U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin will introduce a bill to Congress that would limit or ban the introduction of connected vehicles built by Chinese companies if found to pose a threat to national security. The bill…
Microsoft may have finally solved my biggest problem working with multiple sources of information: information fragmentation. As in, where was I told this crucial bit of information? Microsoft’s Recall is arguably the showcase feature of…
If you work with computers, you need a good driver kit. Hell, if you just live in the modern world and occasionally have stuff that breaks, you still need a good driver kit. And the…
Making the switch from the office to working from home has become the new normal, but some users might feel like their setup is not as well-appointed or productive as at the office. It’s time…
If there’s one buzzword that’s inescapable in 2024…well, it’s probably “Israel” or “election” or “Musk.” But if there’s one that’s specific to the technology industry, it’s AI. Fortunes are being made on that interest, in…
Rubrik, a data cybersecurity company that raised more than a half-billion dollars while private, filed to go public after the bell on Monday. Following quickly on the heels of debuts from Reddit and Astera Labs,…
With the aim of identifying criminal suspects, U.S. police departments are increasingly relying on a controversial surveillance practice to demand large amounts of users’ data from tech companies. So-called “reverse” searches allow law enforcement and…
Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now, using deep-learning AI models, software…
Nobody loves a big blowout sale more than Amazon and, whether you’ve been on the hunt for a new gaming laptop or monitor, we’ve got it all right here. Amazon launched its first ever Big…
Enlarge / A photo of Vernor Vinge in 2006. On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson’s disease at age…