The tech world can’t stop talking about Spotify — but it doesn’t seem like the streaming giant is actually listening. For the uninitiated, Neil Young and others have removed their music from…
Month: February 2022
This upcoming Wi-Fi standard will give your router motion-sensing superpowers
Wi-Fi is everywhere and we can’t really do without it. But the current-gen Wi-Fi standard is limited to data transfer between devices, and with every new iteration, we just see better speeds…
PSA: Watch out for modded ‘silent’ AirTags that make it harder to stop stalkers
Apple’s object-tracking AirTags have been rife with controversy since their launch, particularly around the unfortunate fact that they make good tools for thieves and stalkers. It is therefore my sad duty to…
Good on Jeff Bezos for dismantling a historic bridge for his monster yacht
For most of us, the idea of getting a city to dismantle a historic bridge is ludicrous, but for the Big Dog Boss Man Jeff Bezos? Don’t make him laugh. Let’s backtrack:…
Study: Twitter’s algorithm favors the political right
If you’re a Twitter user, you’ll know that when scrolling through your home feed, in between posts from accounts you follow, you’ll sometimes see tweets tagged “you might like”. In other words,…
18 future jobs our tiny monkey brains aren’t ready for
There’s no way around it: work is changing. However, regardless of what hundreds of uninformed articles will argue on the matter, working itself is not going away anytime soon, however worthy of…
Researchers develop a unique sound to help you to hear escooters passing by
You might be irritated by the sight of toppled escooters on the sidewalk or people riding them with a beer in hand (hallo, Berlin), there’s a bigger problem afoot — how they…
How to ditch Spotify, and move your playlists and music library to another streaming service
When you’re thinking of switching one music streaming service to another, you don’t want to ruin your library. All of us want to migrate all our albums, songs, and playlists, and we…
Android users loved “Google Messages beta supports iPhone reactions”
As someone who has never owned an iPhone and generally does his best to avoid people who do (kinda sorta kidding), I remember being mystified when I’d receive a cryptic message from…
How to tell if you’re a cyborg
Cyborgs are usually depicted as human-machine hybrids in popular fiction. They’ll either be robots with human brains or people who’ve had some of their limbs replaced with machine parts. That’s pretty cool….