The story of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was one of its highest-praised features around the time of its launch, with many players enjoying how the game's campaign blended high-octane CoD combat with slower spy-like sequences. While discussion around the game's campaign has waned as time has passed, the in-game multiplayer seasons of Black Ops 6 are still offering some great insights into the narrative future of the subseries.

Amazon Primes Invincible doesnt hold back. Its a show where superhero fights turn into blood-soaked disasters, where invulnerability means youll just take longer to go down, and where the emotional stakes hit just as hard as the punches. So, naturally, anyone who loves Invincible is looking for a game that can match its mix of high-flying action, devastating combat, and morally complex storytelling.

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.If you like to do your own home repairs and improvements, you know that a good tool set is a game changer. Having the right bits, blades, and other miscellaneous tools can save you time and effort, not to mention cutting down on the trips to the hardware store youll need to make while working on a project. But these smaller things can add up quickly, exhausting your DIY budget. Here are some good deals on bits, blades, measuring tools, and accessories for all your DIY projects.BitsWith so many different sizes and types of hardware, having the right drill or driver bit can be tricky. If youre doing more than one specific project, a variety of bits is your best bet in order to handle the broadest possible array of fastener types. But all those bits can add up quickly. Here are some good deals on bits for almost any type of hardware youll encounter in your DIY adventures.A set of 21 Bosch drill bits ranging in size from 1/16 inch to inch is on sale for $26.46, 48% off its regular price. These are multi-material bits that can drill through wood, plastic, and aluminum. They will fit a drill with a standard chuck as well as an impact driver.A 20-piece set of DeWalt bits is on sale for $15.29, 43% off its typical price. This set includes a small range of drill bits, a variety of driver bits, a magnetic bit extension, and a drywall bit holder that are compatible with a drill or an impact driver. BOSCH BL21A 21-Piece Assorted Set Black Oxide Metal Drill Bits with Included Case for Applications in Light-Gauge Metal, Wood, Plastic $26.46 at Amazon $50.49 Save $24.03 Get Deal Get Deal $26.46 at Amazon $50.49 Save $24.03 BladesSaw blades can be expensive, but not having a few extras on hand can mean extra trips to the hardware store when youre working on a project. Here are some deals on saw blades to keep you going on your DIY projects.A set of 30 Bosch t-shank jigsaw blades are on sale for $34.78, 46% off their regular price. The set comes with a range of wood and metal blades that will fit a jigsaw with a t-shank blade receptacle.A set of 12 DeWalt reciprocating saw blades is on sale for $24.80, 53% off their usual price. This set includes a range of wood and metal blades.A 10-pack of 7 inch Makita general purpose wood circular saw blades is on sale for $55.12, 34% off their typical price. These blades will fit a 7 inch circular saw. Makita D-45989-10 7-1/4" 24T Carbide-Tipped Circular Saw Blade, Framing/General Purpose, 10/pk $54.46 at Amazon $83.98 Save $29.52 Get Deal Get Deal $54.46 at Amazon $83.98 Save $29.52 Measuring toolsHaving the right measuring tools can make or break your DIY project, but these tools can be expensive. Here are some deals on measuring tools to get the right cut the first time.The Crescent Lufkin 25-foot tape measure is on sale for $8.90, 44% off its regular price. This tape has a locking mechanism to keep it extended hands-free and a stiff metal tape to reach longer distances without buckling.The Bosch 50-foot laser level is on sale for $66.44, 44% off its regular price. This tool will project a plumb line as well as a horizontal level line thats helpful for projects like hanging shelves or cabinets.The Crescent Lufkin 100-foot tape measure is on sale for $16.99, 36% off its typical price. This tape is useful for larger areas, landscaping, and grading. BOSCH GLL50-20G 50 Ft Green-Beam Self-Leveling Cross-Line Laser, Includes Integrated Magnetic Mount, 2 AA Batteries, & Soft Pouch $66.44 at Amazon $119.00 Save $52.56 Get Deal Get Deal $66.44 at Amazon $119.00 Save $52.56 AccessoriesAttachments for your tools can make them more versatile, and setting up a jig to make a repetitive task faster and more precise will simplify your DIY projects. A right-angle drill adapter is on sale for $12.99, 46% off its regular price. This adapter allows you to use your drill in tight spaces, and it comes with nut driver attachments.A Milescraft