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We found 80 stocking stuffers under $100 that are actually useful

Let’s face it, it’s easy to fixate on the big gifts that crowd around the Christmas tree. However, we’d argue that the true treasures are the small, useful, and thoughtful gifts tucked within stockings. That’s why, for this guide, we’ve pooled together a bunch of tried-and-tested gadgets and goods to help bolster someone’s everyday carry […]

2025 LLM Year in Review: shift toward RLVR, Claude Code emerged as the first convincing example of an LLM agent, Nano Banana was paradigm shifting, and more (Andrej Karpathy/karpathy)

Andrej Karpathy / karpathy:
2025 LLM Year in Review: shift toward RLVR, Claude Code emerged as the first convincing example of an LLM agent, Nano Banana was paradigm shifting, and more  —  2025 has been a strong and eventful year of progress in LLMs.  The following is a list of personally notable and mildly surprising …

The best Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (Dec. 19-21 2025)

We have a variety of Xbox Game Pass recommendations to save you from endlessly searching for something new to play.

ChatGPT will now let you pick how nice it is

OpenAI will now give you the ability to dial up - or down - ChatGPT's warmth and enthusiasm. An update rolling out on Friday gives you the option to choose whether you want "more" or "less" of these personality traits, or stick with the default. There are also options to tweak how often ChatGPT uses […]

How to evolve Galarian Farfetch'd in Pokémon Legends: Z-A

To evolve Galarian Farfetch'd into Sirfetch'd, it'll need to land some heavy blows first. Our guide explains how to evolve it in Pokémon Legends: Z-A.