Apple Mobile Battery percentage indicator returns to notched iPhones in latest iOS 16 beta Long-awaited feature comes without the percentage symbol By Humza Aamir , August 9, 2022, 7:42 AM 11 comments
Tech Culture Elon Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal will complete if it shows bot-counting method, challenges CEO to debate Elon Musk, bot hater By Rob Thubron , August 8, 2022, 7:55 AM 36 comments
Tech Culture Wearable Tech The UK will use smartwatches and facial recognition to monitor migrants convicted of crimes Wearers must scan their faces up to five times per day By Rob Thubron , August 8, 2022, 6:55 AM 11 comments
Tech Culture Hardware Scientists challenge Google's quantum supremacy claims using 512 GPUs Advanced algorithms and 512 GPUs to achieve quantum-level results By Jimmy Pezzone , August 6, 2022, 10:19 AM 21 comments
Electronics Tech Culture Modern hardware transforms this 80s typewriter into a Linux terminal and ASCII art printer What's old is new again By Shawn Knight , August 5, 2022, 3:26 PM
Hardware Tech Culture This PC case with built-in aquarium is a terrible idea What could possibly go wrong? By Shawn Knight , August 4, 2022, 3:22 PM 23 comments
Tech Culture Industry All 50 states attorneys general promise litigation against telecom companies facilitating robocalls Task force formed to help give current US legislation more teeth By Cal Jeffrey , August 4, 2022, 2:23 PM 11 comments
Tech Culture Software Equifax sent out incorrect credit scores, blames it on "coding issue" Millions of US consumers were affected By Rob Thubron , August 3, 2022, 9:53 AM
Tech Culture British engineer who threw away a hard drive holding 7,500 Bitcoin has a new idea on how to recover it from a landfill Robot dogs from Boston Dynamics, AI, and a dash of hope for getting his crazy plan approved by authorities By Adrian Potoroaca , August 2, 2022, 2:59 PM 40 comments
Gaming Tech Culture Modder turns toilet into a fully functional gaming PC This PC gaming toilet excels at Call of Doody By Shawn Knight , August 1, 2022, 1:50 PM 8 comments
Tech Culture Gaming OpenFPGA initiative looks to preserve video gaming history through hardware emulation Analogue's recent firmware release includes an emulated PDP-1 minicomputer and working version of 1962's "Spacewar!" By Jimmy Pezzone , July 31, 2022, 7:26 AM
Tech Culture Gaming Oxford study finds video games don't affect your well-being, no matter how long you spend playing them Unless you feel like you can't stop By Rob Thubron , July 27, 2022, 8:57 AM 41 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Wallpaper app soars up Steam charts thanks to Chinese porn fans circumventing national ban Hentai is especially popular on the app By Rob Thubron , July 27, 2022, 6:55 AM 18 comments
Tech Culture Software Next-generation RAF fighter jet to feature AI-assisted operation The cockpit will only use virtual controls By Daniel Sims , July 26, 2022, 6:14 PM 17 comments
Industry Tech Culture Best Buy opens small-format, digital-first store in North Carolina A new approach to brick-and-mortar retail By Shawn Knight , July 26, 2022, 11:19 AM 9 comments
Tech Culture Why have subtitles become more popular? Foreign media, multitasking, and modern audio mixing are all factors By Daniel Sims , July 25, 2022, 1:53 PM 42 comments
Tech Culture Elon Musk denies reports of affair with wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin Musk called the WSJ allegations "total bs" By Rob Thubron , July 25, 2022, 5:17 AM 14 comments
Tech Culture Watch: chess-playing robot grabs child opponent's finger and breaks it It begins By Rob Thubron , July 24, 2022, 9:15 AM 40 comments
Google Tech Culture Google has fired the AI engineer who said its chatbot is sentient The chatbot has yet to comment on the situation By Rob Thubron , July 23, 2022, 9:51 AM 27 comments
Tech Culture SpaceX signs multi-year agreement with Mattel to make toys and collectibles Will we see an Elon Musk action figure? By Shawn Knight , July 22, 2022, 10:04 AM 19 comments
The Web Tech Culture Heavy NFT regulations in China lead to Tencent closing its marketplace a year after launch China doesn't allow the resale of digital collectibles By Rob Thubron , July 22, 2022, 7:02 AM
Gaming Tech Culture TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection launches in August on all major platforms A huge collection of retro TMNT games are dropping next month By Shawn Knight , July 21, 2022, 1:16 PM
Tech Culture Gaming Lego's Atari 2600 set with hidden diorama launches August 1 The Atari 2600 Lego set features 2,532 pieces By Shawn Knight , July 19, 2022, 11:52 AM
Google Tech Culture Russia hits Google with $373 million fine for not removing "prohibited" YouTube videos But will Google pay it? By Rob Thubron , July 19, 2022, 6:50 AM 17 comments
The Web Tech Culture The Internet Archive is fighting publishers over the right of lending digital books One of the world's largest information repositories is on trial By Daniel Sims , July 15, 2022, 6:30 PM 12 comments