The Woz calls out U.S. politicians for a proposed TikTok ban. Photo: Paweł Piotrowski The U.S. move toward banning the hugely popular TikTok video service is “hypocrisy.” That’s the opinion of Steve Wozniak, a cofounder of Apple. He sees no difference from a Chinese company tracking users and U.S. companies doing the same thing. Proposed … Read more
There’s been some talk lately about the slow death of the compact phone. To me, the whole situation is odd, as I’ve been watching for years how numerous smartphone users online claim to want a compact device, only for compact devices to constantly fail to reach significant sales figures. I wonder, how often has this … Read more
Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has officially ended but a few deals are still going strong. While this latest event wasn’t on the level of a Prime Day or a Black Friday sale, over the past week we found decent savings on some of the gadgets and devices we recommend. Now that the sale is done, … Read more
Employee monitoring software refers to platforms that enable you to track your employees’ activities. They let you track working hours, location, computer usage, etc. They are helpful in office-based, remote, or hybrid workplaces. This article will explain employee monitoring software and how it works. What is Employee Monitoring Software? Employee monitoring software is a program … Read more
It was a call from a reporter that first made ecologist Jason Hoeksema think things had gone too far. The journalist was asking questions about the wood wide web — the idea that trees communicate with each other through an underground fungal network — that seemed to go well beyond what Hoeksema considered to be … Read more
Canva has acquired Serif’s Affinity suite of creative apps, marking a significant stride in its competition against Adobe with a deal valued at several hundred million dollars (via Bloomberg). Canva is an Australian online design company valued at $26 billion. Its platform offers user-friendly design tools aimed at non-professionals and has a user base of … Read more
If your iPhone won’t install a software update, it’s more than just annoying. You must install the latest updates to get security patches, as well as the latest features. You install software updates by opening Settings > General > Software Update. It should be a pretty smooth process, but occasionally, things go wrong. The error … Read more
Samsung’s collaboration with Finnish design house Marimekko is going beyond The Frame TV, with the two companies working together to create exclusive accessories for Samsung’s mobile devices that contain the design house’s iconic motifs. The partnership between Samsung and Marimekko was announced earlier this year. It brought limited-edition artwork to the Art Store on Samsung’s … Read more
Back when I was a kid (puts on old man glasses) we had the Casio SK-1. We’d spend all day making samples of burps and turning them into stupid little songs, but that’s about as far as it went. You couldn’t layer tracks or anything. Modern children, however, are about to get an actual full-featured … Read more
Consider, for instance, the independent watchmaker Kross Studio, which announced itself to the world with a complex tourbillon model themed around—of all things—Space Jam, the 1996 pairing of Bugs Bunny with Michael Jordan, and followed it up with another featuring a tiny sculpture of Boba Fett’s Slave 1 spaceship. Or Loewe’s Minecraft-style “pixelated” hoodie. “There’s … Read more