How one Ukrainian startup is adapting its app during a time of war
Like so many Ukrainians, Dima Shvets was awoken last Thursday by the sound of bombs. At around 5AM local time, Russian troops began shelling key targets in his country, escalating…
The Polestar O2 is a sleek electric roadster with an integrated drone for aerial filming
Polestar, the Swedish electric automaker, announced a new roadster concept called the Polestar O2. The hardtop convertible, which made its debut in Los Angeles today, is designed to showcase the…
How to Set Up Your Desk Ergonomically for Working or Gaming
It may be impossible to follow these rules if you work on a laptop; consider pairing your laptop with a separate monitor or use a separate mouse and keyboard and…
Europe Is in Danger of Using the Wrong Definition of AI
A company could choose the most obscure, nontransparent systems architecture available, claiming (rightly, under this bad definition) that it was “more AI,” in order to access the prestige, investment, and…
Horizon Forbidden West Is a Worthy Sequel
Narratively, this lets us learn more about the world that we’ve already learned about, through fresh eyes. Sure, we understand how machines and factories and AI work, but characters from…
Offshore Wind Turbines Could Mess With Ships’ Radar Signals
Solutions could include upgrading older shipboard radars to modern solid state systems that can be adjusted to eliminate some of the interference from the rotating blades. Another idea is to…
Ice Cream Machine Hackers Sue McDonald’s for $900 Million
Kytch first fired back against the fast-food ice cream establishment last May, suing Taylor and its distributor TFG for theft of trade secrets. The Kytch founders argued in that lawsuit…
The Pandemic Tanked Rates of Childhood Vaccination—for Everything
Experts have warned for years that those exemptions collectively drive holes in herd immunity and risk sparking epidemics. Outbreaks in states that allow exemptions have proven them correct. As just…
Polestar’s New EV Concept Comes With … a Boomerang Drone?
Further details about the concept car are scant. As you can see from the pictures, the angular design continues the company’s overall aesthetic. The low and wide body with minimal…
Netflix probably isn’t streaming 4K on your PC — here’s how to fix that
If you’re reading this post, you’re probably a person who appreciates image quality. You buy the best screen you can afford. You keep your display settings reasonably calibrated. You optimize…