The Memorial Day weekend brings a mixed bag of updates. Some involve fire, some involve debt, and a few involve things falling from the sky.
Heat and Hardware
Garmin and Birdfy are pushing early discounts. If you grill, the new gear changes how you cook. Smoke, sear, control. It’s less guesswork.
Breville is also on sale. But beyond the hardware, the real shift is control. Digital temp controllers sync. They watch. You cook.
Money Moves
Debt doesn’t disappear because it’s May.
There are free tools for it. Calculators exist to map out payments. The goal? Get back in the black.
The Odd Stuff
Bowlers think it’s just pins. It’s not.
Centers use a machine like a giant inkjet to print oil patterns on lanes. This tiny variable dictates the ball’s entire trajectory. Ignore it and you lose.
Speaking of unexpected changes—1945 left a legacy in Nevada.
The Trinity test didn’t just blow stuff up. It created new material. Stuff never seen in nature. Extreme pressure makes extreme chemistry.
Over in Gaza, the pressure is literal and deadly.
Blocks are embargoed. So they crush rubble. Mix it. Mold it into Lego-like bricks. It’s shelter born of destruction.
Phone Skills and Clean Power
Stop touching your screen.
Use your voice. Android and iOS allow hands-free control. Tips abound to make it actually work.
Meanwhile, old oil wells have a new job.
The US is looking at those pollution sources differently. Instead of fuel, they’re considering storage. Batteries. Power. AI needs energy. So does the grid.
Big Swings and Glitches
Ford and GM are blinking on EVs.
The pivot is toward energy storage. Not the cars themselves. Just the batteries. The AI boom demands it.
In a different kind of pivot, asexual folks are turning to AI.
Companions offer intimacy. No sex required. “I’ve got one hand on the keyboard,” one user told WIRED. It works for them. Not everyone approves. But who decides how loneliness gets filled?
Mistakes Happen
Cybercriminal twins got caught. Why? They left the Microsoft Teams recording on.
In other news: Canvas ransomware issues are resolving. A dark web market leader got arrested. OpenAI staff faced a supply chain hack.
Stay vigilant. Or just leave the recorder on. It might backfire on your enemies.
Incoming
Look up.
Asteroid 2025 JH2 passes May 18. It’s the size of the Chicago Bean. Closer than the moon by a factor of four.
We watch the sky while rebuilding from rubble.
What happens next is hard to predict.
