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Summary Listening to articles while exercising or doing household chores is an ideal way to get through a reading backlog. Speechify or Matter apps can read articles to you, but note the subscription cost for natural sounding AI voices. Speechify can be used for free, if you can tolerate the robotic free voices. Getting through … Read more
If you have an implanted medical device, have been hooked up to a machine in a hospital, or have accessed your electronic medical records, you might assume the infrastructure and data are secure and protected against hackers. That isn’t necessarily the case, though. Connected medical devices and systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks, which could reveal … Read more
The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Currently only the Apple account holder can access data stored in this way – the tech giant itself cannot view it. The demand has been served by the Home Office under the Investigatory Powers … Read more
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Apple researchers have developed a new framework for making non-humanoid robots move more naturally and expressively during interactions with people, potentially paving the way for more engaging robotic assistants in homes and workplaces. The research, published … Read more
Tablets are some of the most versatile pieces of tech available today, and can be used for watching videos during travel, typing work emails, drawing, gaming, following recipes, and more. Many people use their iPad as a full- or part-time replacement for their computer, as it’s so much lighter than the traditional laptop and can … Read more
The PlayStation Network is experiencing issues right now. Its network status page was updated at 7PM Eastern time with a warning that you may not be able to log in, access and edit your accounts, no matter what console you use. We’re also unable to log into the network on our computer or our phone. … Read more
Over the last few weeks, there’s been massive disruption in the labor market with President Donald Trump’s administration moving to freeze federal aid and lay off tens of thousands of federal workers. That’s on top of a flurry of executive orders, threats of trade wars, the start of mass deportations and stock market volatility. But … Read more
In a tale that is practically as old as time in internet standards at this point, there is a sense of inevitability that any big new thing—movie, TV show, game, or otherwise—is in want of its own little plastic army of big-headed, occasionally bobble-headed Funko Pop! Vinyls. Marvel Rivals, and its roster of hero designs that … Read more
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told federal lawmakers on Friday that Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have seized control over a number of federal computer systems that house data tightly restricted under federal statutes. In some cases, any deviations in the manner in which the data is being used may … Read more
Marko Elez, a 25-year-old engineer, is the first of Elon Musk’s DOGE crew to lose their job. Elez resigned from his post at Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE, on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal uncovered that Elez had published racist statements on an anonymous account that once bore his name. … Read more