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The biggest problem with front loadwashing machinesis their tendency to stink. Lint and moisture tend to get trapped in the door seal and other areas, creating a strongsmell that’s hard to get rid of. In fact, GE Appliances said in a recent press release that for 46% of its customers, mold and odor are their “biggest complaint” about front-load washers. Even more interesting, one in two front-load washer owners switch back to top load washers because of the problem, according to their research....

Georgie & Mandy is going on another big break and there’s a simple reason It feels like we’ve only just said hello again toGeorgie & Mandy, but already it’s going back off the air for another lengthy hiatus. Why? The reason is staring us in the face. So far, 2025 has had plenty of whiplash for theYoung Sheldonspinoff.George returnedfrom the grave to half-zombie form, Connor seems to have had a complete personality transplant, and our titular couple have argued more times thanSheldonhas solved a science problem....

Google has done the right thing with thePixel Watch 3, as, for the first time in the smartwatch’s short history, it comes in two different case sizes. Until now, the Pixel Watch has been available in a single size, which bordered on the microscopic and seemingly had more bezel than screen. Now, those with arms wider than a pipe cleaner can confidently buy a Pixel Watch without fear, and giving us more choice is a serious win for Google and the new Pixel Watch....

Google has teamed up with the NCAA for this year’s March Madness (it’s apparently the “official cloud” of the tournament), bringing machine learning and statistical analysis to decades of game data. But now they’re going even further, with anaudacious real-time experimentthat could well blow up in their face. As a blog post from the Google Cloud team explains, a group of basketball enthusiasts, data scientists, and computer techs set out to analyze the data from 80 years of NCAA games andunleash machine learningon this massive pile of data to uncover trends or facts that might not be readily apparent....

The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and theirunderlying blockchain technologiesoffer advantages over traditional funding and transactional platforms, but they are a boon for hackers, too. A new report on theinitial coin offerings (ICO)of new cryptocurrencies claims that as much as 10 percent of all early investor funds are stolen by hackers. Although bitcoin and other alternative cryptocurrencies have been on the rise in recent years, the boom they saw in 2017 was partly driven by an increase in the number of ICOs....

Summary Warning! Spoilers ahead for Harley Quinn #39!Things are changing fast in Gotham and thanks toHarley Quinn, one surprising criminal is on their way to becoming a serious threat. Harley Quinn is out to help villains be their best selves and her methods are bringing out the best of one of the most underrated members of Batman’s rogue’s gallery. InHarley Quinn #39by Tini Howard and Natacha Bustos,Harley Quinn turns downMister Freeze as a subject to work with as she wants to help villains who could use a therapeutic approach to crime....

ChatGPTis a wonderful tool but there’s a dark side to this advanced AI service that can write like an expert on almost any topic — plagiarism. When students that are supposed to be demonstrating their knowledge and understanding of a topic cheat by secretly using ChatGPT, it invalidates testing and grading. AI skills are great but aren’t the only subject that students should learn. Policing this problem has proven to be difficult....

TheMacBook Pro 16was a huge comeback for Apple’s high-end laptops. It may not be revolutionary, but the design has been brought up to date, performance has been vastly improved, and the keyboard is quite possibly the best Apple has ever made. The whole device has been tuned up and upgraded in almost every way. Which is why it may sound strange to hear me say that you shouldn’t buy it. Well, let me rephrase that —mostpeople shouldn’t buy it....

Intel is making a big push into the future of graphics. The company is introducing seven new research papers to Siggraph 2023, an annual graphics conference, one of which tries to addressVRAM limitations in modern GPUswith neural rendering. The paperaims to make real-time path tracing possible with neural rendering. No, Intel isn’t introducing a DLSS 3 rival, but it is looking to leverage AI to render complex scenes. Intel says the “limited amount of onboard memory [on GPUs] can limit practical rendering of complex scenes....

HP’s Envy x360 13 is an excellentconvertible 2-in-1for not a lot of money. It’s extremely flexible, well-built, and it provides solid productivity performance while being priced to undercut much of the competition. That includes the Apple MacBook Air M2, an excellent laptop that’s among the least expensive MacBooks. If you’re looking at 13-inch machines, then these two laptops should be on your shortlist. They’re quite different, though, and so the choice between them isn’t an easy one to make....

The“Made by Google eventofficially wrapped up last week, and we now have the next lineup of Pixel devices. This includes theGoogle Pixel 8 Pro, the regularGoogle Pixel 8, theGoogle Pixel Watch 2, and a couple of new colors for thePixel Buds Pro. With the Pixel 8 Pro, we have a lot of nice upgrades. This includes a new Super Actua LTPO OLED display that reaches 2,400 nits of peak brightness and has Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2, the Tensor G3 chip, a slightly larger battery, and an improved camera system with 50MP main, 48MP ultrawide, and 48MP telephoto lenses....

John Lyotier poses with kids in Bangladesh, where Rightmesh held a hackathon in December of 2017.Image used with permission by copyright holder “We believe that connectivity the way it exists today is broken,”John Lyotier, CEO of Rightmesh, told Digital Trends. “Internet accessibility and connectivity is a human right, yet we are not letting people connect.” That sounds like a bold statement. Yet Lyotier is only saying what everyone already knows....

It’s no secret that too much exposure to ultraviolet light can do serious damage to your skin — and even cause skin cancer. To help reduce such exposure, personal care company L’Oréalhas announceda small wearable sensor, called the La Roche-Posay My Skin Track UV sensor, that’s aimed at tracking your exposure to UV light, which could seriously help users improve the health of their skin. There are a number of things that make this sensor highly useful....