Apple's top-of-the-line M1 Max, which powers the company's new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros, outperforms AMD's $6,000 W6900X desktop GPU at some tasks set forth in the Affinity Photo benchmark.

The proximity to other human beings, or the second-hand exposure to a smile or a nod, can be intoxicating. We don’t know Cecilia Pesao, but we know her love story. Pesao met a stranger on a train while traveling from Paris to Barcelona. The two flirted a bit, didn’t exchange numbers, found each other on Twitter, then lost touch. A version of this story was adapted on Modern Love this year (with frills, of course).

To those riding the Korean Wave, it was only a matter of time for a TV show to break through like “Squid Game” did.

Smokers are 60%-80% more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19 and also more likely to die from the disease, data suggests. A study, which pooled observational and genetic data on smoking and Covid-19 to strengthen the evidence base, contradicts research published at the start of the pandemic suggesting that smoking might help to protect against the virus. This was later retracted after it was discovered that some of the paper’s authors had financial links to the tobacco industry.

Leaked emails allegedly exchanged by a high-level aerospace executive and a top industry lobbyist give new insight into disparaging comments SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made about President Joe Biden over the weekend.

The officers, two on foot patrol and two in a patrol car, were on a “crime reduction” assignment as they watched a group of men drinking and gambling and a shot was fired.

For $199, Rudy Giuliani will tell you a story or wish you a happy birthday.

A plant that grows in bogs along the west coast of North America has been spotted using its flowers to eat insects – until now, researchers had no idea it was carnivorous

Paris Hilton can't really cook. This was evident during her pandemic-born YouTube series "Cooking with Paris," during which she made her "infamous" Sliving Lasagna. "Sliving," it should be noted, is Hilton's new catchphrase; it's a portmanteau of "slaying" and "living." (Though Hilton appears fixated on getting "sliving" to be a thing, it hasn't caught on yet.)

Following a short period of downtime, the Apple Store is back up again and now features an entirely new design. Apple has also restored the old dedicated “store” tab in the navigation bar. The new store webpage looks very similar to the Apple Store app on iPad and iPhone.

Netflix has flirted with video games and interactivity before, but now it sees Fortnite and other gaming obsessions as one of its biggest competitors for your finite attention.

It’s still in beta

Apple aims to manufacture the batteries that will be used in its autonomous vehicle in the United States, rather than sourcing them from suppliers in other countries, according to a new report from DigiTimes.

Deep Dive Dubai, a facility containing the world's deepest swimming pool and a "sunken city," is now open for bookings for anyone with deep pockets. The post Underwater City in the World’s Deepest Pool Opens in Dubai appeared first on Nerdist.

“The biggest problem facing indie developers is the fact that it’s almost fucking impossible to get people to care about your game among thousands of others"