Category: Technology

The Internet of Things (IoT) depicts the growing ecosystem of online everything, linked objects that share our reality — and the coming trends. The Internet of Things trend is here to stay. It is definitely not the willow-the-wisp that some had predicted years ago. The business internet developed to include great opportunities with phones, office […]

Getty Images It’s a creepy feeling, isn’t it? You’re in a store, you buy something and then you get the little screen turned toward you. It’s the screen that tells you how much you’re about to pay. It’s also the screen that wonders how much you’d like to tip. The store salesperson looks at you. […]

Getty Images Peak travel season is upon us, which means everyone must fulfill their tasks of packing enough clothes to wear, ensuring that all the essential tech gadgets are accompanied by the right charger, and praying that everything comes together in luggage that’s just shy of the weight limit. Perhaps that luggage comes in the form […]

Meta’s Data2vec is an example of a generalist neural network that can use the same exact code to crunch examples of data in different modalities — in this case, speech, text, and images — and make predictions about that data. Baevski et al. What do you do when you’ve proven your point in neural networks? […]

Getty Images I often wonder about companies and the ideas they have. more Technically Incorrect Do they always think them through? Do they feel pressured by internal or external forces, of the social or political kind? And how do customers truly react when a company thrusts an idea upon them, especially an idea the company […]

Somnox 2 for $599: Offering all the same features as the original in a more compact package with better battery life and an improved speaker, the Somnox 2 (6/10, WIRED Review) can help you drift off. The addition of Bluetooth streaming (iOS only for now) to listen to your own choice of content is also […]

It’s time to wrap up your holiday shopping. A few of your friends and family members are hoping for a brand-new game console, but prices are high and may be out of your budget. Luckily, we’re no strangers to the game market and have a few alternatives that may help your wallet. While the PlayStation […]

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, navigation system monitors reported this week that they’ve detected a rise in GPS disruptions in Russian cities, ever since Ukraine began mounting long-range drone attacks. Elsewhere, a lawsuit against Meta alleges that a lack of adequate hate-speech moderation on Facebook led to violence that exacerbated Ethiopia’s civil war.  […]

Cross-breeds are all the rage in the dog world right now. There’s the cockapoo, springador, puggle and labsky; the morkie, chiweenie and whoodle. The idea of these “designer dogs” is you get a kind of genetic Goldilocks breed, with the best characteristics from both parents: the loving loyalty of a retriever, for example, with the fluffy […]

Apple’s gonna do what Apple’s gonna do—unless government regulations compel it to change. A string of recent European Union regulations have forced Apple to loosen control over its tightly guarded product line. EU rulings have led to Apple establishing self-repair programs and will soon require Apple devices sold in the region to use USB-C charging ports. […]