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Based on how the previous espresso shot performs, the interface recommends the next drink’s grind size. If the shot pulls too slow, it recommends a larger grind size. Too fast, and it recommends a smaller grind. Relying on this in the beginning was finicky and I had to pull quite a few bitter shots before I received a decent one, more than I expected when I was initially calibrating the Luxe to my beans. While it’s been fairly solid since, occasionally I’ll get an inconsistent shot and not know what changed. Those who like to get their coffee down to…
The Epic Games Store’s holiday giveaways are over but it’s getting 2026 started with another batch of very good freebies. That’s on top of a bunch of free games Amazon is giving away for paid Prime subscribers. Total War: Three Kingdoms, normally $60, is the Epic Games Store’s first big free game of the year, which anyone can go and claim just by logging into the PC Fortnite launcher. The sprawling strategy game is one of the Total War franchise’s best and will cover you for the rest of the month and beyond if you’ve never played it before. It…
In a unanimous written determination, the Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is advising shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s “inadequate” hostile takeover bid. The cites a number of concerns with the offer and reiterates its position that Netflix’s offer remains superior. Netflix and WBD have entered into a in early December after the WBD board selected its offer over other bidders.There are two key differences between the two options: Netflix is willing to pay $82 billion, but only for the Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max divisions; Paramount Skydance’s came in at $108 billion and is for all of WBD’s assets, including…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It’s an age-old tale: A knuckle-cracking lover and hater enter a room. Then, a loud pop cuts through the silence. That’s hurting your knuckles, says the hater. No, it’s not, says the lover. Turns out, science says the knuckle cracker is right. Just like the myth that crossing your eyes will make them stay that way, warnings from parents, grandparents, and Great Aunt Mildred that cracking causes harm to knuckles remains an urban legend, says Dr. John Fernandez, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in hands, wrists, and…
Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas of other worlds, and a multitude of breakthroughs and setbacks. 2026 is shaping up to be another thrilling year in the cosmos. For the first time in more than 54 years, astronauts are training to travel to the vicinity of the Moon, perhaps within the next couple of months. NASA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and other companies are poised to take major steps toward actually landing humans on the Moon, perhaps within a few years. New rockets are slated to debut…
Lego’s new Smart Play system, announced at CES earlier this week, is an embrace of digital technology the likes of which we haven’t seen from the company before. And while the demonstration it gave on Monday was a good start towards showing just what Lego’s Smart Brick is capable of, there’s no substitute for seeing it in person. Fortunately, an extended demo answered a lot of my questions on how the system will work once kids and adults get their hands on the first round of sets with Smart Play.As I detailed yesterday, the Smart Play system contains three elements.…
At the time of writing, just as the United States of Games Players are beginning to wake up, ARC Raiders has 159,483 people playing. PUBG: Battlegrounds has 597,408. Meanwhile, the free Splitgate: Arena Reloaded has 556. In fairness, a few hours back, that peaked at 1,070, the best numbers it’s seen since Christmas Day. For a game that only officially (re)launched on December 4, that’s…it’s not good. It’s very, very bad. But developers 1047 Games are trying to put a positive spin on things. The game once known as Splitgate 2 has had a self-inflicted rough time. Originally launched June last year, the…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. “My cat always watches my phone as I text or read a book,” someone wrote on Reddit. “Even right now she is on my shoulder, intently watching what I am typing on this post. Can she read or is she just interested in what I am doing?” Some non-human animals have shown a surprising ability to understand symbols, although—as we shall see—scientists resist calling this reading. Symbol-savvy species Take bonobos, for example. At the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative in Iowa, researchers have spent decades introducing…
When Joseph Pilates developed what he first called Contrology in the early 20th century, there were no dedicated studios or intimidating contraptions. There wasn’t even a reformer yet. (That came later, improvised from leather straps and hospital bed frames.) The idea was simple then, and it still is now: Pilates asks you to work with what you already have. Your body does the work, and a mat just makes it more comfortable.Pilates is about moving with intention. Total body exercises are rooted in precision and balance, favoring slow, controlled movements over momentum or strength. Full range of motion, emphasizing time…
MTV shut down its remaining 24/7 music channels in several countries, including the UK and Australia, at the end of 2025. The main MTV network shifted its focus to reality shows long ago and it occasionally dips back into music with things like the Video Music Awards, but this shutdown felt like the end of an era. If you yearn for the days when MTV actually played music videos, though, you might be in luck. A developer who goes by the name of Flexasaurus Rex has paid tribute to the MTV of old with a web app that has several…