Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts
“The biggest [drawback] is that they are probabilistic prediction machines and will get it wrong in ways that aren’t just ‘that’s the wrong…
3D-printed “ghost gun” ring comes to my community—and leaves a man dead
It’s a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief…
Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software?
Comparison of webcam software features available to Canon’s “PRO” and “Free” users. Credit: Roman Zipp/Canon Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is available Comparison of webcam…
The 8 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2025
The brand behind the monitor is Koorui, a three-year-old Chinese firm whose website currently lists monitors and keyboards. Koorui hasn’t confirmed when it…
Three bizarre home devices and a couple good things at CES 2025
And yet, this week, in a CES-adjacent announcement, Google reminded me that Matter can really, uh, matter. All of Google Home’s hub devices—Nest…
Same CPU, slower GPU and NPU: Meet the rest of Intel’s Core Ultra 200 laptop chips
Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series is currently bifurcated between two architectures: Lunar Lake, which powers the Core Ultra 200V series of laptop chips;…
Bob Dylan has some Dylanesque thoughts on the “sorcery” of technology
We might expect someone like Dylan, immersed as he has always been in folk songs, old standards, and American history, to bemoan the…
Cyanotype Photography: A Comprehensive Guide
A Post By: Ana Mireles Are you looking to try cyanotype photography but don’t know where to start? Keep on reading. Read moreDrupal…
Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom
It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation,…
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
John Lopatka, a former consultant to the FTC who now teaches antitrust law at Penn State, told ProPublica that the Microsoft actions detailed…
The Backbone One would be an ideal game controller—if the iPhone had more games
In theory, it ought to be as good a time as ever to be a gamer on the iPhone. Classic console emulators have…
Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds
Startup Embodied is closing down, and its product, an $800 robot for kids ages 5 to 10, will soon be bricked. Embodied blamed…
Two European satellites launch on mission to blot out the Sun—for science
Two spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency launched on top of an Indian rocket Thursday, kicking off a mission to test novel…
The good, the bad, and the ugly behind the push for more smart displays
After a couple of years without much happening, smart displays are in the news again. Aside from smart TVs, consumer screens that connect…
An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s operating system
Per The Trade Desk, Ventura’s other top “benefits” will include a “cleaner supply chain for streaming TV advertising, minimizing supply chain hops and…