Want to type faster? Start with this fun one-minute test
I spend most of my day at a keyboard, so I type a lot. I thought I was pretty good until I tried out an online typing test and was quickly humbled. Since then, I…
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Robot stress test: Narwal’s $1,500 mop vs. my nightmare messes
If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing right—and if a robot is going to clean up my place, it better do a good job. That’s the stance I took when Narwal sent me…
I found the perfect torture test for SteamOS handhelds—and it passed
This weekend I tried the demo for Dead as Disco, a mash-up of the crowd control combat from Arkham Asylum and the rhythm-based bounciness of Hi-Fi Rush. It’s frickin’ fantastic, I can’t wait for the…
OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions
Financial pressures and a changing tune OpenAI’s advertising experiment reflects the enormous financial pressures facing the company. OpenAI does not expect to be profitable until 2030 and has committed to spend about $1.4 trillion on…
This test shows how bad Apple Intelligence is—and how much better it’s going to get
Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Macworld reports that Apple’s Clean Up tool performed poorly in AI photo editing tests, producing crude results compared to Samsung’s Generative Edit and Google Gemini’s seamless capabilities.…
CyDeploy wants to create a replica of a company’s system to help it test updates before pushing them out — catch it at Disrupt 2025
For any company using software, there is often a difficult balance between patching systems as quickly as possible to prevent cyberattacks, while also making sure the updates don’t break how those systems work. That’s where…
Apple ‘in discussions’ over folding iPhone test hub
This fall’s new iPhones aren’t yet on store shelves—they officially go on sale today—but the eyes of Apple pundits have already turned to the next generation. Specifically, to the first-ever foldable iPhone, which is tentatively…
Windows 11 is getting a built-in speed test
Power users reach for a connection test whenever their ping goes over 25 milliseconds. So it’s a good thing they won’t have to reach very far, at least if the latest feature of Windows 11…
Detailed Apple C1 test results show carriers are the problem
At the end of February, Apple made a bit of history by releasing its first product to use its a cellular chip of its own design. The Apple C1 is a 5G-capable modem that lacks…
Windows Recall still screenshots sensitive data at times, test shows
When Microsoft introduced Recall for Windows 11, data privacy and protection experts were horrified. Why? Because Recall continuously takes screenshots of your screen and saves them on your computer, even if those screenshots contain sensitive…