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Google's reCAPTCHA now supports webcam-based hand gesture verification, tracking 21 knuckle coordinates to confirm users are human. Footage is deleted after verification, and accessibility alternatives remain available.
Delivery robots are rapidly expanding globally, but safety and accessibility concerns have led cities like San Francisco and Chicago to restrict or ban them. Despite the backlash, analysts predict 2.1 million robots will operate...
A Windows 11 update (KB5094126) broke Recycle Bin dialogs, showing wrong file names during deletion. Microsoft is working on a fix, amid user frustration over AI-generated code, which now makes up 30%+ of Microsoft's output.
Toy Story 5 uses a tablet as its villain not to condemn technology, but to argue that screens become harmful when parents disengage from their children's lives.
Google's Universal Cart embeds AI-powered shopping across Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Gmail, enabling automated purchases, price tracking, and compatibility checks — with major retailers already onboard.
AI-driven chip shortages have quadrupled memory and storage costs from $50 to $200 per device, potentially pushing the iPhone 18 Pro's price from $1,100 to ~$1,345 at its September launch.
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ROBOTIS, a South Korean robotics firm partnered with Amazon, NASA, and Google, is building a humanoid robot factory in Uzbekistan, aiming to create 1,000+ jobs and establish the country as Central Asia's robotics hub.
Researchers at UT Austin created a solar-powered jacket that extracts up to 1.3 liters of drinking water daily from ambient air, offering a portable solution for hikers, emergency responders, and communities lacking reliable...
Midjourney is developing a full-body ultrasonic scanner that maps the entire body in under 60 seconds, producing MRI-quality 3D imaging. Built with Butterfly Network, it debuts at a San Francisco spa before pursuing FDA approval...
AI lacks the human "heart" Pascal described and the genuine connection Buber valued. No matter how convincing AI-generated content seems, it cannot replicate true human experience or authentic personal encounter.
Snap's $2,100 AR glasses sent its stock down 5%, highlighting the industry's ongoing struggle to make smart glasses viable. The company that finally cracks wearable computing could dominate the next era of software, ads, and...
Crundi is a self-hosted tool that turns your phone into a remote control for your dev machine, exposing projects via a secure web interface with agent terminals, file browsing, Git, Kanban, and scheduling. Uses Claude Code and...
MapTap is a free daily geography game (app and web) where players locate five places on a map, scoring up to 1,000 points based on accuracy. It welcomes guessing when stumped and provides educational location details afterward.
The TD4 is a minimal 4-bit DIY CPU kit with two registers, 16 bytes of DIP-switch ROM, and a basic instruction set. It's a hands-on way to learn core CPU architecture concepts by building and programming real hardware.
Humanoid robots are often less autonomous than they appear — many rely on hidden human operators using VR controls. The real concern isn't job loss, but an emerging class of underpaid, invisible workers behind these systems.
Apple is expanding third-party app store access to Brazil, following similar regulatory-driven changes in Europe, giving iOS users the ability to download apps outside the official App Store.
Tobi Friedly ported Super Mario 64 to the original Nintendo DS with local two-player co-op, using NitroFS streaming to overcome the 4MB RAM limit, enabling the full 120-star game to run smoothly on linked handhelds.
Microsoft and Adobe used MSVC's peak-performance mode combined with SPGO optimization to make Photoshop 20% faster on x64 Windows and 13% faster on Arm, improving brush response, file loading, and filter processing.
Early Atari 8-bit computers required a $200 Atari 850 interface box to connect standard printers or modems. Cheaper third-party options emerged, including ICD's MIO Board, which also added hard drive support.
Core Power is exploring ship-mounted small modular reactors using BWX Technologies' mPower design, generating 195MW of electricity. These floating nuclear plants could be towed to coastal cities or remote areas, avoiding lengthy...
iPhone and Mac prices will rise in 2026 due to AI-driven memory cost increases. Base iPhones may exceed $200 more, with the foldable iPhone Ultra expected to start above $2,000 at Apple's fall event.
The second-gen iPhone Air, arriving spring 2027, will address its predecessor's main shortcomings with an added ultrawide rear camera, better battery life, and Apple's A20 Pro chip.
Instagram's carousel posts now support individual captions per slide (up to 20 slides), giving creators more flexibility to add context or storytelling to each image or video.
Quantinuum's 98-qubit Helios system has set a commercial record with 99.9975% one-qubit fidelity, using trapped-ion and photonics technology at just 40kW, while partnering with Sandia National Laboratories on fault-tolerant...