Month: October 2021

The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work. The big idea Even whenkids spend five hours a day on screen – whether computers, television, or text– it doesn’t appear…

Once a year I’m hit with an impossible question: how the hell do you review the new iPhone? Do you write for the tech-heads who obsess over every details? The broader public…

Facebook has announced a research project that aims to push the “frontier of first-person perception”, and in the process help you remember where you left your keys. The Ego4D project provides a…

YouTube Music is a great alternative to Spotify or Apple Music. Even if you are a paid subscriber to those services, you can use YouTube Music’s ad-supported tier without paying anything. The…

The year is 2025. You zip through customs in a fast-track lane to enjoy the one-year residency permit that will allow you to come and go as you please. Hop in an…

DataReportal‘s new Digital 2021 October Global Statshot Report – published in partnership with We Are Social and Hootsuite – is packed with impressive milestones. The top headline this quarter is that social media…

As I’ve said before, if you want to ride a hyperloop, you’ll be waiting a while. These things happen slowly. Which is not so much a bad thing when you think about…

In a perfectly aligned joke, rumors emerged about Facebook renaming itself, Donald Trump has launched a new social network named Truth. That’s a bold choice, given how Trump has been accused of…

One of Windows 11‘s biggest features was omitted from the OS’ initial launch: the ability to run Android apps that you can install right from the Microsoft Store. That highly anticipated feature…

A colleague recently sought my advice on covering a queer-related tech topic and I’m not ashamed to admit I advised them against it. I’m queer. I made the decision to come out…