How Big Tech Got So Damn Big
“Tech exceptionalism” is the sin of thinking that the normal rules don’t apply to technology. The idea that you can lose money on every transaction but make it up with…
Love, Loss, and Pig Butchering Scams
The dating scene in Los Angeles is tough. Doubly so if you’re not fresh out of college. That’s what Evelyn found when a relationship of two decades came to an…
Unhinged Conspiracies, AI Doppelgangers, and the Fractured Reality of Naomi Klein
In Doppelganger, you wrote about a South Korean politician who used AI to look younger. The thing about the Korean example is, it was not hidden. Everyone knew. And it…
I tested AMD’s RX 7800 XT against Nvidia’s RTX 4070, and there’s a clear winner
With the release of the Radeon RX 7800 XT and RX 7700 XT, AMD finally set foot in the mainstream gaming sector with its RDNA 3 lineup. Nvidia, its biggest…
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter reaches flight milestone
There’s just no stopping NASA’s plucky little Mars helicopter. During its latest airborne adventure — its 57th on the red planet since April 2021 — Ingenuity reached a total flight…
B&O’s Beolab 8 wireless speaker uses AirTag tech to track you
Bang & Olufsen Ultra-wideband (UWB) technology is the secret sauce behind the super-precise location system built into Apple’s AirTags, which provide a great way for you to track down lost…
GoPro unveils its latest action camera, the Hero 12 Black
GoPro is back with the latest iteration of its popular action camera. The new GoPro Hero 12 Black is the kind of solid piece of kit we’ve come to expect…
The Generative AI Boom Could Fuel a New International Arms Race
Governments around the world are rushing to embrace the algorithms that breathed some semblance of intelligence into ChatGPT, apparently enthralled by the enormous economic payoff expected from the technology. Two…
EV charging startup VOOL bags €2.9M to scale production, optimise grid usage
Estonian startup VOOL has secured a fresh capital injection of €2.92mn to boost production and development of its EV charging solutions. Specifically, the company closed an additional seed round of…
Kirby Star Stacker and more classic titles are now available on Nintendo Switch Online
Four classic Nintendo games are now available on Nintendo Switch Online, expanding the evergrowing library. Nintendo took to Twitter today to announce that it’s added a selection of new titles…