Tired of That Weird Little Apple TV Remote? Upgrade to This $24 Alternative

We’re pretty confident in saying that the Apple TV 4K is one of the best streaming devices we’ve tested, and it offers many features that you can’t get from competing products. But as great as it is, there is one area where it absolutely lets itself down — the remote control that comes with it. Sure, … Read more

Forget MacBook Air: This Windows alternative is just as lightweight and full of features

Cesar Cadenas/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysMSI’s Prestige 13 AI Evo offers great performance thanks to its Intel Core Ultra processor and supporting AI tech.This results in a computer whose performance outclasses an M1 MacBook Pro for content creation.For the price, it does have its quirks, from the middling graphics card to buggy software. MacBooks are some of … Read more

Pacifico Biolabs emerges from stealth with fermentation process for alternative seafood

In the quest to replace traditional seafood with alternatives, Berlin-based Pacifico Biolabs believes it has a unique approach to making whole muscle structures using fermentation. While fermentation, the process of growing cells in bioreactors, is already used to make a number of alternative proteins, like cultivated meat, Zac Austin, co-founder and CEO, calls the process … Read more

Twitter alternative Bluesky shows off custom Super Bowl feeds (both with and without Taylor Swift)

Twitter/X alternative Bluesky is gearing up for one of the biggest weekends in social media with the launch of custom feeds prepped for Super Bowl fans. One feed focuses on conversations around the big game itself while the other also includes news about Taylor Swift, who’s expected to attend to cheer on her boyfriend, Kansas … Read more

King Charles and alternative medicine approaches to cancer care

LONDON — We don’t know what kind of cancer King Charles III suffers from, where in his body the renegade cells were found or what sort of treatment he is receiving. Still, he is suddenly one of the most prominent cancer patients in the world, with the potential to influence how people think about this … Read more

Twitter alternative Spoutible spouts a massive leak

Security consultant and Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt has detailed a vulnerability in the API of Spoutible, a social platform that emerged following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, that could allow hackers to take full control of users’ accounts. After someone alerted Hunt to the vulnerability, he discovered that hackers could exploit Spoutible’s … Read more

MacPaw plans iPhone app store alternative to comply with new regulations

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET Now that the EU has forced Apple to allow sideloading apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), it is only a matter of time before alternative app stores appear.  One player planning such an app outlet is MacPaw. Probably best known for its Mac utility CleanMyMac … Read more

Blinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia’s Wagner in Africa’s troubled Sahel

ABUJA, Nigeria — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pitched the United States as a better security partner for Africa in place of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, which he accused of exploiting coup-hit and conflict-hit nations in the continent’s Sahel region. Blinken, who is visiting Nigeria as part of an Africa tour to … Read more

Germany’s surging far right Alternative for Germany party provokes a reckoning

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Over the weekend, it seemed a nation’s conscience had stirred into action. … Read more