The darkness has a name, but I don’t know that yet. All I know is that I’m scared. I’m sitting with my feet in a creek in the scrubby mountains southeast of Ashland, Oregon, watching how the water spills over gray rocks into a shallow pool. All day long, I’ve been alone and unplugged, doing…
Once upon a time, kids (and kids at heart) longed for the biggest present in the pile. But size doesn’t matter when picking out the best tech gifts. Some of the year’s top gadgets are small enough to fit inside your pocket, and thanks to digital downloads, many popular gaming gifts take up no physical…
Sometimes a simple screenshot doesn’t suffice. When you want to show off a new app feature you’re experimenting with or need to share a looong conversation with a trusted group of friends, it’s better to record a video. If you have an iPhone, recording your screen can be done in a few simple steps. Here’s…
Everyone runs into this speedbump eventually. I get it: You’re reading an article or scrolling through your social feeds and you see something you want to share with a friend. Unfortunately, the easiest way to do that would be via screenshot, and you don’t actually know how to do that on a Windows PC. The…
In the early hours Tuesday, in Baltimore, Maryland, a massive cargo ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge collapsed shortly thereafter, reportedly plunging eight people into the waters below, six of whom are still missing. It is a horrific tragedy. It was also caught on live cams and seemingly filmed by nearby…
In a very telling interview at Davos earlier this year, Bill Gates spelled out who AI is meant to help: “It is so dramatic how it improves white collar productivity. And later, with the robotics — not yet — but eventually, blue collar productivity,” Gates told Bloomberg. AI that can make you a hundred times…
Try to contain your surprise: Apple is going to hold a big event later this year. No, not the one announcing new iPhones, though that’s inevitable, too. This one will be focused on the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, and the rest of Apple’s software suite. That’s right, the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference is starting…
Around the release of ChatGPT in 2022, AI became the buzzword du jour for tech investors and startups, so it’s only natural that in our tech-saturated consumer world, AI would become a buzzword in home electronics and appliances just a short time later. And boy is it ever a buzzword. If you’re shopping for an…
In the early hours Tuesday, in Baltimore, Maryland, a massive cargo ship rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge collapsed shortly thereafter, reportedly plunging eight people into the waters below, six of whom are still missing. It is a horrific tragedy. It was also caught on live cams and seemingly filmed by nearby…
Since acquiring the company now known as X, Elon Musk has claimed that his social media platform would be one where free speech ideals reigned supreme. In August 2023, Musk went so far as declaring that he would financially support any user who was punished for their speech on X. “If you were unfairly treated…