Amazon expands a program that lets customers shop from other retailers’ sites
The changes allow more merchants to participate in Amazon’s Shop Direct program, which sends Amazon customers to other retailers’ websites.
How to ditch Ring’s surveillance network
Recently, Ring ran a Super Bowl ad for its Search Party feature showing how it uses AI to scan footage from Ring cameras and video doorbells to help find lost dogs. It sounds neighborly — until you consider that the same system could theoretically search footage for anything or anyone. Combined with longstanding concerns around […]
You can’t replace the battery in Lego’s Smart Bricks — and many of its sensors aren’t available yet
The first Lego Smart Brick sets, based on Star Wars, aren’t quite what my kids and I hoped, and I suspect much of that’s down to programming. But the Smart Bricks may also have some technical limitations out of the gate. The first sets don’t ship with a number of their sensors enabled, including the […]
Lucid Motors ships Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to Gravity SUV owners
The update comes after a rocky first few months of software problems on the electric SUV.
Godzilla Minus One, a very good movie, is $15 on 4K Blu-ray
I love Godzilla Minus One. Granted, it’s only the second Godzilla movie that I’ve watched, the other being 1998’s terrible Godzilla featuring Matthew Broderick (the soundtrack has bangers, though). While I may not exactly be an expert, this is a good movie, whether you’re a first-time Godzilla viewer or a longtime kaiju fan. If you’ve […]
Tembo is a playful drum machine that thinks it’s a checkerboard
Tembo looks like a toy, but one of those bougie wooden toys you get on Crate & Kids, not some cheap plastic garbage. Despite its appearance, it is a fully functional drum machine and sampler. Rather than a bunch of buttons and a screen, you build beats on Tembo by placing what are essentially wooden […]
I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job
Millions of people are on the job hunt right now – and for many people, landing a job in the AI era feels more intimidating than ever. That’s why the onset of AI avatars running your job interview via one-on-one video call, asking you questions, and analyzing how well you respond has generated a lot […]
Canopii looks to succeed where past indoor farms have not
Canopii’s robotic farms can autonomously grow 40,000 pounds of herbs and leafy greens a year while being the size of a basketball court.
Former Apple engineer raises $5M for a note-taking pendant that only records your voice
Taya is trying to address privacy concerns around note-taking wearables with its device that can be worn as a pendant and records only the user’s voice.