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Our vision health can decrease as we get older and it can be brought on by different conditions that come with aging. One of the proactive things you can do on a daily basis to protect your vision is to eat superfoods that are beneficial to the eyes. Below are some foods you should pick up when grocery shopping.Best foods for eye health Anjelika Gretskaia/Getty ImagesWhether you’ve got a family history of vision problems or you’re trying to fight eye strain in your day-to-day life, here are 12 foods to boost eye health.  Broccoli A study promoted by the American Optometric…

AI-assisted coding or ‘vibe coding’ is a trend that dominated last year, so much so that it was named word of the year for 2025.Since OpenAI co-founder Andrej Kaparthy coined the term, developers have been wooed by the prospect of minimizing coding ‘grunt’ work.Even non-programmers without extensive coding knowledge have created software, leading to an uptick in generative AI use for software development. You may like Despite the hype, research from Veracode reveals large language models (LLMs) only choose secure code 55% of the time, raising fundamental security concerns.John SmithSocial Links NavigationWhilst LLMs can predict syntax, they can’t comprehend cybersecurity.…

On Wednesday, Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot, Claude, will remain free of advertisements, drawing a sharp line between itself and rival OpenAI, which began testing ads in a low-cost tier of ChatGPT last month. The announcement comes alongside a Super Bowl ad campaign that mocks AI assistants that interrupt personal conversations with product pitches. “There are many good places for advertising. A conversation with Claude is not one of them,” Anthropic wrote in a blog post. The company argued that including ads in AI conversations would be “incompatible” with what it wants Claude to be: “a genuinely helpful assistant…

Noise-canceling earbuds have become an everyday essential for a lot of people, whether you’re trying to survive a noisy commute, concentrate in a shared workspace or just carve out a little quiet time. Advances in active noise cancellation and audio processing mean today’s best earbuds do a much better job of cutting through background noise, without forcing you to move up to bulky over-ear headphones.The latest models also balance sound quality with convenience, offering stable Bluetooth connections, comfortable fits and battery life that can last through a full day with help from their charging cases. From premium options with the…

The 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina will feature more medals than previous years, thanks to eight new events. The most notable addition is ski mountaineering — or “skimo” — an entirely new Olympic sport.Skimo is a test of endurance where athletes climb up steep mountains on skis and then race back down. It combines the physical challenge of mountain climbing with the technical speed of skiing. With three gold medals on the line, it’s he biggest change to the Winter Olympics lineup in years. Here’s everything you need to know about skimo and how, when, and where to watch. Meet…

AI is creeping into every corner of our lives, from phones and TVs to cars and smart speakers, but few uses feel as emotionally loaded as elder care.Sentai is a UK-made AI voice companion designed to support older adults living independently, offering conversation, reminders, and quiet reassurance without turning the home into a surveillance zone.I tested it expecting something halfway between Alexa and a novelty gadget. What I found instead was a surprisingly human glimpse of what the future of care might actually look like. You may like Always on, all the timeSentai looks like a small, grey portable speaker,…

This post, the third part of my series on ASUS’s AiMesh, will walk you through specific steps to set up an AiMesh network and offer tips on optimizing and maintaining it, including how to arrange the hardware, manage signal handoff, and more. If you have other AiMesh-related questions, check the link in the Related Stories box below. Dong’s note: I first published this post on February 11, 2022, and last updated it on January 15, 2026, with the latest information. Related stories on ASUS routers and the AiMesh feature ASUS AiMesh setup guide: This 3-pack ZenWiFi BT8 is one of the first…

On Wednesday, former OpenAI researcher Zoë Hitzig published a guest essay in The New York Times announcing that she resigned from the company on Monday, the same day OpenAI began testing advertisements inside ChatGPT. Hitzig, an economist and published poet who holds a junior fellowship at the Harvard Society of Fellows, spent two years at OpenAI helping shape how its AI models were built and priced. She wrote that OpenAI’s advertising strategy risks repeating the same mistakes that Facebook made a decade ago. “I once believed I could help the people building A.I. get ahead of the problems it would…

We found the iPhone Air to have a pretty decent battery life for such a thin-and-light phone, somewhere in the region of 27 hours if you’re continuously streaming video. But it’s still a phone, arguably your most used device on a daily basis, so you may need to top it up during the day if you’re using it constantly. That’s where Apple’s iPhone Air MagSafe battery pack comes in, and it’s currently on sale for $79.AppleThis battery iPhone Air battery pack is $20 off right now.  This accessory only works with the iPhone Air, but much like the phone it…

The start of a new year of streaming brims with anticipation for all the great things you’ll watch. You could get hooked on an underrated show, binge the return of a favorite or stream a new Oscar Best Picture winner from your couch. Envisioning upcoming entertainment is better when you don’t factor in how the price to watch it could change — and already is.2026 has already brought increases to services you might use to stream shows, movies, music and live TV, such as Paramount Plus, Spotify and Sling. Streamflation or not, you probably aren’t going to take a total break…