Category: Technology

One little video. One big impact. Getty / Aleksandr Zubkov I admit I’m coming over a little sentimental. The year drifts to a close, the days are enveloped in a haunting gray darkness and the thoughts meander into next year, wondering what it’ll bring. And what it might take away. Many business leaders are fearful […]

SWOT could turn out to be a major improvement over measurements by previous satellites. “Instead of a ‘pencil beam’ moving along the Earth’s surface from a satellite, it’s a wide swath. It’ll provide a lot more information, a lot more spatial resolution, and hopefully better coverage up close to the coasts,” says Steve Nerem, a University […]

Best Buy Need a large, fancy TV to catch your favorite Hallmark Christmas movies this year? There is no need to wait for a great deal thanks to Discover Samsung Week, who is offering up to $2,000 off a powerful 8K TV. The Samsung Neo QN900B QLED 8K Smart TV dropped to $5,499, saving you […]

For how essential smartphones are to our daily lives, when it’s finally time to buy a new one, it’s important to find a device that is both capable and reliable enough to last you for years down the road.  While Black Friday and Cyber Monday are done and dusted, there are still plenty of deals […]

This year, we’ve seen the introduction of powerful generative AI systems that have the ability to create images and text on demand.  At the same time, regulators are on the move. Europe is in the middle of finalizing its AI regulation (the AI Act), which aims to put strict rules on high-risk AI systems. Canada, the UK, the […]

In 2023, all companies listed on regulated markets in the European Union will begin applying the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), a new rule that will require them to publish, from 2024, detailed information about how they relate to the environment, the treatment of employees, human rights, anti-corruption, bribery, and boardroom diversity. It’s a welcome […]

It’s human nature to want to keep the memory of the deceased alive. Photography, for instance, has served as a powerful tool to help us do this. I’ve explored this with my 2020 project ALIVE: Lost for Words, where I photographed people against a projected image of their lost loved ones.  Recently, the pandemic left us […]

Kindles have helpful features that you may want to take advantage of it. Long-press a word or phrase to see its definition, highlight it, or take notes. You can also search the entire book for that particular word or phrase or translate it to or from other languages. Word Wise shows short definitions in small […]

One of my favorite phone features in recent years is Apple’s MagSafe technology, which debuted in 2020. With a ring of magnets embedded in the back of the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone 14 lineups, you can attach various accessories—from battery packs to phone grips—and easily take them off when you don’t need them. […]

One of the coolest instruments I’ve played this year requires a small history lesson: In 1949, in a small home in Queens, New York, a 14-year-old boy named Robert Moog put together his first-ever theremin. He had been obsessed with the antenna-controlled electronic instrument, a touchless electromagnetic device that had been invented by accident just […]