Zillow has stopped publishing climate risk ratings for sales listings that show the likelihood of properties being impacted by extreme weather, The New York Times reports. The feature introduced by the real estate listings site last year used data from risk-modeling company First Street to forecast which homes are most vulnerable to floods, wildfires, wind, extreme heat, and poor air quality, as climate conditions pose an increasing risk to properties.The change came into effect earlier this month following complaints from the California Regional Multiple Listing Service (CRMLS) regarding the accuracy of First Street’s risk models. “Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property,” Art Carter, CRMLS chief executive officer, told The NYT.Sales listings on Zillow now link users to First Street’s website instead, where they can manually find climate risk scores for specific properties. First Street data shows that millions more properties are at risk of flooding compared to government estimates.

Spotify is probably the most-used application on my computer. If I'm working, browsing the web, or just messing around with a new bit of software, I'm probably also listening to music. But I have a gripe with the app that years of updates haven't solved: it's boring. Spotify doesn't have the most elegant interface, nor does it give users a lot of options for customizing it. That's where Spicetify comes in. This CLI (command line interface) tool makes it easy to tweak Spotify with custom themes and third-party extensions that enhance its functionality. Sure, it can be a bit technical to set up, but the end results are definitely worth it.

There's nothing quite like a small-town mystery. I know spooky season's already "over", but there's something about the final two months of the year that really makes mystery media hit significantly harder. Netflix's global phenomenon, Stranger Things, is nearing its end after nine whole years, and the show has certainly booked its slot in our holidays, since it'll be spanning December, Christmas, and New Year's Eve.

While 2025 is almost over, video game releases aren't slowing down. Marvel Cosmic Invasion is out today, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is out later this week, and more games are on the way throughout the month. With The Game Awards not far off as well, December is poised to be a very exciting month for gamers.

Large Windows updates do a lot more than patching bugs and adding features; they (sometimes) reconfigure system files, unpack and install components, update drivers, and trigger post-update tasks. The resources used by these tasks and processes can often add up and slow down your PC temporarily, and are often the major cause of slowdowns after updates. The effect is more commonly felt by users with older hardware or specific configurations, though bad or buggy updates can affect a large variety of systems. There's usually no major cause for concern, though; most issues with a slower PC after a Windows update can be fixed at their source.

OLED monitors have become extremely popular in the last three years, especially among PC gamers and enthusiasts who care about contrast, motion clarity, and HDR performance. In fact, I use two Alienware QD-OLED monitors in my multi-monitor setup, one ultrawide and one ultra-high refresh rate panel. But I still haven't ditched my good old IPS LCD monitor, the LG 27GN950, just yet. And the reason for that comes down to everyday desktop use, not gaming.

Madison Lawrence Tabbey was scrolling through X in late October when a post from a Wicked update account caught her attention. Ariana Grande, who stars in the movies as Glinda, had just liked a meme on Instagram about never wanting to see another AI-generated image again. Grande had also purportedly blocked a fan account that had made AI edits of her. As Tabbey read through the mostly sympathetic replies, a very different message caught her eye. It was from a fellow Grande fan whose profile was mostly AI edits, showing Grande with different hairstyles and outfits. And, their reply said, they weren't going to stop. Tabbey, a 33-year-old liv …Read the full story at The Verge.

The moment I stopped chasing the "perfect Tana system" was the moment it finally started working for me. Tana — an AI-powered productivity app known for its advanced features like Supertags, custom workflows, and complex database structures — has earned a reputation for being incredibly powerful but intimidatingly complex.

I exported my Pocket library to my Firefox bookmarks when the service shut down in July. That saved the links, but because I was spoiled by Pocket’s excellent reader and management features, I’ve sought an alternative “bookmark-everything” app to store my favorite articles. After a few months of searching, I found Karakeep (formerly Hoarder), and it has finally filled the void Pocket left behind.

The ESP32 is a small but mighty microcontroller, capable of all kinds of amazing things. One of the most powerful use cases for one is TinyML, a small machine learning framework that can be used to build things like anomaly detection, audio recognition, or image classification. Image classification is incredibly easy, for example, and I was able to set up binary classification in just five minutes.

It’s a sacrilege to compare Raspberry Pi 4 to Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. It’s preposterous even at face value. Both SBCs have their strengths and weaknesses. However, the Pi Zero 2 W has the potential to outshine the Pi 4. Leave the head-to-head specs comparison and hear me out. For processing, the Pi 4 trumps the Pi Zero 2W in raw power. That said, the Pi Zero 2 W has the potential to be power-efficient and appropriate when size and use case matter more. Here are some Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W projects that can outperform a Pi 4 setup in terms of size, cost-efficiency, and performance.

You're not alone if you've ever experienced subpar audio on your Bluetooth headset or speakers connected to your PC. Wireless audio, at least via Bluetooth, isn't the most ideal option on a Windows PC, with issues like cracking and stuttering being common complaints on online forums. While some of these issues are linked to the limitations of Bluetooth as a technology, others can be traced to unoptimized choices or interference from other wireless devices. Here's how you can do your best to fix the common issues related to Bluetooth audio on your PC.