Twenty-five years ago, I sat near the front of the room while then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs rolled out Apple’s digital hub strategy, a vision in which the Mac would become the central manager of all manner of portable digital devices. Now, a quarter of a century later, nearly all of thoseContinue Reading
Adobe on Wednesday unveiled a range of updates to Acrobat, including the ability to turn PDF documents into interactive visual reports and podcasts. And a new Knowledge Base feature connects Adobe’s Acrobat AI assistant to document sources such as Microsoft SharePoint and Google Drive. It’s the biggest Acrobat update inContinue Reading
Air travelers are more connected to their mobile devices than ever, and often have to work while in transit. Whether that means making a phone call in the boarding area or editing a document during a flight, this work can often jeopardize the chance to refuel with food. United AirlinesContinue Reading
In July 2026, Air Canada became yet another carrier that announced basic fares for premium cabins. These new business class basic and premium economy basic fares were introduced on July 28, and Air Canada is following the industry trend in unbundling its premium cabins. These include fewer benefits than theContinue Reading
When we benchmarked DLSS 5 across the entire RTX 50 series last week with no frame generation inflating the charts, the numbers were bleak enough on their own. An RTX 5090 fell from 192 FPS to 76 FPS at 4K. An RTX 5060 Ti dropped from 129 FPS to 46 FPS at 1440p.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Written by William Farrand, Senior Research Scientist, Space Science Institute Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 The span of sols spanned by this blog post is noteworthy in several ways. First, Curiosity became a world-class (for Mars at least) mountaineer by passing the 1 kilometer mark of elevation from its landing site on the floorContinue Reading
HQ Web Team Sep 08, 2026 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features: a vast central void and a shell of dense, dusty gas. The central void is a ‘superbubble’ spanning roughly 210 by 140 light-yearsContinue Reading
One of the natural side effects of flooding the zone with hastily hired, poorly trained immigration enforcement officers is an increase in violence and rights violations. Christian Castro may not have been a new ICE hire, but he’d been there long enough to realize the new White House boss hadContinue Reading
Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla has launched its self-driving robotaxi, named ‘Cybercab,’ in the US state of Texas. With the Cybercab, Tesla aims to compete with taxi companies such as Uber and Waymo, a subsidiary of Google’s owner, Alphabet. The long-awaited launch of Tesla’s Cybercab, an event that has been in the works for nearly two years…Continue Reading
There is no dearth of note taking apps for Linux. There are tools like Obsidian that are local first, tools like Joplin that are both local and cloud but not encrypted. There are also collaborative tools like Etherpad that put encrypted notes on a remote server. And then I comeContinue Reading
Late-breaking reports suggest Apple has built a new Siri AI ‘Recaps’ feature that summarizes your day for you. The idea sounds great until you recognize that this summary will also include overheard conversations. Suspending the huge red flag of concern over privacy and data protection for a moment or two, why wouldContinue Reading
AI note-taking applications are increasingly used by workers to record meetings, generate conversation summaries and suggest post-meeting action items. Along with the promised productivity benefits — enabling users to focus on meetings rather than actively taking notes — the emergence of these AI tools has raised privacy questions, particularly around obtainingContinue Reading
BELHAVEN, N.C. (AP) — The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on tender buds emerging from dense shrubs. Black bears scrounge for roots, insects and other edibles. It’s an idyllic setting in North Carolina’s Inner Banks, where fieldsContinue Reading