Tag: Technology & Electronics
Meta is reportedly working on humanoid robots that help with chores
If you look at your Roomba with disgust, thinking about what a far cry it is from the Jetsons’ Rosey the Robot, help is on the way. Bloomberg reported on Friday that Meta plans to leverage its advances in AI and augmented reality to build a platform for futuristic humanoid…
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The best President’s Day tech deals on Apple, Samsung, Dyson, Blink and more
Apparently President’s Day was created to honor George Washington’s birthday. But now on a Monday in February we celebrate every US president by shopping for deals. Nixon, Taft, Coolidge, Polk, Johnson, Hoover and all those other guys — they’d be quite proud of us. In our searches we found quite…
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US lawmakers respond to the UK’s Apple encryption backdoor request
The UK’s shockingly intrusive order for Apple to create a backdoor into users’ encrypted iCloud data doesn’t only affect Brits; it could be used to access the private data of any Apple account holder in the world, including Americans. Less than a week after security experts sounded the alarm on…
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What to expect at Mobile World Congress 2025
On March 3, Mobile World Congress will kick off in Barcelona, Spain. While it’s not the premier show it once was, many of the smartphone industry’s leading players still attend the conference and frequently announce new devices there. Below, you’ll find a list of the more notable phones we expect…
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Google will use machine learning to try and tell if a user is under 18
Google will start testing a feature this year that uses machine learning to weed out children trying to access adult content on YouTube. The “machine learning-based age estimation model” will try to predict whether a user is under 18 and, if so, apply appropriate age filter settings to their account.…
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Sony A1 II review: A powerhouse camera that falls short of its own high standards
How do you follow up a product that has reigned as the king of mirrorless cameras for the last four years? For Sony, the answer with the A1 was simple: just improve everything. The result is the $6,500 A1 II, a powerful pro-level hybrid mirrorless camera that’s Sony’s best to…
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