A Bump-Covered Screen Protector Can Surprisingly Make Touchscreens React Faster to Swipes
Bump-Covered Screen Protector Can Reduce Touchscreen Latency It starts with the addition of a plastic film over a touchscreen that’s covered in a grid of small bumps measuring just five…
What Snap’s Liftoff Means for the Social Media Company
Michael Calore: I think so. Lauren Goode: Deyong. Yes. OK. Well, what is your recommendation this week? Michael Calore: My recommendation is Fault Radio, which is a nonprofit organization here…
Snap Is Fueling Our Selfie Obsessions With a Flying Camera
Snap is mostly known for its sticky social network consisting of fleeting messages and legitimately impressive augmented reality filters. But every so often Snap, which calls itself a “camera company,”…
Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
PIA’s attorneys argues that these allegations must be stricken from the case because they are completely irrelevant and “serve only to inflame emotions in a misguided attempt to prejudice the…
Zuckerberg: The metaverse will be ‘very exciting’ — in the 2030s
Yesterday, Meta announced its second quarterly results after its major rebranding, and things were a bit more positive this time around. The company gained daily active users (1.96 billion from…
Founders! Europe’s SpaceTech scene is hitting lightspeed — and here’s the inside scoop
Are you a would-be founder looking for the right industry to build, grow, and scale? Are you an engineer looking for a new challenge? Do the words ‘earth observation’ and…
Musk says Twitter is a digital town square — but unfettered free speech is a fantasy
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around US$44 billion. He says he’s not doing it to make money (which is…
Dear governments, ride-sharing is not a fix-all for poor public transport
“Everyone wants free public transport, but no one wants to pay for it” is a claim I often hear writing about mobility. But an equally pressing challenge is often excluded…
Most CIOs would rip and replace practically their whole tech stack if they could
Audio player loading… Most chief information officers (CIO) agree that technology is the nervous system that connects all of the different departments in an enterprise. However, were it possible, many…
Google blocked an alarming number of dangerous Android apps last year
Audio player loading… Google has released a report on the state of security in the Play Store, covering threats to users, its own enforcement, and more. The headline statistic is…