3+ week, 5+ day ago   (489+ words) It feels like an impossible task these days to purchase a “dumb” appliance that doesn’t need a constant internet connection and a slew of over-the-air updates — not to mention a completely unnecessary infusion of “AI.” And while most of the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (243+ words) Jonathan Bensamoun has a 100-pound German Shepherd named Thor—and a story every dog owner knows. A few years ago, while in the Hamptons, his perfectly-trained shepherd spotted a family of deer. “He looks at me, looks at the deer,…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (369+ words) There is a baby fox who looks just like a Juggalo, and it’s unbearably adorable. The tiny mammal was discovered in Illinois but transferred to Michigan, the home of the Insane Clown Posse. Even the rap duo’s Shaggy 2 Dope had…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (206+ words) A recent AI experiment involved feeding weeks of handwritten puppy potty logs into ChatGPT. My wife and I tracked every pee, poop, walk, and accident for our puppy Oliver, creating a new breed of KPI: Key Potty Indicators. ChatGPT extracted…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1500+ words) When I met Celine Halioua, she was sitting with a geriatric corgi-terrier mix named Wiggler in her lap, his eyes lolling under the force of her forehead rub. Around us, white-whiskered hounds meandered near a prop fire hydrant and reclined…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (863+ words) Ivelis Alday accepted that the dog she adopted 13 years ago and had cuddled every day was probably gone forever. Her Shih Tzu and Maltese mix, Sweetie, had been missing for nearly two months after bolting from her house in Southern…...