Choose the right TV for your viewing pleasure
If you’ve gone TV shopping lately, you’ve probably seen a dizzying array of options and price points for high-definition screens that, at first glance,…
Author: The Smart Reader Staff
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Types of HD TVs:
LED: Light emitting diode OLED: Organic Light-Emitting Diode. Best for dark rooms where perfect blacks are desired, such as for watching movies., QLED:…
Top-rated tech gifts for 2025
Not sure what to get for the gadget aficionados (or even some of your less tech-savvy loved ones) on your list? Here are some of the top-rated tech gifts…
Hat tip from Yellowstone
Hold onto your hat! That’s the message from Yellowstone National Park staffers who realize the stunning geothermal features of the park are exciting, but…
Manhattan skyline (AI)
Most expensive cities Kiplinger.com recently calculated the most expensive places to live in the U.S., where housing is sky high and so is everything…
When squirrels attack
It isn’t funny, but it is unusual. In the town of San Rafael, California, five people were attacked and two went to the hospital following an assault by a…
AI’s alter ego puts wins tech fans
When San Francisco-based Anthropic introduced its advanced AI chatbot, it named the bot after an AI researcher named Claude. Little did they think of it…
How long do you have to walk to sweat off a funnel cake?
WebMD says you a 150-pound adult has to walk for three full hours to shed the calories in this favorite festival food. A funnel cake has 825 calories….
AI company to pay $1.5 billion settlement
A group of authors will receive $1.5 billion from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic to settle a class action lawsuit. According to Reuters, a…
Popular call-recording app exposes user phone numbers
Just a week after its launch, the viral app Neon has gone dark amid reports of a security flaw that allowed open access to user phone numbers, call…