pocket hole jig is on sale for $20.99, 36% off its usual price. This jig allows you to drive screws at an angle and conceal your fastener for a strong, clean joint on woodworking projects.A DeWalt magnetic bit guide set is on sale for $12.99, 35% off its regular price. This set includes a magnetic bit sleeve, a bit extension, and three driver bits that will fit an impact driver or standard drill.Shopping for tech? Lifehacker can help you make the right decision. Browse our tech reviews and head-to-head comparisons for everything from laptops and smartwatches to e-bikes and home gyms. Subscribe to our deals newsletter, Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox, or browse our best-of lists directly on Amazon, including:The Best Over-Ear HeadphonesThe Best Wireless EarbudsThe Best Adjustable Dumbbell SetsThe Best Projectors

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication.I love soundbars. I'm still traumatized by having to rig speakers all over my living room to get decent audio back in the daynot to mention finding a place for a damn subwooferso enjoying high quality audio from an easy-to-set-up, compact soundbar like the Sonos Arc is a great relief. It's on sale now for Amazon's Big Spring Sale for $649.00, 28% off the list price. The Arc is a slick-looking piece of kita 45-inch oval cylinder that's only 4.3 inches wide and 3.5 inches tall and is available in black or whitebut more importantly, the Arc's sound quality is top-notch, whether you're watching movies or listening to music. Sonos Arc $620.43 at Amazon $899.00 Save $278.57 Get Deal Get Deal $620.43 at Amazon $899.00 Save $278.57 The Sonos Arc is powered by Dolby's Atmos system that creates a three-dimensional "sound globe" that lets you hear anything from any directionjets sounds like they're overhead and whispers sound like they're right in your ear. There's even a dialogue enhancer so you don't miss any lines. As for music, just put on Hawkwind's "Master of the Universe" and tell me it doesn't change your life.Our pals over at PC Mag put a Sonos Arc through its paces and were impressed enough to give it four stars and name it an Editor's Choice.Shopping for tech? Lifehacker can help you make the right decision. Browse our tech reviews and head-to-head comparisons for everything from laptops and smartwatches to e-bikes and home gyms. Subscribe to our deals newsletter,Add to Cart, for the best sales sent to your inbox, or browse our best-of lists directly on Amazon, including:The Best Over-Ear HeadphonesThe Best Wireless EarbudsThe Best Adjustable Dumbbell SetsThe Best Projectors

Uber has new shuttle routes for NYC travelers. Less than six months after launching bus rides between LaGuardia Airport and Manhattan, the company is adding four routes between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Manhattan.Beginning on Thursday, you can book up to four seats for one of the new routes. You can reserve them as early as seven days in advance or as late as two minutes before you hop on. Each bus has a 14-passenger limit at launch. Much like your flight, you can bring one piece of luggage weighing up to 50 lbs and a personal item that fits in your lap or under your seat. When you get onboard, the driver will verify your identity with a QR code and PIN.The four new routes include stops at either Port Authority Terminal and Grand Central Terminal or Chinatown and Atlantic Terminal. Each of those two Manhattan courses is split into two additional routes one to JFK's Terminal 4 and another to Terminal 5. They run every 30 minutes, from 5AM to 10:45PM, all week.The JFK shuttles will typically cost "up to $25" for one way, but Uber is launching the new rides with introductory one-way pricing of $10 through April 30.Uber says it's booked hundreds of thousands of shuttle seats since it launched its LaGuardia routes last fall. Although it can be a handy way to get around (and cheaper than hailing a cab), there's a free public transit shuttle running between the airport and the subway. As Redditor u/Kufat opined about Uber's shuttles in October, "This is for tourists who think they'll get stabbed the moment they enter the subway."This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/uber-adds-new-shuttle-rides-between-jfk-airport-and-manhattan-100039821.html?src=rss

