Author: Zach_Wilson

This MIDI guitar is my favorite new way to make music

For many years now, my Stratocaster has been a memento hanging on my wall representing the time before I got a MacBook. I swapped my electric guitar out for a 25-key keyboard controller and a library of virtual instruments once my career headed to podcasting. In Logic Pro or Ableton,…

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Seeking Mavis Beacon is a wild Sundance doc about the search for a lost tech icon

With a healthy dose of heart and whimsy, the Sundance documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon follows two young Black women who are devoted to finding the original model for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. If you touched a computer during the '80s or '90s, there's a good chance that Mavis helped you…

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Our Favorite Tote Bags and Purses (2024): Sustainable, Weather-Proof, Durable

We filled these bags to the brim with our tech, wallets, and water bottles. They held up to the test. Source

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Porsche Rolls Out Its Second All-Electric Car

Plus: Apple gets more serious about AI on its devices, and Shazam lets you use your headphones to learn what song is playing. Source

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How to keep track of friends and family on Android

Many of us are hyperaware of the multitude of ways we can be tracked with modern technology, so you may feel like you don’t need to add another to the mix. But knowing the whereabouts of trusted friends and family can be useful a lot of the time, and it’s…

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Dangerous online content runs wild in the EU—and private chats aren’t the culprit

More than 1,700 websites in the EU may contain unreported child sexual abuse (CSAM) content, a new report found. These worrying findings come from a recent study conducted by experts at Surfshark. Researchers looked at the issue on a global scale, too, recording an increase in CSAM reports filed to…

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