Pick up a computer keyboard from the 1990s and it’ll look practically the same as a brand-new, 2024 edition laptop or desktop keyboard does today. The configuration, layout, and number of keys is largely similar as it always has been.
But that’s soon set to change.
This week Microsoft announced “the first significant change to the Windows PC keyboard in nearly three decades.” The Copilot key will be added to new Windows 11 PCs in the coming week
The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests over the past few decades.
What set Jan. 6 apart was the president of the United States using his cellphone to direct an attack on the Capitol, and those who stormed the Capitol being wired and ready for insurrection.
My co-authors and I, a media and disinformation scholar, call this networked incitement: influential figures incit
Eric Siegel had already been working in the machine learning world for more than 30 years by the time the rest of the world caught up with him. Siegel’s been a machine learning (ML) consultant to Fortune 500 companies, an author, and a former former Columbia University professor, and to him the last year or so of AI hype has gotten way out of hand.
Though the world has come to accept AI as our grand technological future, it’s often hard to distinguish from classic ML,
If AI software were the biggest tech trend in 2023, it’s only natural that hardware will follow in 2024.
In the year ahead, you can expect generative AI to become an integral part of smartphones, laptops, and other gadgets. Already, rumors of new AI-imbued devices abound, and some companies have been alluding to big plans even if they haven’t announced any specifics yet.
Depending on your view of generative AI, such developments will either be exciting or exh
Welcome to 2024, the year in which a bitterly divided Congress will try to legislate as lawmakers also take time away to campaign ahead of the election.
There’s a lot the space committees are expected to tackle in the new year. Here are some of the top priorities.
From the top
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), who chairs the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, shared his to-do list with Polaris, starting with next steps for the C
This article is for those of you who may be Android-curious. It is not a post about Android being better than iOS! If you like Apple stuff, stick with it. I’m just a tech blogger.
We here in the Aamoth household have a pretty even mix of Android and iOS devices. I use an Android phone, but also love my iPad. Meanwhile, my wife runs fully Apple—Mac, iPhone, Watch—and is happy as can be. We have a second Apple Watch for our son.
The Apple way and the And
A new year means a slew of new features from tech companies—and one of the earliest out of the block in 2024 has come from Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.
Link History provides a repository of links clicked by users from within the Facebook mobile app and accessed within its custom-built browser. The feature has already been tested in some markets, and will within a matter of months be standard for all users of the iOS and Android Facebook apps. Every link
As the buzz around generative AI (GenAI) has begun to quiet from the fever pitch it reached over the past year, business leaders and their teams are taking a step back and evaluating the technology with a more sober perspective. After a year of dominating news cycles and dinner conversations alike, GenAI is no longer a novelty—it’s being implemented in businesses every day. A recent Gartner survey found that 55% of organizations report they’re increasing investment in Gen
Costco responds to union: After some of its Virginia workers launched an unexpected move to unionize, Costco Wholesale Corporation came back with an unusual response. The company’s top execs wrote that it was a “failure on our part.” Full story.
CVS drops Humira: CVS Health will no longer include AbbVie’s Humira on most prescription plans and will instead offer less expensive alternatives. The drug, which treats inflammatory conditions, is a top seller, a
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If you spend lots of your time at a keyboard, there are at least 12 types of tools you need. This post covers tasks, projects, notes, and documents. I’m outlining simple and sophisticated options, so you can pick what suits you.
Tasks
Simple to-do apps let you easily ad