: John BrandonAware of the P1’s specifications and its main purpose of portability, I kept my expectations in check as I…
May’s first full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will be 100% illuminated at 1:24 p.m. EDT Friday (May 1). Although that moment occurs during daylight hours for North America, the moon will appear full at night on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.As always, the most striking time to watch the full moon will be as it rises in the east. This month, that happens during dusk on May Day — which marks the halfway point between March’s spring equinox and June’s summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere — when it rises shortly after sunset.This Flower Moon is this year’s first…