Plenty of studies have shown spending time in nature can reduce your stress levels, enhance your mood, and improve your overall well-being, which is probably why most of us know at least one or more outdoor fanatics. With the holiday season coming up, you’re probably stumped on what to treat ’em … which is why […]
With Matter 1.4 and improved Thread support, you shouldn’t need to blanket your home in HomePod Minis to have adequate Thread coverage. Then again, they do brighten up the place. Credit: Apple Routers are joining the Thread/Matter melee A whole bunch of networking gear, known as Home Routers and Access Points (HRAP), can now support […]
Meta has defeated a lawsuit—for now—that attempted to invoke Section 230 protections for a third-party tool that would have made it easy for Facebook users to toggle on and off their news feeds as they pleased. The lawsuit was filed by Ethan Zuckerman, a professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst. He feared that Meta might […]
For many a year, Windows users have been dragging their program windows over to the borders of the screen to snap them into position, splitting the screen up evenly into halves or quarters. Now, with the rollout of macOS Sequoia, Mac users can do the same. You can get a Spotify playlist up alongside your […]
Google’s NotebookLM now lets you customize its podcast-like Audio Overviews. Before you generate a discussion using the note-taking app, you can give your AI hosts instructions about what topic you’d like them to focus on, or even tailor their discussions for different audiences. Google launched NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews last month, with two AI hosts that […]
Google just added a new customization tool for the viral AI podcasts in its NotebookLM software. I got early access and tested it out using Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis as the source material, spending a few hours generating podcasts about the seminal novella—some of them more unhinged than others. Released by Google Labs in 2023 […]
Soon, Apple will let businesses customize how they appear in emails and phone calls on the iPhone. Apple announced on Wednesday how companies using its Business Connect tool can add their brand name and logo in ways that will pop up in iPhone apps used for email, phone calls, and payments. Each registered business can […]
With three weeks remaining in the election cycle, Kamala Harris is increasingly focused on Donald Trump’s steadiness — or lack thereof. In fact, at the Democratic vice president’s most recent rally, she specifically referred to the former Republican president as “unstable,” a week after The New York Times ran a front-page report noting that the […]
“Car back!” If you’ve ever been on a group bike ride, you’ve no doubt heard these two words shouted by a nearby rider. It’s also the name of Trek’s new bike radar. For safety-conscious cyclists, bike radars have been a game-changer. Usually mounted on the seat post, the radar units alert cyclists to cars approaching […]
For the first time, people can talk with an older version of themselves about their lives and aspirations, using an advanced artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot, complete with a photographic avatar of their future face. The Future You project, created by researchers at MIT Media Lab and international collaborators, uses AI to create a simulation of […]
