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The experience of watching TV has changed a lot in the past few decades. Streaming services have effectively replaced normal TV for a lot of people. For many, commercials became a thing of the past (and then started to come back as those services introduced ad tiers). Bulky traditional television sets were replaced by flat smart TVs. In that time, studios have tried to repackage older TV shows using modern technology, and while the stated goal is to improve the viewing experience, sometimes it actually makes things worse. Some shows are far better to watch in their original formats than…

If you’ve been running OpenAI’s Codex CLI on a long-lived dev machine, there’s a good chance your SSD has been quietly bleeding out. A bug in Codex’s diagnostic logging system was writing hundreds of terabytes of data to local disks. A failing SSD doesn’t click or grind, and given the severity of the bug, this can chew through the entire lifetime write endurance of a typical consumer SSD in under a year. So if you’ve been using Codex, it’s a good idea to check up on your SSD. Related I tested Claude Code, Codex, and Antigravity on a real electronics…

Buying an iPhone is expensive. You might have noticed that if you’ve ever bought one. But doing so is soon likely to get even spendier. I wrote a few months ago that AI was eating the tech world and your favourite gadgets are next. Turns out I was right and the impact quickly moved beyond budget retro handheld makers and hit even the biggest tech companies – including Apple. And while Apple hasn’t yet hiked iPhone prices, if you think that won’t happen with the incoming iPhone Pro, Pro Max and Ultra/Fold/Flippy McDippy models, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Actually, I don’t. Which is a pity,…

Christopher Nolan’s new movie The Odyssey is based on Homer’s 2,700-year-old epic poem. There have been a lot of adaptations of The Odyssey over the past couple millennia, and some of them are so abstract most people don’t even realize they are adaptations. That got us thinking about another author whose work is frequently remixed and presented as original: William Shakespeare. There have been a lot of undercover Shakespeare adaptations over the years, although in some cases, the fact that they’re Shakespeare adaptations is now well known. We’ll try to highlight more obscure entries. Related 5 famous books that are…

I expected my KRK Rokit 5 speakers to sound great right out of the box, and they did. In fact, I was so impressed with their balanced, accurate sound that I placed them on my desktop and barely touched them for months, even though they feature DSP with 25 visual EQ settings and a companion app for room tuning. Eventually, however, my curiosity got the better of me. I had mistakenly thought that proper room calibration would mean measuring my room and inputting data, but my speakers (and many others from brands including Sonos, Kef, WiiM, and Harman Kardon) included…

With London playing host to Samsung’s latest Unpacked event, the firm has embraced that most British of institutions to give foldable phone fans a first peek at the Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra and Z Flip8: the traditional London pub. Hidden down a soho side street, the Fold Inn is a world away from the Glitzy Thames-side event space that hosted the global launch. I dropped by for a pint ahead of the pop-up opening to the public this weekend. Wander off the bustling Dean Street, and you’ll spot what is (temporarily) the third pub within 100 feet, snugly…

I thought the ferocious but fun twin-motor Hyundai Ioniq 5 N was a real hit when I first drove it back at the tail end of 2023. However, it’s nothing compared to the Ioniq 6 N. This high-performance electric saloon takes all of the best bits of the Ioniq 5 N but adds in even more entertainment and a very distinctive look. The end result is truly dazzling. Hyundai’s naming conventions gave me a good idea what to expect long before my Ioniq 6 N 84 kWh 650 PS 4WD test car turned up: a beefy battery, lots of oomph…

A few years ago, hardly anyone had heard of HYROX. And despite going all-in on fitness trackers, I hadn’t either. Now, it’s difficult to walk into a gym without spotting someone training for it. The giant yellow banners aren’t exactly subtle, either. Today, dedicated HYROX classes are springing up everywhere, race weekends sell out months in advance, and social media is crammed with people proudly sharing their finish times – or crying through the final wall balls after discovering just how brutal they really are. Part of the appeal, I think, is that HYROX is refreshingly simple. Unlike CrossFit competitions,…

It feels like a new gym pops up on the high street every few seconds these days, with enticing, low-cost membership offers already convincing almost 20-percent of the population to sign up to monthly plans. However, research by Atom Bank earlier this year found that nearly half of those questioned in its survey didn’t use the membership regularly. Thankfully, there is another way.  Wayne Gordon, former Gladiator and Bio-Synergy ambassador, has trained everyone from complete beginners to elite performers. His conclusion? The basics still work best. “I’ve trained on TV sets, in elite sports facilities and in my own living…

The weekend is the perfect time to relax and enjoy something new on Netflix. But what if you don’t have enough time to start watching a massive series with a million seasons, but too much time to fill with just one movie? In that case, you want a miniseries, the perfect compromise. Happily, Netflix is overflowing with great miniseries that will keep you entertained for exactly as long as you need them to. His & Hers It’s not nearly as cute as it sounds His & Hers stars Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson as Jack Harper and Anna Andrews, an…