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On one side of the coin, the invasion of privacy that can be the result of a neighbor hovering overhead with their new drone is unsettling. The other perspective is apparent the moment you put your own new drone into flight.  Drones are incredibly useful for more than spying on neighbors. Some …

Google is developing an AI model that can decipher difficult-to-read handwriting, with a focus on notes and prescriptions written by doctors. The search giant announced during its annual conference in India on Monday that it was working with pharmacists to create a tool in Google Lens that can decode messily …

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Elon Musk may be close to ending his run as Twitter CEO. After haphazardly establishing a ban on links out that put his site at odds with both The Washington Post’s Taylor Lorenz and his own supporters, like Silicon Valley venture capitalist Paul Graham, Elon Musk’s doxxing, banning, and moderation …

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Twitter will no longer allow users to promote their presence on certain social platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr, and Post. In a post outlining these changes, Twitter says it will take action against users that violate this policy “at both the Tweet level and the account …

4 common things Alexa can do better than you How to have Alexa give first aid know-how, tell how long it takes to get to a destination, alert you when your favorite sports team scores, and tell you what to make for dinner. Face it. Sometimes machines can do things …

The Athletic’s Daniel Kaplan backs up Byers’ reporting, saying on Twitter that he’s told, “Apple has indeed bowed out.” While Apple was once considered the front-runner in Sunday Ticket negotiations, talks between the iPhone maker and the NFL dragged on over the past several months, with a November report from …

If you have been using the same email address for a significant period of time, it’s likely that you receive hundreds of messages every day that you just don’t need or care about. Whether it’s discounts and promotions from stores you shopped at for your friend that one birthday, or …

Ford’s raising the price of its F-150 Lightning pickup yet again — this time, by about $4,000 (via CNBC). The increase affects both the entry-level Pro model for business customers and the consumer-focused XLT trim with no added options, which now start at $55,974 and $63,474, respectively. For comparison, the …