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• My husband and I took an Alaskan cruise with his mom, sister, and extended family.
• The multigenerational trip offered flexibility, and we had alone time at excursions and the spa.
• We used dinner and nightly card games to come together as a family during the trip.

My

Two weeks ago, I was getting ready to log off work when I got a text message.

"Oh wow, I was checking out Mitski. did you know people are saying her Dad was a CIA operative?"

Normally, that kind of out-of-the-blue text from a friend wouldn't faze me. This time, my eyes bugged. The unprompted text had been sent by an AI

• Forty-five of the 50 states have official mansions, which governors can live in rent-free.
• Some governors' mansions are open to the public for tours.
• Arizona, Idaho, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont don't have designated mansions.

After a long day serving constituents, governors return home to sprawling, historic buildings

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I interviewed Peter Gostev, AI capability lead at Arena.ai, recently. He created what I call the defecation test, officially known as BullshitBench. Something else he mentioned caught my attention, though.

It's a

Spring has certainly sprung here at Engadget. Well, it has in terms of reviews, at least. We’ve put over a dozen devices through their paces since my last roundup, which gives you a lot to catch up on over the weekend. Read on for the rundown of all the reviews you might’ve missed.

ASUS ZenBook A16

ASUS’ ZenBook A14 didn’t live up to our expectations last year, but now the company is back with

Nintendo seemingly designed its latest console to be a mystery for third-party accessory makers. With the Switch 2, the company changed the wireless protocol for connecting controllers to the new system, as well as how it outputs video over USB-C, making it clear at launch that every third-party

• The Masters, which concludes Sunday, is among the most-watched sports events in the world.
• Despite the prestige, the Masters is also home to plenty of quirks and odd traditions.
• From cheap food to a surprising lack of wildlife, it is a tradition unlike any other.

The Masters kicked off at Augusta National Golf

In the early days of the war on Iran, while the White House was busy posting Call of Duty memes and AI slop of dancing bowling pins, the Iranian regime's state media was flooding the zone with video after video of what was happening on the ground: Explosions over Tehran. Smoke billowing in the sky. Blood on the ground. A Tomahawk missile landing on a school. Grieving parents burying their

There's one very specific reason I keep a Wii U handy, and that's so that I have an easy way to play the classic pinball game Devil's Crush. Over the years, it has become a comfort game for me. I'm not entirely sure what it is, but there's something about the combination of familiar pinball gameplay and the demonic imagery that works so well together, and lets me lose myself in the chase

• I ran a successful brick-and-mortar store for decades.
• I decided to shut down the business in my 50s, turning my back on an identity I had built.
• I'm reconnecting with what lights me up and reinventing myself at 56.

In 2024, I woke up to a difficult truth: I was unhappy. A solopreneur since the early 2000s, I'd built a six-figure business wh