Microsoft has launched two new "reasoning agents" for Copilot that were designed to analyze vast amounts of work data, including emails, meetings, chats and documents. The first tool called "Researcher" is based on OpenAI's deep research model combined with Copilot's advanced orchestration and deep search capabilities. Researcher was made for "complex, multi-step research" at work. It can take a user's internal work data along with additional information from the web, such as competitive data, emerging trends and the latest market analysis, to create market strategies and comprehensive quarterly reports, among other potential uses. Plus, it can pull data from Salesforce, ServiceNow and other external sources.Meanwhile, the new "Analyst" tool was built to function like a skilled data scientist. It's based on OpenAI's o3-mini reasoning model and uses "chain-of-thought reasoning" to solve issues in multiple steps to provide answers that Microsoft says "mirror human analytical thinking." It can process raw data across multiple spreadsheets to, say, predict future revenue and expenses, forecast demand for a new product and visualize the purchasing patterns of customers. For the most complex data queries, it can run Python, and users will be able to view the code while it's running in real time.Both Researcher and Analyst will be rolling out to customers with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license starting in April as part of "Frontier." Customers enrolled to the new Frontier program will get access to Copilot technologies while they're still in development, starting with these two new tools.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/microsoft-introduces-deep-research-and-analysis-tools-for-copilot-143001894.html?src=rss

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A child-size table and small chairs make up the centerpiece of a playroom. Its where children do crafts, host tea parties for their dolls, play hide-and-seek, and build forts. So it makes sense that people buy a lot of them: By 2030, Americans will spend an estimated $12 billion on play tables.[Photo: Bauen]The market is flooded with sets, ranging from inexpensive ones like Ikeas $50 version to more design-forward varieties like Lalos $300 set. Still, husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Lynn and Cassidy Rouse believe theres room in the market for a better-designed version. More specifically, they wanted to create a set that was indestructible, easy to assemble, usable indoors and outdoors, and even portable. And they wanted to create chairs that were almost impossible to tip over.The Rouseswho have two young childrenspent two years designing a play table and chairs, exploring hundreds of prototypes and materials, until they arrived at their final design: a whimsical-looking set made from recyclable plastic. The product has already won an iF Design Award. This week, theyre launching a $649 play table and chair set through their new brand, Bauen. Over time, they expect to redesign other childrens furniture.A Packed MarketChild-size furniture has been around since the 18th century, when well-to-do families wanted to give their children opportunities to play and develop. Today such items are a staple of childhood.But when the Rouses scoured the market for a play table for their kids, they found most options lacking. Thanks to the rise of cheap, mass-produced furniture, you can find many affordable options from Target, Walmart, and Amazon. The problem is that most of them are made of inexpensive materials that break easily. When we spoke to experienced parents, they said that they had gone through several sets of play tables, Cassidy says. Its become a norm to get an inexpensive play set and expect to throw it out after a few years. If you have a second child, you just buy a whole new set.[Image: Bauen]Outdoor play sets are slightly more durable, since they are made using heavy-duty plastic, but theyre often designed like picnic tables, and dont look good indoors. So you end up buying two setsone for indoors, and another for outdoors, he says.Today, thanks to improved child-safety laws, companies need to follow regulations when designing furniture for kids. After receiving reports of injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission established a rule that chairs marketed for children younger than 5 must go through a stability test issued by a third-party testing agency. The test involves putting the chair at an incline to show that it will not easily tip over if the child sits too far back or leans to one side.But in focus groups, the Rouses heard parents say their kids frequently tipped over in play chairs, partly because often they often sit quietly at the table, instead playing vigorously and leaning backward at an unsafe angle. We didnt think the standard accommodated the way children actually interact with this furniture, Lynn says.