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OnePlus 11 5G Review: Speed Demon

Samsung and Apple have flagship smartphones that start at $800, but pay a little extra and you can get even more of a flagship phone (flagshippier?) with the words “Ultra” or “Pro” attached at the end. OnePlus used to follow the same strategy, but it’s changing things up this year with its new OnePlus 11… Continue reading OnePlus 11 5G Review: Speed Demon

Earthquake Aftershocks May Rock Turkey and Syria for Months, Even Years

Early Monday morning, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, followed nine hours later by a 7.5 aftershock. The death toll stands at more than 3,800, and rescuers have only just begun to comb through the collapsed buildings.  Aftershocks will continue to shake the area as local faults adjust to such a huge initial tremor, and… Continue reading Earthquake Aftershocks May Rock Turkey and Syria for Months, Even Years

Meet Bard, Google’s Answer to ChatGPT

Google isn’t about to let Microsoft or anyone else make a swipe for its search crown without a fight. The company announced today that it will roll out a chatbot named Bard “in the coming weeks.” The launch appears to be a response to ChatGPT, the sensationally popular artificial intelligence chatbot developed by startup OpenAI with funding… Continue reading Meet Bard, Google’s Answer to ChatGPT

Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now

If you heard rumblings this week that Netflix is finally cracking down on password sharing in the United States and other markets, you heard wrong—but only for now. The company told WIRED that while it plans to make an announcement in the next few weeks about limiting account sharing, nothing has happened yet. Meanwhile, lawmakers… Continue reading Googling for Software Downloads Is Extra Risky Right Now

China’s XPeng G9 Could Be the Best Electric SUV Around

US investors looking to build an EV portfolio are not exactly spoilt for choice. Aside from Tesla, many companies haven’t produced cars, or if they have, they’re in such small numbers it’s difficult to know their true potential. Interestingly, however, if you want to narrow your selection to companies that produce more than 100,000 cars… Continue reading China’s XPeng G9 Could Be the Best Electric SUV Around

The Chinese Spy Balloon Shows the Downsides of Spy Balloons

On Friday, United States secretary of state Antony Blinken said he was canceling a high-profile diplomatic visit to Beijing following the discovery of a large, high-altitude Chinese balloon that has been drifting over the US this week. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday that the airship is an off-course… Continue reading The Chinese Spy Balloon Shows the Downsides of Spy Balloons

Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet

After Netflix Spent years piloting different ways to crack down on password sharing, changes to its United States Help Center page this week seemed to indicate that the streaming giant had finally settled on a plan. But those tweaks quickly disappeared, leaving confusion and concern about potential changes to Netflix’s account-sharing policies. Now the company… Continue reading Netflix’s US Password-Sharing Crackdown Isn’t Happening—Yet

Fake Pictures of People of Color Won’t Fix AI Bias

Armed with a belief in technology’s generative potential, a growing faction of researchers and companies aims to solve the problem of bias in AI by creating artificial images of people of color. Proponents argue that AI-powered generators can rectify the diversity gaps in existing image databases by supplementing them with synthetic images. Some researchers are using… Continue reading Fake Pictures of People of Color Won’t Fix AI Bias

Spotted a UFO? There’s an App for That

The tech startup Enigma Labs wants to turn UFO sightings into data science.  Previously, people who had seen strange lights darting around the sky could do no more than tell their friends—or call intelligence agencies. Soon, anyone with a smartphone will be able to use an app to report an unexplainable event as it happens.… Continue reading Spotted a UFO? There’s an App for That