Aerodynamic wheels with a high profile and lightweight seemed like an oxymoron since tubular tires fell into oblivion, displaced by the advantages of tubeless tires. However, the expertise of brands and the normalization…
Category: 8. Tech
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Forget cameras, AI, and chip upgrades – you really want better phone battery life
I’ve covered a lot of phone launches – almost too many to remember – and the general themes of them is to tout upgrades in performance and camera quality, along with design changes, new features, and, more recently, AI integration. But…
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Security News This Week: Oh Crap, Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Aren’t Really End-to-End Encrypted
An AI image creator startup left its database unsecured, exposing more than a million images and videos its users had created—the “overwhelming majority” of which depicted nudes and even nude images of children. A US inspector general report…
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A Breakthrough Google Workspace Study
Highlights
- 92% of young leaders want personalized AI that matches their tone, style, and brand voice.
- Personalized AI increases interest in workplace AI tools for 90% of respondents.
- 77% of rising professionals now design their own AI workflows,…
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The Starlab Space Station Team Just Keeps Growing
It’s almost time to replace the ISS. Which space stocks should you be watching?
RIP ISS. In 2030, NASA plans to terminate the International Space Station, hiring Elon Musk to push the station to a fiery death, out of orbit and down toward Earth to…
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And the winner of the Microsoft Christmas sweater is… • The Register
The readers have spoken, and the era of peak Microsoft is… open to debate.
We asked The Register‘s nearest and dearest for thoughts on if, and when, peak Microsoft occurred. Up for grabs was one of Microsoft’s Ugly Christmas sweaters: the…
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Gear News of the Week: Google Drops Another Android Update, and the Sony A7 V Is Here
It was only back in June that Android 16 delivered a raft of new features for Google’s operating system, but the company just announced another bumper package of updates, including more customization options, better parental controls, and smart…
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RWC sensation Braxton Sorensen-McGee scores first SVNS try
Women’s Rugby World Cup standout Braxton Sorensen-McGee is a try-scorer on the HSBC SVNS Series for the first time, finishing with 13 points in New Zealand’s commanding 38-10 win over Great Britain in Cape Town.
Sorensen-McGee made an…
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How Hertz’s Bet on EVs Exposed US Pain Points and Soft Spots for EVs
When Hertz emerged from bankruptcy and went public in 2021, the rental car company made a multi-billion-dollar bet that the future of mobility pointed toward mass electrification and that the time to pivot was…
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Google Confirms Android Update As Hackers Gain Access To Accounts
You need this update now.
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Google confirms a new update is coming to your Android phone to stop hackers gaining access to your accounts. This addresses the billion dollar threat behind repeated FBI warnings. The hope now is that Google’s…
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