Vaclav Smil reminds us that despite the onslaught of popular techno-pundits claiming otherwise, immense and rapid progress in one realm does not mean immense and rapid progress in all realms.Let's jus...
Virgin Orbit, the satellite-launching subsidiary of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, has announced that it will lay off 85 percent of its workforce and is ceasing operations "for the foreseeable future...
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in a widely used WordPress plugin that gives them the ability to take complete control of millions of sites, researchers said.The vulnerability...
The new Tetris movie on Apple TV Plus plays fast and loose with facts, but there's one thing it gets right: the game absolutely rules. Watching the movie is very likely to give you the urge to get bac...
Like in other parts of the world, Canada is working out what the right to repair means for its people. The federal government said in its 2023 budget released Tuesday that it will bring the right to r...
Microsoft has spent a lot of time and energy over the last few months adding generative AI features to all its products, particularly its long-standing, long-struggling Bing search engine. And now the...
Of all the films due for release this spring, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was one of my most anticipated premieres, solely on the strength of those killer trailers. The film does not dis...
A long while back, Toyota told me it didn't want to give up interior real estate to Apple's CarPlay. The automaker felt that losing that space to the tech company would be a huge mistake. Fast forward...
In this article, I'll kick things off by explaining what mobile SEO is and why it's important. I'll then get to the core focus of this article, sharing my top 10 tips for effective mobile optimization...
The recent chip shortage showed us how far people will go to obtain rare components and gadgets. Those who couldn't wait for new electronics battled enormous price tags, frustrating lottery systems, q...
On the morning of October 9, 2022, multiple space-based detectors picked up a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) passing through our Solar System, sending astronomers around the world scrambling to train ...
Meta announced that starting next Wednesday, some Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union will for the first time be able to opt out of sharing first-party data used to serve highly persona...
A nonprofit AI research group wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate OpenAI, Inc. and halt releases of GPT-4.OpenAI "has released a product GPT-4 for the consumer market that is biased, dec...
Is the Google Assistant doomed? The evidence is starting to pile up that the division is going down the tubes. The latest is news from CNBC's Jennifer Elias that says the Google Assistant division has...
Since ChatGPT launched, the debate around the "fair use" of public website content for AI training - and whether this is plagiarism - has raged. That debate has only gotten louder and more intense sin...
Henk Rogers, the man most directly responsible for bringing Tetris to the West, helped set expectations at an early press screening of Apple TV's Tetris movie, which premieres on the streaming service...
Hackers working on behalf of the North Korean government have pulled off a massive supply chain attack on Windows and macOS users of 3CX, a widely used voice and video calling desktop client, research...
Meta has just unveiled new inventory filters for Facebook and Instagram Feeds, now accessible to advertisers in English- and Spanish-speaking markets. In partnership with Zefr, the third-party verific...
TNW Valencia is finally here! Founders, investors, business leaders, and tech enthusiasts descended on Valencia's marina this morning to discover the next in tech, now. Before long, the venue -- nestl...
A sigh of relief came to many in the audio production field this week after the software company Waves reversed a plan to exclusively sell its audio plug-in library via a subscription. The subscriptio...