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Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

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    Eve’s first smart thermostat for the US supports Matter-over-Thread.

    In addition, the Eve Thermostat works without an internet connection and doesn’t require any sort of additional subscription — something that is depressingly rare these days. Otherwise, it offers all the usual stuff you’d expect, including app and voice control, automations, and scheduling, for $129.95.

    Eve Thermostat mounted to a millennial gray wall.
    Is that more of a millennial gray or a sad beige?
    Image: Eve
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    Terrence O'Brien
    JLab claims its new Mini ANC are the world’s smallest earbuds with active noise cancelling.

    Each bud measures just 19mm x 21mm x 14mm and weighs 2.2 grams. For comparison, an AirPod Pro 3 weighs 5.55 grams and stands a comparatively towering 30.0mm tall. Even the charging case is barely bigger than a Zippo lighter at under two inches long and under an inch tall. And, on top of that, they’re only $39.99.

    JLab JBuds Mini ANC in graphite. They’re pretty standard looking earbud, but like small. Though, you wouldn’t know it from this picture because there’s nothing in it for scale.
    There’s nothing here for scale, but, trust us, they’re small.
    Image: JLab
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    Terrence O'Brien
    How the New York Times vets images before publishing them.

    Unsurprisingly, considering President Trump’s tendency to post AI slop, the New York Times wasn’t exactly keen on publishing his supposed photo of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima without question. Ultimately, the paper couldn’t verify the image’s authenticity but decided to publish it in the context of his Truth Social post. The Times’ Director of Photography Meaghan Looram detailed their skepticism:

    It looked odd: The photo was cropped to an unusual, vertical shape, suggesting that much of the content of the original image had been excluded, and the quality was low. One Times photo editor noted that it looked like a photo of a printout, or a photo of a screen. When run through the same A.I. detector, the image posted by Mr. Trump also left some uncertainty.