Elon Musk overtakes Bill Gates to become world’s second richest person behind Jeff Bezos
Elon Musk has passed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the world’s second richest person, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Tesla CEO’s net worth now sits at around…
TikTok will add an epilepsy warning to photosensitive videos
TikTok is adding a new feature that will help people who have epilepsy to avoid potentially dangerous photosensitive content. The short video platform already warns creators if their uploads contain…
How to Have Productive Conversations About Election Misinfo
Since Election Day, polluted information about the voting process has flooded social media. In the coming days, or weeks or months, it’s likely that someone in your life—maybe someone you…
The Best Black Friday Phone, Tablet, and Watch Deals
This phone has good performance, two-day battery life, and a large, edge-to-edge 6.7-inch OLED screen. I didn’t like the Edge’s waterfall display, where the screen bleeds into the edges, because…
From Podcasts to Book Deals, Friendship Is Big Business
My close friends and I like to spend time together. Of course, we’re all keeping pandemic precautions in mind these days. But we eat, go on walks, and talk for…
The secret to powering web apps with full speech recognition
A few months ago, I wrote an article on web speech recognition using TensorflowJS. Even though it was super interesting to implement, it was cumbersome for many of you to…
Targeting Trump fans, QAnon ad slips through Facebook’s filters
Despite Facebook’s efforts to tamp down on the fringe conspiracy QAnon movement, its backers are still finding ways to push its message on the platform — even paying Facebook to…
California paves way to let self-driving taxis charge for rides
Regulators in California have given the go ahead for self-driving taxis to charge riders for their services. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved two programs: the Drivered Autonomous…
Battle of the affordables: Pixel 4a vs OnePlus Nord vs Poco X3
In the Indian smartphone market, the ₹10,000-₹20,000 ($135-270) price bracket is extremely popular. Many folks get their first or second handset in that range. However, when they are upgrading, they…
Best smartwatch for iPhone 2020: Apple Watch, Wear OS, Tizen and more Best smartwatch for iPhone
You might be surprised that our picks for the best smartwatch for iPhone aren’t all the Apple Watch. While Apple’s own wearables sync up nicely with iPhones there are a…