[Image: Bauen]Redesigning a ClassicSo they set out to create a better product, starting by designing a chair that is more tip-resistant than others on the market. When you first see the chairs, their proportions look a little comical. They have a very wide seat, a very short 8-inch back, and thick legs (a now patent-pending design). All of this creates a low center of gravity, which makes them harder to tip over.Most childrens chairs are designed like smaller versions of adult chairs, Cassidy says. But we had a breakthrough when we realized that toddlers dont need a large, supportive back; their bodies are often leaning forward to see what is in front of them. By creating a wide seat and a low back, the chair is much more stable.[Image: Bauen]Rethinking the chairs led the Rouses to rethink almost every aspect of the sets design. They wondered whether it was possible to create furniture that would look good indoors but also be practical outdoors. They ended up using polyethylene, a type of durable plastic thats often used to construct outdoor furniture. They sourced it from a company whose products are deemed toxin-free by the EU, which has higher product safety standards than the U.S.[Image: Bauen]Despite being plastic, the set doesnt look like a traditional picnic table and chairs meant for the backyard. The furniture has interesting curves. Depending on how its styled, it can look fun and cartoony in a kids bedroom, or sleek in a modern home. But when the sun comes out, you can easily carry the set out to a deck or garden, so kids can eat and play outside.After trying out many other products on the market, the Rouses discovered things they disliked and avoided them in their own design. For instance, they didnt like the way liquid would spill right off tables, so they designed raised edges so spills would stay contained. Lynn found it annoying that many chairs were not large enough for adults to sit on. We wanted it to fit an adult bottom, she says. That way you can sit with your child at the table. But you can also bring it to the bathroom and sit on it while giving your kid a bath.[Image: Bauen]Finally, they wanted to make the set easy to assemble. The chairs dont require any assembly. For the table, you only have to attach the legs. It doesnt require any tools, and it takes less than two minutes. Importantly, the table is designed to be disassembled easily so you can store it and transport it. You might want to bring it on holiday with you, Lynn says.The Bauen set is certainly thoughtfully designed, but its also much more expensive than other kids furniture on the market. At $649, it is more than double the cost of the Lalo set, which is already considered expensive. The table will likely be appealing to affluent, design-conscious parents. But the Rouses are also trying to make the case that their product is much more durable than others on the market, so its a good value for money.

As AI takes on a greater role in our media ecosystem, many journalists look at it like a farmer sees an invasive species: as a force that threatens to slowly choke, kill, and replace their work, potentially threatening their livelihood.Theres good reason for this: For reporters and editors, AI represents an assault on multiple fronts. Not only can large language models (LLMs) take over many tasks within journalistic workresearch, writing, editingAI systems also threaten to substitute media publications entirely. The more readers get their information from AI, the less reason they have to engage with publishers or journalists directly.Ask a journalist how its going these days, and youre likely to hear, Not great. Many are understandably skeptical, if not outright antagonistic, toward AI. And while the many rounds of recent layoffs at media companies arent happening because AI is replacing journalists en masse, its growing presence in newsrooms is certainly a factor in how those organizations are restructuring themselves.Theres another perspective, however. While the rise of AI is, in many ways, painful for journalists, it may actually be healthy for journalism.Audiences are moving onThe fact is more and more people are using AI to find news and information. ChatGPT now has 400 million weekly active users, and its showing up on top 10 lists of the most popular sites on the internet. A recent study from Adobe found that the amount of traffic that AI services are sending to retail sites has increased 1,200% in just the last seven months. Despite generating far fewer clicks than traditional search, AI tools are driving a massive spike in trafficproof of their growing reach.AI use may be climbing fast, but its all a drop in the bucket compared to regular search. A recent analysis from search expert Rand Fishkin revealed that ChatGPT searches are less than 1% of overall search activity.Googles 10 blue links may still rule the day, but Google is going deeper into AI, too. Its AI Overviewstopic summaries at the top of search resultsnow appear in searches for more users, and it has recently expanded the availability of AI mode, which produces a summary that does away with the links altogether. While Google hasnt yet