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This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC’s heat wave

Last weekend’s brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven for a slurpee. This time, though, I stayed home and put the new Ninja Slushi…

Beatbot AquaSense X Review: A Pool Robot That Cleans Itself

Photograph: Chris Null Naturally, the AstroRinse also needs a power supply, so if you don’t have a standard electrical outlet near your hose spigot, you’ll need another extension cord solution here. The unit must be level to run properly, and…

Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat’s last theorem

Pierre de Fermat was a 17th-century mathematician Lebrecht Music& Arts, YAY Media AS/Alamy In the lobby of a central London hotel, tourists are bracing themselves for a day of sightseeing in a heatwave. Meanwhile, staff are resetting the dining room…

Every cool thing you can do with Apple’s new Siri AI app

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the…

Experimental drug reverses severe fatty liver disease by repairing the gut

An experimental drug developed at Michigan Medicine has shown the ability to reverse severe fatty liver disease in animal studies by restoring gut health. The findings, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggest that targeting the connection between the…

OpenAI’s Head Of Safety Is Reportedly Leaving As Part Of Company Reorganization

The role will be replaced by an executive in charge of both research and safety teams. Samuel Boivin/Shutterstock Along with a significant restructuring of OpenAI’s safety and research teams, the company’s head of safety systems is expected to…

ICE are heavily armed killers. They’re also huge losers

Donald Trump’s Homeland Security regime has been at the center of two critical stories in the past two weeks. In the first, federal agents shot and killed a man and quickly got to work justifying the use of force under…

Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn

Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe Gates, and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which may have helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually…

Samsung Micro RGB R95H Review (2026): Not the Brightest

I tested Alexa+ and was mostly pleased with how it worked, allowing me to adjust the volume and search for obscure ’90s psychological thrillers. You can enable the Alexa voice prompt and skip the mic button on the remote, but…

2026 eclipse: 5 citizen science projects you can contribute to

There are several ways you can help scientists study this year’s eclipse Sirbouman/Alamy During the total solar eclipse on 12 August, scientists from around the world will have their eyes – and scientific instruments – on the sun. But even…