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Noise-canceling headphones are quiet — but they also have a quiet danger
Tech & Innovation
Noise-canceling headphones are quiet — but they also have a quiet danger

Noise-canceling headphones may benefit your ears, but too much noise reduction can alter how your brain processes sound.

Updated April 15, 20245 min read
Apple is now blaming mercenaries after warning iPhone users about a 'state-sponsored' cyberattack
Tech & Innovation
Apple is now blaming mercenaries after warning iPhone users about a 'state-sponsored' cyberattack

Apple warned iPhone users in 91 countries that they were potential victims of a “mercenary spyware attack”

Updated April 11, 20242 min read
Microsoft pitched the AI image tool DALL-E to the U.S. military for battle training, report says
Tech & Innovation
Microsoft pitched the AI image tool DALL-E to the U.S. military for battle training, report says

A Microsoft presentation reveals the company tried to sell Azure OpenAI's popular image generator DALL-E to the Department of Defense

Updated April 11, 20243 min read
Scientists found a way to increase phone battery life by 50%
Tech & Innovation
Scientists found a way to increase phone battery life by 50%

A network of small 5G towers, instead of one big tower, could improve the battery life of all phones in an urban area

Published April 10, 20242 min read
Elon Musk wanted this deposition kept secret. Here are the best moments
Leadership
Elon Musk wanted this deposition kept secret. Here are the best moments

Highlights from the Tesla CEO and X owner's newly released deposition transcript

Updated April 10, 20243 min read
Elon Musk revealed he uses burner accounts on X in a newly released deposition
Leadership
Elon Musk revealed he uses burner accounts on X in a newly released deposition

The deposition is part of a lawsuit that alleges Musk falsely accused a 22-year-old Jewish man of participating in a Neo-Nazi brawl

Updated April 9, 20243 min read
Here's what happens when a microwave is on with the door open
Lifestyle
Here's what happens when a microwave is on with the door open

People have feared microwave ovens since their meteoric rise in the 1970s — but they're largely fine as long as your face isn't pressed against them

Updated April 9, 20245 min read
10 modern feats of automation that were just humans in disguise
Tech & Innovation
10 modern feats of automation that were just humans in disguise

Automation breakthroughs powered by human workers in hiding are also known as "Mechanical Turks"

Published April 9, 20247 min read
OpenAI may have broken YouTube rules by training ChatGPT on 1 million hours of video
Tech & Innovation
OpenAI may have broken YouTube rules by training ChatGPT on 1 million hours of video

OpenAI and other tech companies are facing difficulty collecting enough data to train massive AI models

Updated April 8, 20242 min read
Almost all of Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' developers got laid off after checkout-less shopping was nixed
Tech & Innovation
Almost all of Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' developers got laid off after checkout-less shopping was nixed

Amazon’s checkout-less shopping tech uses cameras and sensors to track which items customers are buying

Published April 5, 20245 min read
Amazon is getting rid of 'Just Walk Out' grocery store checkout
Tech & Innovation
Amazon is getting rid of 'Just Walk Out' grocery store checkout

Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores allowing customers to skip checkout altogether

Updated April 2, 20242 min read
Jon Stewart says Apple blocked him from doing an AI show with the FTC chair
Tech & Innovation
Jon Stewart says Apple blocked him from doing an AI show with the FTC chair

Stewart says Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC Chair Lina Khan or discuss AI's impact on jobs — before his Apple show was canceled

Updated April 2, 20242 min read
The air fryer is a hoax
Lifestyle
The air fryer is a hoax

The air fryer is just a little oven that blows, and the idea that air frying is a new cooking technique is a myth

Updated April 1, 20245 min read
Scientists somehow made the internet go 4.5 million times faster
Tech & Innovation
Scientists somehow made the internet go 4.5 million times faster

U.K. researchers created a lightning-fast way to transmit data in previously untouched wavelengths, breaking a world record

Updated March 29, 20242 min read
Facebook killed its own streaming service to help Netflix, prosecutors say
Tech & Innovation
Facebook killed its own streaming service to help Netflix, prosecutors say

Facebook "Watch" looked like a Netflix killer in 2017, but antitrust prosecutors say it was shut down to protect advertising deals

Updated March 28, 20243 min read
An Apple engineer leaked products he didn't like so now Apple is suing him
Tech & Innovation
An Apple engineer leaked products he didn't like so now Apple is suing him

Apple is suing Andrew Aude for leaking Apple projects he wanted "killed" — and one of them just had to be the Vision Pro

Updated March 28, 20242 min read
10 things AI chatbots can do for you besides just writing text
Tech & Innovation
10 things AI chatbots can do for you besides just writing text

Building a website, a workout plan, coding, and more can be done with the help of AI

Updated March 28, 20243 min read
Watch out for these digital kiosks because they grab your phone's data as you walk by
Tech & Innovation
Watch out for these digital kiosks because they grab your phone's data as you walk by

Digital kiosks from Soofa take your phone's location data — then share it with local governments and advertisers.

Published March 27, 20242 min read
What to know about Jeff Yass, the Trump money man and big TikTok investor
Leadership
What to know about Jeff Yass, the Trump money man and big TikTok investor

The richest man in Pennsylvania has big stakes in TikTok’s parent company and the new Trump Media

Updated March 26, 20243 min read
Trump Media is the newest meme stock
Money & Markets
Trump Media is the newest meme stock

Donald Trump's social media company is now trading on the public market — and will now be subject to major swings worth billions of dollars

Published March 26, 20242 min read
No, you can't get cheaper flights using incognito mode
Lifestyle
No, you can't get cheaper flights using incognito mode

Airlines are not making flights more expensive by tracking your search habits, but the myth is regarded as fact.

Published March 25, 20245 min read
Donald Trump's Truth Social could go public soon — giving Trump a $3 billion stake
Business News
Donald Trump's Truth Social could go public soon — giving Trump a $3 billion stake

The owner of Truth Social could soon be listed on stock exchanges under "DJT," just as the former president is facing a financial squeeze

Updated March 22, 20242 min read
Mark Zuckerberg beat Elon Musk to the punch on a new feature
Business News
Mark Zuckerberg beat Elon Musk to the punch on a new feature

The Meta CEO beat the Tesla CEO to using the latter's idea of horizontal swiping on Threads

Updated March 20, 20242 min read
Filming your front porch without a warrant is now fair game for the feds
Lifestyle
Filming your front porch without a warrant is now fair game for the feds

A federal court says privacy rights are diminished due to the proliferation of video cameras throughout society

Published March 20, 20242 min read
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