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On the surface, the Superbox media streaming devices for sale at retailers like BestBuy and Walmart may seem like a steal: They offer unlimited access to more than 2,200 pay-per-view and streaming services like Netflix, ESPN and Hulu, all for a one-time fee of around $400. But security experts warn these TV boxes require intrusive software that forces the user’s network to relay Internet traffic for others, traffic that is often tied to cybercrime activity such as advertising fraud and account takeovers. Superbox media streaming boxes for sale on Walmart.com. Superbox bills itself as an affordable way for households to…

Large-scale events—from expos to conferences—have a unique way of bringing people together in exciting, memorable ways. However, behind the scenes, they often leave a trail of waste: single-use plastics, discarded giveaways, leftover food, and piles of packaging that typically end up in landfills. These by-products can easily overshadow the event’s positive outcomes. The upside? With the right strategies, waste reduction at large events is not only possible—it’s surprisingly effective. Here’s how businesses can take actionable steps to manage waste, lessen environmental impact, and create a more sustainable event experience. Start With a Solid Waste Management Plan Before the first guest…

The only thing constant in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence (AI) is change. Almost as soon as a new model comes out, it seems like it is made obsolete by a competitor’s release. This blazing pace of progress gives us a steady stream of enhancements and new features to unlock better performance and greater levels of productivity all the time. But, despite its growing importance, TinyML applications are not progressing at the same rate.Machine learning engineer Felix Galindo believes the reason we are not seeing as much innovation on tiny hardware platforms is not because the models perform poorly,…

India has granted legal status to millions of gig and platform workers under its newly implemented labor laws, marking a milestone for the country’s delivery, ride-hailing and e-commerce workforce — yet with benefits still unclear and platforms beginning to assess their obligations, access to social security remains out of reach. The recognition stems from the Code on Social Security — one of four labor laws the Indian government brought into effect on Friday — more than five years after the parliament first passed them in 2020. It is the only part of the new framework that addresses gig and platform…

Using lasers as precision tools to study how clouds become electrically active may sound futuristic, but researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have turned it into practical laboratory work. By capturing and charging tiny airborne particles with focused beams of light, scientists can watch how their electrical state changes over time. Their findings, recently reported in Physical Review Letters, could help reveal what triggers lightning. Aerosols are tiny droplets or solid particles suspended in the air, and they surround us constantly. Some are large enough to see, such as springtime pollen, while others, like viruses that…

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies that my friends and I could make and star in. But they never went any further. I did, however, end up working in user experience (UX). Now, I realize that there’s an element of theater to UX—I hadn’t really considered it before, but user research…

If your team feels like it’s spending too much time in their backlog refinement meeting, they’re probably right. In my experience, more time is wasted in refinement sessions than in all other meetings combined. The problem isn’t with refinement itself, but how some teams approach it. To fix it, start with the purpose of refinement. (For more on the purpose of all the Scrum meetings, read “Do Scrum Teams Meet Too Much?”) Prefer to watch instead of read? In this short video, I walk through why most teams spend too much time in refinement sessions—and how to fix it. The…

Outside of foldables, many people would argue that the smartphone market has stagnated, but this relative lack of innovation is great news if you’re shopping for a more affordable phone. In particular, mid-range handsets (which Tech Advisor defines as costing between £300/$300 and £700/$700 when bought outright) have seen a big leap forward in recent years. In 2025, the best mid-range smartphones are closer than ever to their flagship counterparts. But for every great mid-range phone, there’s at least one other that’s not worth your time. The goal of this article is to help you find the handsets that suit…

Highlights sparklyr and friends have been getting some important updates in the past few months, here are some highlights: spark_apply() now works on Databricks Connect v2 sparkxgb is coming back to life Support for Spark 2.3 and below has ended pysparklyr 0.1.4 spark_apply() now works on Databricks Connect v2. The latest pysparklyr release uses the rpy2 Python library as the backbone of the integration. Databricks Connect v2, is based on Spark Connect. At this time, it supports Python user-defined functions (UDFs), but not R user-defined functions. Using rpy2 circumvents this limitation. As shown in the diagram, sparklyr sends the the…

Databricks has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems for the fifth consecutive year.Download a complimentary copy of the report here. 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems That said, this year’s report is different from previous editions for Databricks, because 2025 marks the first year Databricks participated in the operational aspects of this Magic Quadrant in addition to the analytical criteria. We did this through a new architecture and offering for OLTP databases called Lakebase.Lakebase brings fully managed PostgreSQL capabilities into the same Databricks Data Intelligence Platform that already…