One Monday morning in May, I woke up and grabbed my cell phone to read the news and scroll through memes. But it was out of cell service. I couldn’t make calls or texts.
That, though, turned out to be the least of my problems.
Using my home Wi-Fi connection, I checked my email and discovered a notification that $20,000 was being transferred
The moments after Donald Trump was shot by a would-be assassin in Pennsylvania on July 13 were confusing for those on the ground. For those following the events unfurl on X (formerly known as Twitter), things were no clearer, as misinformation flooded the platform.
The agency that regulates New York City’s ride-hailing industry is working on a new set of rideshare driver pay rules to fight driver lockouts imposed by Uber and Lyft that are lowering wages, according to a Bloomberg report.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) ex
When the robot apocalypse hits, where will you be? If you’re a resident of dystopian Chicago in 2035, you’re in luck—you have Will Smith on your side.
In I, Robot, the summer blockbuster released 20 years ago this month, Smith plays Del Spooner, a homicide detective in the Chicago Police Department who’s called upon to solve a mysterious suicide at the nation’s leading robotics laboratory, U.S. Robotics. The company’s fou
ChatGPT maker OpenAI is working on a novel approach to its artificial intelligence models in a project code-named “Strawberry,” according to a person f
Twenty months into the generative AI revolution, conversational chatbots like ChatGPT are still seeking a killer use case.
It’s not from a lack of trying. Generative AI is everywhere, from bank chatbots to fast food drive thru screens, and a quarter of Americans
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Apps outdoors can be superfluous. I like being phone-less when I can. But sometimes it’s nice learning about nature while in
While Amazon-owned Audible dominates the audiobook market, it’s far from the only player in town.
If you’ve been looking to explore beyond Amazon’s offerings, there’s a world of alternatives waiting to be discovered. Whether you’re seeking better prices, different content libraries, or unique features, these five Audible alternatives are worth your attention.
Is there anything more annoying than finding yourself stuck in a place where your phone’s data connection isn’t working—or, if you’re on a pay-for-what-you-use mobile plan, realizing you’re burning through mountains of mobile data when a password-protected Wi-Fi network is right nearby and taunting you with its speedy stream of unlimited internet goodness?
Today, I want to introduce you to a power pack of tools that’ll banish those Wi-Fi woes to the past. They’ll eliminate frustrat
The rise of generative AI chatbots has ushered in powerful new tools to help us get work done more efficiently. The technology has also introduced a slew of new terms into our lexicon, such as corpus and prompt engineer. But recently, another term has been popping up: “answer engine.”
But just