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Meet Star Trek legend George Takei’s partner of 40+ years — how they’ve made history together several times

Meet Star Trek legend George Takei’s partner of 40+ years — how they’ve made history together several times

Published by Daniella Wilson

Oh my! George Takei is another year older, and another year wiser, and we’re another year more grateful. The actor, best known for playing Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek universe, celebrated his 89th birthday on April 20, and over seven decades into his career, he’s still going strong! © Getty ImagesMeet George Takei’s partner of 40+ years, Brad Altman! Although, for none is the day a more special one than his longtime partner and husband of nearly two decades, Brad Altman. While the pair have only been married since 2008, their relationship stretches back far longer. Take a look at George’s loving relationship with his partner, including the many times they’ve even broken records together… Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: Where are the original Star Trek cast now? Who is Brad Altman? Brad Altman, now Brad Takei, was a financial journalist when he and George first met back, but a few years after they started dating, he pivoted to becoming his future husband’s business partner and manager. “I helped George with some of his …

Forget Shokz: I tried the Suunto Spark earbuds for a month, and they’ve sold me on air conduction

Forget Shokz: I tried the Suunto Spark earbuds for a month, and they’ve sold me on air conduction

Published by skeptic

pros and cons Pros Outstanding audio quality. Reliable touch buttons and head movement control. The headset offers seven-hour battery life. IP55 dust and water resistance. Open-ear design. Cons Full support requires a Suunto watch. No wireless support for the charging case. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you have read my headset reviews over the past couple of years, you’ve seen me move to using bone conduction headsets for safety reasons, and many of those headsets have been from Suunto. For the past month, I have been running with another option from Suunto that uses air conduction technology, and that is the Suunto Spark headset, available now for $179. Also: I found a smartwatch that’s just as reliable as my Garmin (but much cheaper) I continue to prefer bone conduction headsets that wrap around my head, but the Suunto Spark is a great option for those who want a higher-quality audio experience than what can be provided with bone conduction technology, while still providing a mostly open-ear experience for safety …

Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair review – the TV magic they’ve created here is absolutely miraculous | Television

Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair review – the TV magic they’ve created here is absolutely miraculous | Television

Published by Sam Flores

At this point, Bryan Cranston is firmly entrenched as one of the world’s finest actors. He has seven Emmys, two Tonys and a Golden Globe to his name. History, quite rightly, will remember him as one of the greats. That said – and this really wasn’t a sentence I expected to write a couple of hours ago – there is a distinct possibility that the greatest work of his entire career might be the scene in the Malcolm in the Middle revival where he thrashes around naked as he is overcome by a drug-induced ego death. Perhaps this does make some small amount of sense. Although Malcolm in the Middle became best known as an absurd counterpoint to Breaking Bad – the sheer dramatic intensity of the latter playing against the generic sitcom daddery of the former – those of us who always loved the show knew that Cranston spent a lot of it going full throttle. Malcolm in the Middle, after all, was the sitcom that kept cutting back to Cranston having his back …

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ Easter appearance shows just how much they’ve grown

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ Easter appearance shows just how much they’ve grown

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Wales children made their first public appearance of the year on Easter Sunday. While it’s been 14 weeks since Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis were last out with their parents on Christmas Day, the children looked more grown up as they joined King Charles, Queen Camilla and other members of the royal family at the traditional Easter Sunday Mattins Service at St. George’s Chapel.   Growth spurt since the holidays  At only 12 years old, Prince George is almost as tall as his mother, the Princess of Wales, in heels. Back on Christmas Day, a well-wisher remarked that George is going to be six-foot-four, to which Catherine replied: “I know, I swear, he’s catching up with everybody, isn’t he?” He certainly is. His father, Prince William, is six-foot-three, while his mother, who he shares the same shoe size with, is five-foot-nine. Louis is also stretching. The little Prince, long dubbed the “baby boss,” is a baby no more. Louis, who turns eight on 23 April, has gotten noticeably taller since Christmas and …

Scientists Say They’ve Found “Dark Points” That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light

Scientists Say They’ve Found “Dark Points” That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Scientists broadly deem faster-than-light transmission of mass or information impossible, as it would violate the laws of general relativity and causality, essentially meaning that such signals would be capable of time travel and the many paradoxes that would entail. But what if the subject itself has no mass at all? As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers claims it has observed “dark points” within light waves that can move faster than the speed of light, confirming a prediction dating back to the 1970s. These “dark points” observed by the researchers are effectively small “holes” or vortices within the light wave structure itself that can move faster than their surroundings, the team posits. “As strange as it sounds — imagine a vortex in a river overtaking the flow of water in which it exists — the phenomenon is real,” an official press release reads. “Until now, this was based on …

Bill Cosby’s co-stars from The Cosby Show: what they’ve said about his allegations, legal troubles

