Former President Barack Obama recently said that Democrats need to make artificial intelligence one of their “central agendas” and “have a very clear plan” to address concerns around the technology’s economic impact and safety, according to The New York Times. Obama made these comments on Thursday, at Democratic fundraising event where he was interviewed by … Read more
By a show of hands, how many of you clean your power tools? I didn’t think so. Those Ryobi tools in the garage are built to handle life’s daily wear and tear, tackle DIY projects, and more, but when they get covered in dirt, sawdust, and other grime, a proper cleaning is more important than … Read more
The PSX was one of Sony’s flops that tried to do too much. Junko Kimura/Getty Images When looking back at the history of video games, the odd console curio is always fun to examine. Long before the Meta Quest cracked the VR market, Nintendo dipped its toes into virtual reality waters with the … Read more
Tucked inside the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max is Apple’s latest flagship processor — the A20 Pro. Like most recent silicon announcements, Apple had quite a lot to say about the new chip’s AI number-crunching capabilities, but the processor also quietly boasts significant improvements for everyday workloads. Apple even claims it “sets a … Read more
If you’ve been on the fence with whether to buy a NAS (network-attached storage) or not—let me show you a different way. ORICO’s latest 9948RC3 PRO DAS (direct-attached storage) system offers great transfer speeds, RAID, and more, all without a pesky network connection or custom operating system to deal with, and I actually really enjoyed … Read more
When it comes to Chinese AI labs using distillation techniques to extract knowledge from frontier model makers, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan is hoping regulators stay out of it. In fact, he thinks U.S. AI labs should perhaps play the same game. “I would do nothing,” he told CNBC in an interview earlier this week. … Read more
Keith Rabois has spent most of his 13-year career in venture capital associated with Khosla Ventures’ longtime home in Menlo Park, California. But that’s changing. Speaking Thursday night at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in New York’s West Village, Rabois confirmed that Khosla Ventures is opening its first-ever office outside Sand Hill Road. The new outpost will … Read more
You might not need one at all. Ahmadiliandy/Shutterstock If you’re looking to get the most out of your laptop, chances are good that the baseline number of included ports isn’t enough to get the job done. One of the easiest ways to remedy this is to get a docking station. However, many of … Read more
Cloud-based automation services such as Zapier and Make let you connect different services together to automate tasks without having to build everything from scratch. If you’d rather not have all your personal automations running in the cloud, n8n gives you a different option. Cloud automation comes with several issues Privacy and reliability are out of … Read more
When I see my colleagues writing about Android Auto, I get a sense of FOMO because my car simply doesn’t support it. In fact, I’ve never used it — I’ve only experienced it as a passenger in cars with more advanced capabilities than my own. This has left my smartphone as the only display I … Read more