2026-06-13

No More Burnt Edges: Ooni's Rotating Pizza Stone Delivers Perfect Pies Every Time

I got my hands on Ooni's new spinning stone attachment, and it changed the way I make pizza at home. [...]

2026-06-13

CNET's Camping Tech Roundup: We Tested Top Gear in Outdoor Adventures

We've tested the most advanced gear ourselves. See what you need for your next excursion. [...]

2026-06-13

Microsoft's SkillOpt boosts GPT-5.5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file

Microsoft and three Chinese universities have developed SkillOpt, a method that optimizes instruction documents for AI agents using principles from traditional model training. A simple Markdown file is enough to boost GPT-5.5 by about 23 points on procedural tasks, and the same file transfers across models and agent environments like Codex and Claude Code.<br /> The article Microsoft's [...]

2026-06-13

A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations

KPMG published a paper about the benefits of AI last year. An investigation found that it was full of AI hallucinations. [...]

2026-06-13

Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin

Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 turns natural language into executable SQL queries. Built on Gemini 3.1 Pro, it tops the BIRD benchmark at 80.04 percent accuracy, well ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic. Google says the technology could improve natural language features across its data services.<br /> The article Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin a [...]

2026-06-13

Think you know your Dutton Ranch from your Marshals? I bet you can't even score 50% on my ultimate Yellowstone trivia quiz

Dutton Ranch and Marshals might continue the legacy, but nobody did it quite like the OG Taylor Sheridan Western series. But do you still know the ins and outs of all things Yellowstone? [...]

2026-06-13

Bose just went early with its Prime Day deals on Amazon — here are two I'd buy, and one that I'd avoid for now

I've spotted a trio of deals on some of the best headphones and earbuds from Bose at Amazon, but while two are worth buying today, there's one I'd avoid for now — especially with Prime Day on the horizon. [...]

2026-06-13

The wearable health boom is creating a data overload for doctors - what happens next

Patients have never had more information about their health, but much of it is unusable. Here's why. [...]

2026-06-13

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits he's a token-maxer, too: "It's addictive"

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is warning against "token-maxing," throwing the most powerful AI models at every problem. Frontier models shouldn't be wasted on everyday tasks, he says. The marginal cost of productivity gains has to match the token cost. Still, Nadella admits, "I'm like a token-maxer too. So it is addictive."<br /> The article Microsoft CEO Satya Na [...]