Little gets me as hot and bothered underneath my studded leather dog collar than a mystery Apple product — and what could be hotter and more mysterious than something called B2002? Let’s dig…
Month: February 2021
Get one of these language learning apps during this early Presidents’ Day sale
Credit: Wes Hicks/Unsplash TLDR: Enjoy some of the best prices of the year on some of the world’s top language learning apps in honor of Presidents’ Day. Somewhere back before the dawn…
Why it doesn’t make sense to ban autonomous weapons
In May 2019, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) declared, “No AI currently exists that can outduel a human strapped into a fighter jet in a high-speed, high-G dogfight.” Fast forward…
This 1985 advert for this crazy ‘ebike’ by Sinclair was years ahead of its time
One of my favorite lockdown pastimes has been trawling the history books for old adverts of tech. The best finds are those that are so far ahead of their time they’re laughably…
Here’s why you should take EPA range estimates for EVs with a pinch of salt
Like a well-known rugby shirt wearing, floppy haired car critic, when I hear about new cars, I get “the fizz.” I dive straight into the stats, the graphic renders, and head to…
PSA: Update Telegram on Mac to ensure self-destructing files actually get deleted
If you use Telegram on Mac, you should upgrade to its latest version (7.4) as the company fixed two critical bugs that could affect your privacy. These vulnerabilities included storing self-destructing messages…
Why your SaaS success is all about ‘Net Dollar Retention’
If you’ve ever taken a marketing 101 course, you’ve learned that keeping a customer is much more profitable than acquiring new customers. It’s an old piece of wisdom but still valid today. …
The best features to look forward to in Apple’s iOS 14.5 update
The release of iOS 14.4 last month, had features such as the camera recognizing smaller QR codes which were nifty, but they were not life-changing. However, Apple’s upcoming iOS 14.5 update is shaping up to…
Star Trek’s Kobayashi Maru is now a browser game that you suck at
In the words of actor George Takei, who’s probably best known for his role as “Hologramps” on the hit Nickelodean series Supah Ninjas, the Kobayashi Maru browser game is so hard it…
New AI technique allows robots to detect human touch by analyzing shadows
Scientists from Cornell University have developed a way for robots to identify physical interactions just by analyzing a user’s shadows. Their ShadowSense system uses an off-the-shelf USB camera to capture the shadows produced by hand…