Nothing says summer like a day on the water. Be it sailing, kayaking, canoeing, rowing, inner tubing, or some other method of floating, getting to the liquid is the time-honored way to stay cool in the heat. Of all the ways you can get on the water, one of the easiest, and most fun, is… Continue reading Bote’s Inflatable Stand-Up Paddleboard Packs Big Summer Fun
Author: Wired Magazine
Robocalls Are (Finally) Being Shaken Up
Hey, have you heard that your car’s extended warranty is about to expire? That’s what the disembodied robot voice on the other end of the phone wants you to think, anyway. Fortunately, these incessant spam calls may soon be getting less frequent. This week, the US Federal Communications Commission closed a loophole in a policy… Continue reading Robocalls Are (Finally) Being Shaken Up
The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action
Today, in a ruling on a nonexistent plan with nonexistent harms to the people who brought the suit, the Supreme Court took an opportunity to curb the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the power sector’s carbon emissions. In a summer of big decisions from the US Supreme Court, West Virginia v. Environmental… Continue reading The Supreme Court Is Jeopardizing Federal Climate Action
The Fight Over Which Uses of AI Europe Should Outlaw
In 2019, guards on the borders of Greece, Hungary, and Latvia began testing an artificial-intelligence-powered lie detector. The system, called iBorderCtrl, analyzed facial movements to attempt to spot signs a person was lying to a border agent. The trial was propelled by nearly $5 million in European Union research funding, and almost 20 years of… Continue reading The Fight Over Which Uses of AI Europe Should Outlaw
A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
An unusually advanced hacking group has spent almost two years infecting a wide range of routers in North America and Europe with malware that takes full control of connected devices running Windows, macOS, and Linux, researchers reported on June 28. So far, researchers from Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs say they’ve identified at least 80… Continue reading A New, Remarkably Sophisticated Malware Is Attacking Routers
How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
In future cases, the Supreme Court continued to acknowledge that its heightened protection for privacy rights was a product of substantive due process review while insisting that this was consistent with the rejection of Lochner because it applied only to “fundamental” liberty interests. As a result, the court’s doctrine required differentiating “fundamental” liberty interests, for… Continue reading How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
The Best Electric Cargo Bikes for Families
There are a number of physical, philosophical, environmental, and logistical reasons why it’s better to hop on a bike than it is to drive a car. Gas prices are rising. The Earth is on fire. And yet, somehow, it’s easy to ignore all this when you’re late to work and have yet to wrestle pants… Continue reading The Best Electric Cargo Bikes for Families
B&W’s Px7 S2 Headphones Set a High Bar for Sound
It’s one thing to pick a fight with the biggest kid in the playground. It’s quite another to attempt to do it on your own terms. But with its new Px7 S2 wireless over-ear headphones, Bowers & Wilkins has basically squared up to Sony and enquired as to whether or not the Japanese behemoth would… Continue reading B&W’s Px7 S2 Headphones Set a High Bar for Sound
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV Is Astonishingly Aerodynamic
Hyundai is on a roll. Global sales are up 4 percent, despite ongoing pandemic and supply chain issues, and sales outside of its native South Korea are up an impressive 7 percent. Then there is the small matter of awards. Of the top three 2022 World Car of the Year finalists, an accolade conferred by… Continue reading The Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV Is Astonishingly Aerodynamic
‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm
Customers of some phone companies in Germany, including Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, have had a slightly different browsing experience from those on other providers since early April. Rather than seeing ads through regular third-party tracking cookies stored on devices, they’ve been part of a trial called TrustPid. TrustPid allows mobile carriers to generate pseudo-anonymous tokens… Continue reading ‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm