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apple's worldwide developers Conference has always been the event where the company announces new software capabilities for its devices. However, over the last few years, the software news out of WWDC has been upstaged by hardware announcements. Rather than focusing on apps at recent WWDCs, Apple has used the gathering …

As we’re currently seeing with AI, when a new technology becomes buzzy, companies will do almost anything to cram that tech into their products. Trends fade, however, and corporate priorities shift—resulting in bricked gadgets and buyer’s remorse. That’s what's happening to some who bought Oral-B toothbrushes with Amazon Alexa built …

Hey u up? I miss u babbe. That’s the kind of immediately regrettable text you’ll now be able to salvage on Android Messages. This week, Google announced a bunch of new features coming to its Android mobile platform, and perhaps most useful among them is the ability to edit messages …

The launch of a new electric vehicle these days is invariably met with a chorus of “this car is too expensive”—and rightfully so. But for used EVs, particularly used Teslas, it's quite another story, thanks to a glut of former fleet and rental cars that are now ready for their …

You may have seen that Lewis Hamilton made headlines over the weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix. Sadly it wasn't so much for his performance on the track (though, impressively, he bagged fastest lap). Rather, eagle-eyed timepiece fans spotted a new type of IWC on his wrist, and so the …

As I was flying to cover Google I/O early in May, I vowed to do some work on the plane. I pulled out my MacBook while in my economy window-seat. As a 6'4" guy, things were already cramped for my legs; I couldn’t put the 16-inch machine on the tray …

Last week, a neighbor invited my children over for ice cream. My 9-year-old wanted to walk alone, so she strapped on her Apple Watch and set out with my son. I watched the blue dot rush enthusiastically off. “Baby, you’re going the wrong way,” I texted. She corrected her course, …

Ai Ai Ai. No not the Vanessa da Mata song—it’s the theme for tech in 2024. Last week, Microsoft announced new Surface laptops with artificial intelligence capabilities, and several PC manufacturers like Samsung, Asus, and Acer are launching new Windows machines to take advantage of the AI bump. Early in …

Buyers curious about making the switch to electric vehicles have made it clear in survey after survey after survey: Charging kind of freaks them out. In many ways, drivers report, owning an EV is the same if not better than owning a gas-powered car. But fueling an electric vehicle is …

Does anyone want to buy a humanoid robot for $16,000? The latest product from Unitree hopes that you will: Meet the Unitree G1, a “Humanoid agent AI avatar,” aka a robot. If you haven't heard of Unitree, it's sort of the go-to “budget Chinese option” in the robot space. You're …