begun applying these tools to current news articles in a significant way, the trend is clear: more AI in search, not less.So whichever way you turn, the picture is clear: a significant part of our future media ecosystem will be AI-mediated. The key question: How will these systems surface the content for the summaries they give?This is a difficult question to answer definitively, partly because AI companies arent eager to open up their black boxes, but also because the technology itself makes the decisions LLMs make fairly opaque. But we can infer a lot from the outputs they create, and what companies do say.OpenAI publishes a model spec for its LLMsbasically a set of first principles. One of them is seek the truth together, by which it means the AI and user collaborate to find whatever the truthful output is for the users query. Taken at face value, thats well aligned with journalistic principles. Balance and neutrality are also encouraged by AI systems. Most topics in the news have left- and right-leaning takes, with chatbots giving a blended summary, possibly with a note that opinions differ. Overall, AI summaries are the result of a multisource approach that tends to reward depth and uniqueness.The new incentives of AIDeep and unique content that takes a balanced and neutral approach to the truth? We used to call that good journalism. If AI optimizes for these factors and allows for a business model that works, it would alter media incentives for the better. Because we couldnt do much worse than the last decade.When search referrals and social reach ruled the day, publisher incentives were often not aligned with journalistic best practices. Even if you overlook the worst excesses of that era, such as clickbait and content farms, most digital newsrooms were obsessed with running up page views and unique visitors so they could sell big numbers to advertisers. As a result, incentives aligned around content that was provocative and disposable rather than thoughtful and rich.Success in the AI era, however, will be measured by how often your stories are cited in AI summaries. The content will need to be definitive in some waythat leaving it out would weaken the answer to the point where its incomplete or wrong. Thats great motivation for journalists to produce scoops, original quotes, and analysis you cant get anywhere else.Of course, this all hinges on a big assumption: that AI systems can actually maximize accuracy and minimize biasand be trusted to do so. Recent evidence suggests thats far from a sure bet: An extensive study from Newsguard revealed an effort to influence LLM outputs to favor the Russian point of view on the Ukraine war. And it was apparently successful: the brute-force campaign affected the outputs of all the popular AI chatbots and search engines. OpenAI might align its model seek the truth together with the user, but reinforcements may be needed.Theres another snag: the copyright question. The major AI labs have attracted so many copyright lawsuits that elaborate data visualizations are required to keep track. Thats led to several AI companies inking content deals with various publishers, which might be good for business, but theres a big downside for users: information in AI summaries will favor partners, which may not necessarily be the best possible sources. OpenAI, for instance, has said that ChatGPT does this, and it avoids citing, linking, or summarizing content from anyone litigating against it.Courts and legislators could step in, but they might not do so in a way that benefits news publishers. If they decide that the data ingestion that all AI systems do is fair use, that would instantly reduce the value of journalism in the AI market and disincentivize publishers from appearing in AI summaries at all. Extremely strong copyright, on the other hand, might make the information too expensive for AI companies to even offer a wide range of summarized news.This isnt a surrender. Its a strategy.So yes, there a lot to be sorted out before we declare a golden AI age of journalism. But the tools are there to create an ecosystem with the right incentives: a media that can build sustainable business through summarization, a journalism community where talent and hard work are rewarded instead of quick hits and clickbait, and a public that benefits from thorough and fair summaries of topics.The potential of such a vision is worth fighting for, and certainly a much more productive struggle than pushing back against AI as an existential threat. The fact is AI is here to stay, but theres an opportunity to help shape a new system that rewards truth, originality, and transparency. Sure, robots can do a lot, but when journalists do the hard work of telling stories that matter, that impact should be apparenteven to a machine.