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What originally looked like clutter turned out to be my new favorite gadget for organizing my family’s life.
What originally looked like clutter turned out to be my new favorite gadget for organizing my family’s life.
At the start of every school year, schools, colleges and universities across the UK race to onboard thousands of new students, faculty and staff members, provisioning accounts, issuing credentials and connecting a wave of new devices to institutional networks. That operational pressure creates opportunities for attackers, and this year, AI is amplifying the threat more than ever. Not only are phis…
The tech world relishes a good founder story. These figures are often young college dropouts with minimalist wardrobes, obsessive behaviors, and eccentric (and often flat out bizarre) tendencies—perfect objects of fascination. But few sagas have captivated audiences quite as intensely as that of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. The wide-eyed CEO promised a world of needleless blood tests, yet de…
I’ve run both of these platforms for real teams, and the HiBob vs BambooHR decision is one I’ve made from the inside. I set BambooHR up for a lean US company that wanted its records and time off in one tidy system within a month, and it did that job well. Years later I led […] This story continues at The Next Web
Jimmy Kimmel is under fire from the Trump administration this week. First the president went after him at a rally , and now the White House itself has got involved. "The White House also issued a not-so-fabulous statement today about me, in response to my monologue. To be honest I'm not even sure which one pissed them off. One of the monologues prompted White House spokesboy Davis Dingle to say 'J…
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : OpenAI says its model paid for a deployment on an Ethereum test network with a wallet it did not own, after obtaining keys from public recovery phrases — An OpenAI research model stuck without funds on an Ethereum test network went looking for someone else's wallet, found one through recovery phrases …
The ChatGPT browser extension lets you compare information from your open tabs. The ChatGPT browser extension lets you compare information from your open tabs.
For years, quantum computing lived in a strange place in the cybersecurity conversation: important enough to worry about, but sufficiently distant to leave for another day. When we asked CISO what's keeping them up at night, quantum computing rarely made the top five. It still feels distant, theoretical, someone else's problem for 2030-something. That calculation is starting to look wrong. Gartner…
Blue Origin announced a major expansion of its already considerable Florida launch facilities on Friday morning with the intent of eventually flying 150 rockets a year from there. The company said it would add two additional launch pads for the New Glenn rocket, in addition to two already under construction at Cape Canaveral. The company is also investing heavily in a new manufacturing facility th…
Android was designed for phones, but that hasn't stopped Google from trying to adapt the OS and its apps to larger machines over the years. Googlebooks are just the latest attempt after tablets, Chromebooks, and foldables induced little change in how people interact with Android software. These new Android-powered laptops are designed to pick up where the web-focused ChromeOS left off, offering pr…
An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that's occasionally added so tracked time standards mirror the Earth's real (and inconsistent) rotation. BIPM members previously ag…
Predictions of an AI-driven job apocalypse have captured the public imagination and increasingly made their way into the boardroom. It is not hard to see why. We’re seeing rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence , and in some cases the models are startlingly capable. Prominent voices have warned of mass unemployment, hollowed-out professions, and the possibility of automation, which c…
Surprised by the hype around yet another documentary on Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes? It has everything to do with this experimental comedian.
This direct-to-consumer brand’s latest top-of-the-line devices work well but only showcase incremental improvements over previous models.
This week, I tried to opt out of the facial recognition system at my local Sainsbury’s supermarket. The only solution? Shop elsewhere. Judging by the look on the security guard’s face when I asked if I could avoid having my biometric data processed, it was an unusual request — surprising, given that an innocent customer was mistakenly flagged and ejected from the exact same store just a few months…
Xgimi Horizon 30 series of projectors launches, with up to 6,000 ISO lumens of brightness and contrast up to 10,000:1 4K at 120Hz supported, with variable refresh rate and auto low latency mode also available Built-in Harman Kardon speakers with DTS Virtual:X support Xgimi has introduced a trio of triple-laser home projectors, each of which delivers 4K at up to 120Hz. The brand says they deliver u…
E Ink has announced the next generation of its color ereader screens Dubbed Kaleido 4, this technology promises improved clarity, less graininess, and double the colors So far, it's only been announced for a single ereader, but it's sure to come to others Hot take: I don’t think color ereaders are very good in general. The colors themselves are muted, and typically — such as with E Ink’s Kaleido 3…
Simply seeing an online ad was enough to infect devices at Al Jazeera with spyware, according to a Citizen Lab report published on Thursday. The University of Toronto researchers say it is the first public technical proof of so-called zero-click spyware arriving through ads, in which victims did not have to tap or click anything. The […] This story continues at The Next Web
The Apple Store is down ahead of pre-orders for the first folding iPhone. The Apple Store is down ahead of pre-orders for the first folding iPhone.