Bill Cosby’s co-stars from The Cosby Show: what they’ve said about his allegations, legal troubles

Published by Daniella Wilson

On March 23, Bill Cosby was found guilty in a lawsuit filed by Donna Motsinger. A jury in California found him guilty of sexual assault dating back to 1972, with the former waitress accusing him of drugging and assaulting her after a comedy show. In the decade since the actor’s reputation has been tarnished after multiple accusations of assault, plus criminal and civil trials, have come forward, he has been to prison, lost several lucrative opportunities, and even seen reruns of The Cosby Show pulled from syndication. Premiering back in 1984, the show was a ratings juggernaut both in the United States and around the world, and is considered groundbreaking for its representation of not only African-American leads on TV, but also ones that are distinctly upper middle class. Since the assault cases, however, a majority of the show’s cast have publicly distanced themselves from the actor, and a few have spoken out about him and the harrowing accusations as well. Here’s what the former stars of The Cosby Show have said… © Getty Images …

I set up smart switches to power my home, and they’ve made this lazy man into a genius

I set up smart switches to power my home, and they’ve made this lazy man into a genius

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pros and cons Pros Can push and pull switches, for total bidirectional control Nothing to wire into the mains and no electrician needed Works with or without a hub. Cons Fitment can be a little fiddly at times The VHB tape isn’t the best at sticking to curved surfaces There’s only one spare bit of tape in the kit. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Home automation is a wonderful thing. I love that I can control so much of my life from my smartphone. But let’s be honest, this automation also made me lazy — so lazy that I now resent some of the simplest tasks. Especially when that task is something as trivial as flipping a switch. Doubly so if some electrician put that switch in an awkward, hard-to-reach spot. Well, good news: switch flipping is officially a thing of the past for me, thanks to SwitchBot.  As the name suggests, SwitchBot is a device that presses switches for you. (Yes, we’ve reached the point in human history where we have …

The Air Fryer Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Kitchen Craze. Here’s How Popular They’ve Become

The Air Fryer Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Kitchen Craze. Here’s How Popular They’ve Become

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It’s Wednesday, around 6 p.m. It’s been a busy day, but I’m already carving a perfectly roasted chicken on my favorite ebony cutting board, the bird’s juices spilling out from under crispy skin and filling up the board’s reservoir like a moat.  For years, Ina Garten’s roasted chicken — or some variation of it — has been a Sunday tradition for me. It’s not particularly decadent or overly involved, but it’s reserved for Sundays because of its roughly 2 hours of total cooking time. Now, the same recipe, adapted for the air fryer, hits the table in under an hour.  After months of owning an air fryer and experimenting mostly with versions of traditionally fried foods, such as wings, fries and chicken cutlets, I made my first air fryer roast chicken on a whim. Stunned by the speedy cooking time — 25% faster than traditional roasting — tender meat and impossibly crispy skin without the usual tablespoon of butter, I haven’t put a bird in the oven since. Of all the kitchen tools I’ve collected, …

Hoka Speedgoat 7 Review: The Best They’ve Ever Been

Hoka Speedgoat 7 Review: The Best They’ve Ever Been

Published by Jenni Sidey

The Speedgoat 7 is also undeniably more comfortable than its predecessor, right from the step-in. In addition to the luxe new midsole, Hoka also refined the heel collar, which is satisfyingly plush and secure. The stretchy vamp at the top of the toe box—a familiar feature from the Speedgoat 6—adds extra breathability, and if you’re partial to running with gaiters for extra protection against small rocks and debris, you’ll appreciate the stealthy loop at the base of the heel that makes the Speedgoat 7 compatible with standard running shoe gaiters. Personally, though, I feel that what the Speedgoat 7 has gained in all-around resilience and comfort comes at the cost of a slightly less locked-down feel. While the structure of the shoe would actually suggest better lockdown than the Speedgoat 6, the hardwearing RPET upper, which is made using recycled plastic, is mostly the same on the inside and outside of the shoe, and I could feel my feet sliding against it on steep descents, even when I tightened the laces. Looks that satisfy your …

Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they’ve created? : NPR

Do the people building the AI chatbot Claude understand what they’ve created? : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Tonya Mosley. This week, the Pentagon is considering cutting business ties with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic after the company declined to allow its chatbot, Claude, to be used for certain military applications, including weapons development. At the same time, The Wall Street Journal reports that Claude was used in a U.S. operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, claims Anthropic has not confirmed and has declined to discuss publicly. Meanwhile, outside military and intelligence circles, the same tool is being used for far less dramatic but still consequential purposes. A man in New York reportedly used Claude to challenge a nearly $200,000 hospital bill and negotiated most of it away. A romance novelist in South Africa has said she used it to help publish more than 200 novels in a single year. So what exactly is this system capable of? And how well do the people building it understand what they’ve created? My guest today, journalist Gideon Lewis-Kraus, spent months inside Anthropic …