Google’s AI models are rolling out to everyone in the U.S. via the new Gemini app for Android and as a feature in the Google app for iPhone. Until recently, Gemini was known as Google Bard. Gemini is available for free, but there’s also a paid plan called Gemini Advanced.  A slow farewell to Google […]

Shortly after moving into my first college dorm, a gift arrived for me in the package room. Dissatisfied with the wafer-thin mattresses she’d observed when helping me move in, my mom sent me a luxurious, fluffy mattress topper. It zipped around my mattress, adding inches of foam on top that my body could sink into […]

Tomato sauce is one of the most crucial parts of pizza composition. But is it really the tomato that’s important, or can any sauce anchor down the toppings? Pizza has a lot more range than we give it credit for. For instance, Roman style pizza can be sauceless, and not even round. I’m not trying […]

There was a time that whenever you looked at search results on Google, you could click the “Cached” button to view an archived version of the page. Unfortunately, Google has decided to remove the feature. The company’s stated reason is that the feature was created to allow users a way to see the content at […]

Aside from being too damn high, our taxes are also too damn complex—more complex than the tax codes in other countries. It takes individuals an average of 13 hours to prepare their tax returns each year, and even so, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports 17 million errors in 2022 alone. Adding to that complexity […]

If you’ve invested a substantial number of dollars in an RTX GPU from Nvidia, then you’ll want to maximize the return on your investment—and besides the high frame rates and superior rendering you’ll get in your games, these graphics cards also come with some useful extras to help boost the quality of streaming video. Collectively […]

In most parts of the U.S., spring is on its way. If you’re still freaking out about what to plant and where, you’re not alone. If you’d like to try companion planting but are intimidated by which plants can be planted with which others, I’ve got a solution. Square foot gardening offers a ton of […]

As children’s online safety and lack of internet supervision continue to be a hot-button issue, Google recently announced it has updated its parental controls app Family Link, which allows parents to manage and monitor their children’s activity running the Chrome or Android operating systems. In addition to announcing a donation of $20 million to organizations […]

While it’s a relatively low-maintenance appliance, your microwave does require some occasional attention. As long as you clean up any spills or messes as soon as you make them (or see them), and wipe down the interior and exterior every so often, you don’t have to spend a lot of time keeping it in working […]

Bard is no more. No, Google isn’t tanking its AI department; rather, it’s getting a refresh. Starting today, Bard is now simply called “Gemini,” the name Google originally gave to its suite of AI models. If you’re a frequent visitor to bard.google.com, you won’t notice a huge difference at first, other than the name change. […]