Technology

People who participate in augmented and virtual realities are reportedly sharing more information than previously understood through motion data, according to researchers at U.C. Berkeley.  In two studies published earlier this year, led by the university, authors found users can be identified using just minutes of their head and hand …

Apple is reportedly testing an M3 Ultra chip with a significant CPU bump from 24 cores in the M2 Ultra to 32 cores in the next generation version of the chip, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On newsletter. Developer logs reportedly also show a base configuration with …

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Threads post today that “it’s time to move on” from Elon Musk’s cage fight antics. “We can all agree Elon isn’t serious,” he wrote, adding that the refusal of the X (formerly Twitter) owner to confirm a date and his offer to “do …

A monster AI machine with blades is revolutionizing the world of lawn maintenance. Don’t yawn and click off the page just because this story begins with grass. Yes, the stuff that grows in your backyard.  You see, the world of lawn care just got its equivalent of a supersonic jet …

Today’s kids are tech-savvy at a very young age, but you might not want your children sitting down in front of a PS5 without some guardrails in place. Sony has built parental controls right into the software for its console, and they can be used in combination with the user …

Imagine typing your password on your computer and having AI listen to every keystroke and accurately guess what you are typing.  This is not a sci-fi scenario, but a real possibility, according to a new study by researchers at Cornell University. They reported that AI can listen to the keystrokes you …

Some iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro owners have complaints reminiscent of the bad old days of “batterygate,” reporting that with less than a year of service on the clock, their phones are already reporting more battery degradation than expected. Sam Kohl of AppleTrack tweeted in July that his iPhone …

Hackers are competing to be the first to crack into a U.S. government satellite in a contest administrated by the Pentagon.  Officials with the Air Force and Space Force organized the Las Vegas competition to hack into a functioning satellite currently orbiting the globe, which will pay out a $50,000 …

There’s a reason people still often refer to robot vacuums as “Roombas.” The company behind the well-known robovac series, iRobot, has spent decades iterating in the space, resulting in some of the best robot vacuums you can buy. The Roomba j7 Plus is a great example, one that’s on sale …