Month: December 2022
13 predictions for tech platforms in 2023
I like to end each year by asking you all for your predictions about the year ahead, and comparing them with my own. Before we do that, though, I think it’s only fair to check in on the predictions I made here last year about 2022. Overall, I think I…
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The Polestar 3 will keep an eye on you
As cars add more and more automated driving features, how can car companies be certain these systems won’t be misused to wreak havoc on our roads? They can’t, actually. That’s why more and more cars with driving-assistance systems are keeping an eye on the human behind the wheel, as well…
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Apple, Google, and Mozilla are teaming up to make a next-gen browser benchmark
Apple, Google, and Mozilla, the makers of Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, are teaming up to create a next-gen browser benchmark called Speedometer 3, according to tweets from all three companies. This means that the major players in the web browser and rendering engine space will have a say in a…
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Apple’s 2022 MacBook Air is down to $999, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals
The cut-off dates for holiday shopping have mostly passed, but that doesn’t mean the deals have disappeared. We’re seeing prices that match Black Friday, like the Beats Fit Pro for just $160 and Bose’s QuietComfort Earbuds II for $249. Some items have even dipped below their Cyber Week prices, like…
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This 45 year-old Unix tool is finally getting an upgrade
Audio player loading… AWK, a software platform first introduced in 1977, has finally received a long-awaited update almost half a century after its inception. What makes the launch more impressive is that it is the work of 80-year-old Canadian computer scientist Brian Kernighan, part of the team behind the software’s…
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Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions
Does eufy share video recordings with law enforcement agencies? In response to legal requests from law enforcement agencies, we will not, without the customer’s consent, disclose video recordings unless it is necessary to comply with the law or if there is an emergency involving imminent danger of death or serious…
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