The U.S. is on track to add a record 86 gigawatts of new wind, solar, and battery storage capacity this year—roughly the size of the U.K.’s entire grid. And there’s far more clean energy in the pipeline, with low-cost proposed projects that could help meet the surging demand from data centers. So why are data centers increasingly turning to polluting gas plants instead of clean energy? A startup c…
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/10/chainguard-workspaces-checks/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1792079610138.jpg"/><p>Software supply chain security company Chainguard has announced two beta products for running and testing code written by developers and AI agents. Chainguard Workspaces provides remote development environments based on hardened microVMs, while Chainguard Checks move…
<img src="https://res.infoq.com/articles/enterprise-mobile-id-mdl-blueprint/en/headerimage/enterprise-mobile-id-mdl-blueprint-header-1791967143918.jpg"/><p>This article provides a framework for asking the right architectural questions before an enterprise commits to an mDL provider or library. It shows which components can be abstracted safely, which trust boundaries must remain visible to the ent…
It's now official: "Swipe fatigue" has made the transition from casual online buzzword to an actual IRL experience. It's now a statistically observable phenomenon, and it's affecting how people approach dating, not to mention their ability to find matches on popular apps. Indeed, 78 percent of Gen Z dating app users report experiencing some level of "burnout" from dating apps. That research comes…
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Astronomers peering past the crowded, dusty plane of the Milky Way have spotted a tangle of radio light , glowing inside a massive collision of lots of galaxies. The space object loops and curls in thin strands, earning its nickname, the Treble Clef. It's what researchers refer to as a "radio phoenix," a cloud of faded particles brought back to life. It lurks inside a galaxy cluster — a huge…
Wyze BodyScan smart scale: One-minute review Over the years, Wyze has released a number of high-profile smart products across a range of different industries. They began with cameras but have expanded their range to offer vacuums, lights, locks, and a collection of affordable smart scales. The Wyze BodyScan sits just underneath their most premium offering, the BodyScan Ultra, and is the brand’s mo…
Scientists can’t agree why reefs in the Red Sea have long been immune to bleaching. The answer could be the key to saving these tough corals as climate change begins taking its toll.
I don’t remember much about Peppy, my first and only pet cat. I can conjure the sensation of stroking her while she purred, recall how she used to get stuck in trees (just like in cartoons!), and chuckle about the time she pooed in my baby sister’s cot. That’s about it. What I do vividly remember, though, is the day she went missing. I was 10 years old, and I searched everywhere for her, scouting…
I. Meet cute Barnabas and Mainspring grew up near at hand, about an hour apart with good traffic, but for a long time they weren’t close. They traded glimpses and occasional hellos and then went about their business. Both of them carried on livelier conversations with farther-flung neighbors, who were richer and had more to offer. When Mainspring did interact with Barnabas, it was cringe. Mainspri…
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 5 million people around the world. And until now, no treatment could restore their vision. The Prima system, which was approved in Europe in July and is awaiting FDA clearance in the US, changes that. It combines a retinal implant with camera-equipped eyeglasses to improve sight in patients who develop a blind spot in the middle of their vi…
Businesses are moving quickly to embed AI tools across all functions, from marketing and HR to sales and operations. In part because they don’t want to be left behind, but productivity gains, customer expectations, competitive pressure and revenue growth are all pushing organizations to adopt AI at speed. The bigger story is that AI is moving faster than most businesses can adapt. The tools are al…
Kicking off the Tesla Roadster unveiling on Thursday, CEO Elon Musk said he brought a live audience to make sure people don't think what the company will show was AI-generated. He wasn't joking. During the presentation, the Tesla Roadster successfully performed a number of tricks that boggle the mind and are mostly at odds with anything any regular car can even come close to doing. This includes s…
Faraday Future and FF EAI Robotics Ecosystem launched two humanoid robots on 15 October: the $2,490 FF Nova for developers and schools, and the $299 FF Nova Mini for children. Nova’s first 100 units are invitation-only. The launch follows FFR’s agreement to buy FF’s robotics business in a $200M all-stock deal. Faraday Future and its […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Tesla demonstrates much-rumored cold-gas thruster technology New Roadster can "jump" and flip in the air Fan system creates downforce that will "crush every track record" Following a typically awkward and slightly slapdash presentation at SpaceX’s Rocket Test and Development Center in McGregor, Texas, Tesla finally unveiled its new Roadster after nearly a decade of delays. The event, which felt a…
Gmail's search can be frustrating and basic, but Google is finally smartening it up for AI plan subscribers. Gmail's search can be frustrating and basic, but Google is finally smartening it up for AI plan subscribers.
Afra Wang / New York Magazine : A look at China's AI learning frenzy, as economic anxiety and fear of being left behind fuel a booming market for courses promising prosperity through AI — In May, I sat in a living room on the fringes of Hangzhou, one of the most technologically advanced cities in China and home to Alibaba, Unitree, and DeepSeek.