Category: 8. Tech

I haven’t used one exclusively for a long time, but dumbphones do still exist today. You’ve got retro-looking flip phones like the TCL Go Flip that remind me strikingly of my first phone, and then there are keyboard phones like the $499

When you’re jumping from one video call to another all day every day, the last thing you want is to be showing the side of your head instead of looking straight on at your webcam. Depending on your desk setup, this is easier said than…

I’ve been running for 10 years and short-sighted for a lot longer than that, so I have tried all kinds of different options for correcting my vision during workouts. I’ve found that the best option for me is prescription sports glasses and…

Embark Studio’s new third-person shooter, ARC Raiders, isn’t the typical third-person cover shooter you might remember from peak Xbox 360/PS3-era games. It’s an extraction shooter, which means it’s as much about the…

Cynan Jones allows his readers little opportunity to breathe. His compulsive narratives are relentless, sweeping you along thrillingly in propulsive short…

Researchers are increasingly exploring how to make artificial intelligence more interpretable and useful for real-world health interventions. Shovito Barua Soumma, Asiful Arefeen, and Stephanie M. Carpenter, from Arizona State University,…

Friday, 23 January 2026

The main reason I’m sticking with MacOS 15 Sequoia, refusing to install 26 Tahoe, is that there are so many severe UI regressions in Tahoe. The noisy, distracting, inconsistent icons prefixing menu item commands,

Researchers are tackling the persistent challenge of generating images from text when prompts become complex, demanding the accurate placement of multiple objects and attributes. Shantanu Jaiswal, Mihir Prabhudesai, and Nikash Bhardwaj, all…