Category: Technology

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 […]

Meta says it applies the concepts of “adversarial design” to build systems with the assumption that attackers will try to exploit them, rather than ignoring the reality of these risks and being caught off guard.  “You’re living in an adversarial space and you expect the bad guys to keep exploiting, and one way to tackle […]

If your hearing is normal, you can be forgiven for missing the massive upheaval that the hearing aid market has undergone in the past few years. What once meant spending thousands of dollars through an audiologist or custom hearing aid merchant—all for bulky, over-the-ear hardware made by one of the “big five” manufacturers that collectively […]

It’s the year 2050, and humanity has made huge progress in decarbonizing. That’s thanks in large part to the negligible price of solar and wind power, which was cratering even back in 2022. Yet the fossil fuel industry hasn’t just doubled down on making plastics from oil and gas—instead, as the World Economic Forum warned would happen, […]

The proposed shareholder resolution also highlights Amazon’s relationship with the United Arab Emirates, which has been documented as targeting human rights defenders, journalists, and political dissidents. One group supporting the new resolution is the faith-based organization Investor Advocates for Social Justice. Founded 40 years ago as the Tri-State Coalition of Responsible Investors, the group’s first […]

There are relatively few large-scale monitoring efforts tracking GPS disruptions. John Wiseman, the technologist and open source enthusiast who created GPSJam, says the system works by looking at ADS-B signals that are sent by planes flying around the world—the signals are used by planes to let people know their location and to allow them to be […]

Image: Shutterstock / Antonio Guillem Windows 10, version 21H1 has reached end of support and has received its last security update.  The December 2022 Patch Tuesday was the final one for Windows 10 21H1, which began rolling out to mainstream users in May 2021. Users on this version of Windows 10 will no longer receive […]

Image: Getty Security firms have reported that multiple hacking groups have been using drivers signed by Microsoft in a series of attacks, including the deployment of Cuba ransomware.  That development matters because many security services will implicitly trust anything signed by Microsoft, During this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft acknowledged reports by SentinelOne, Google-owned Mandiant, and […]

Image: Shutterstock Tech analyst Gartner estimates that spending on low-code development technologies will grow 19.6% year on year to $26.9 billion in 2023. It also sees the even lower-code “citizen developer” category growing faster than the rest of the low-code market. Gartner sees organizations using low-code technologies — which require less developer skill and knowledge […]

Jabra If you are looking for a decent deal on a pair of earbuds before the holidays, you’re in luck.  A massive 50% discount is available on a pair of Jabra Elite 7 Pro earbuds when you buy directly from the retailer. The earbuds combine active noise cancellation (ANC) and advanced call technology for crystal-clear […]