Record Store Day 2024: How to Flatten Warped Vinyl Records at...
Record Store Day is one of my favorite shopping holidays. While it's not as massive as Black Friday or Cyber Monday, it's one of the most exciting days of the year for me. I let myself stock up on all of the records I've kept myself from buying over the past year. However, one of the…
There’s a New Record for the Most Efficient Residential Solar Panel...
Solar panel manufacturer Maxeon said this month that its new Maxeon 7 panel set a new efficiency record for its type at 24.9%. The figure was confirmed by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory.The new benchmark serves "to set the pace for the entire solar industry," Matt Dawson, Maxeon's chief technology officer, said in a…
A Record $12.5 Billion Lost to Internet Crime in 2023 ...
American consumers and businesses lost a record $12.5 billion to internet crimes in 2023, according to an annual report from the FBI.Last year's loss total marks a 22% jump from 2022. Meanwhile, the number of complaints covered in the 2023 Internet Crime Report rose nearly 10% to more than 880,000. In the report, the FBI…
Best Record Player for 2024 – CNET
The Audio-Technica offers a carbon-fiber tonearm. Sarah Tew/CNETAll of these turntables offer a phono-level output -- an unamplified signal that needs RIAA equalization. I used a combination of gear including a Rotel RA1592 amplifier, Onkyo TX-NR696 and TX-RZ50, Q Acoustics 3050i tower speakers, and the Cambridge Audio Duo preamp.For receivers and amps that lack phono input, you'll…
2024 will see record signups for ACA health insurance plans
NPR's Scott Simon asks Kaiser Family Foundation Vice President Cynthia Cox why 2024 will be another record year for signups on Affordable Care Act health insurance exchanges.
34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen”
Enlarge / A moment in Tetris history. For decades after its 1989 release, each of the hundreds of millions of standard NES Tetris games ended the same way: A block reaches the top of the screen and triggers a "game over" message. That 34-year streak was finally broken on December 21, 2023, when 13-year-old phenom…
Someone has finally “beaten” NES Tetris
Enlarge / A moment in Tetris history. For decades after its 1989 release, hundreds of millions of standard NES Tetris games ended the same way: A block reaches the top of the screen and triggers a "game over" message. That 34-year streak was finally broken on December 21, 2023, when 13-year-old phenom BlueScuti became the…
Best Record Player for 2023 – CNET
The Audio-Technica offers a carbon-fiber tonearm. Sarah Tew/CNETAll of these turntables offer a phono-level output -- an unamplified signal that needs RIAA equalization. I used a combination of gear including a Rotel RA1592 amplifier, Onkyo TX-NR696 and TX-RZ50, Q Acoustics 3050i tower speakers, and the Cambridge Audio Duo preamp.For receivers and amps that lack phono input, you'll…
AirPods 2 to Hit New Record Low $69 Price in Walmart’s...
Apple's AirPods have become almost ubiquitous in the world of wireless earbuds, but the iconic white buds are on the more expensive end of things. That's about to change with Black Friday right around the corner, though, with Walmart set to drop the price of the entry-level AirPods 2 down to just $69. That represents…
Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right...
Austin, Texas, construction workers dig on a hot day in August 2021. Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that overturns local ordinances in some Texas cities that mandate regular rest breaks for such workers. Blaine Young/Public Health Watch hide caption toggle caption Blaine Young/Public Health Watch Austin, Texas, construction workers dig on a…
