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A poker face is among the many qualities I was born without, so when I unwrapped the Anova Precision Cooker Nano about 14 months ago, I'm sure my visibly confused mug completely undermined my attempt at an enthusiastic "wow, uh… thanks!" What on earth was I supposed to do with this goofy thing? For the better part of a year, it sat in a kitchen drawer.

Don't misunderstand me here: I love to cook

TikTok is dipping its toes further into the AI space, introducing a new creative suite to help brands put together AI-generated ads.

It's called TikTok Symphony, described by the company in a blog post as a means for "supercharging productivity to help brands create at scale." The most notable tool is an AI video-generator that can generate TikTok videos with just a few inputs, the company says

• UK drones sent to Ukraine have destroyed over $1.2 billion of Russian military gear, per Ukraine estimates.
• The UK's defense secretary praised the impact of its drones at a defense forum this week.
• Britain has provided over 4,000 drones since 2022, Grant

Starliner, the Boeing-made vehicle intended to carry the next generation of astronauts, has had its launch scrubbed once again. NASA called off the maiden crewed launch after a number of key engineering faults were discovered, and has declined to announce a new test date. Until then, the two personnel expected to soar into the heavens will just have to standby and hope that engineers are able to

Ethereum, the nerdy cryptocurrency that was lately overshadowed by Bitcoin, is in the news again, and the price is pumping. What gives?

Well, only one of the most important developments in Ethereum's history, anon. An Ethereum spot ETF (Exchange Traded-Fund) might get approved in the U.S. today — that's Thursday, May 23.

UPDATE: May. 24, 2024, 11:51 a.m. CEST The first Ethereum ETFs indeed got

Multiple Microsoft services including Bing and Copilot, along with ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo are down in Europe, Bleeping Computer reported. Bing.com and Copilot return blank pages and 429 errors, while DuckDuckGo simply states: "There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again."

On its @MSFT365Status X page, Microsoft stated that "We're investigating an issue where

• The meme-stock "apes"  have attracted a new member: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• The presidential candidate said he'd bought $24,000 of GameStop stock in a show of support.
• Kennedy endorsed retail investors' calls for reforming Wall Street to level the playing field.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined the meme-stock movement — and shown he's serious by investing in

• Growing up, Mukhtar Kadiri felt like an outsider because of his Arabic name. 
• After struggling to land job interviews out of college, he added "Mark" to his résumé and got hired.
• Kadiri found himself job hunting again years later and refused to reject his real name and identity.

This as-told-to essay is based on a

• It can take a decade to build transmission lines, and construction fell to an all-time low in 2022.
• The delays make the US's aging power grid more vulnerable to extreme weather and blackouts.
• New federal rules could help break logjams over funding and environmental permits.

America's power grid is old and stressed.

Blackouts are on the rise as the climate crisis fuels more-powerful storms