The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control
…People are always going to want to watch movies, and watching a movie and making a movie is different to making a TikTok video. I don't think these new platforms, social…
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Ikea’s New Smart Home Gear Is Taking Over My House
Ikea announced last year that its new lineup of smart home gadgets would be entirely Matter-compatible. That's a big deal, as the open source interoperability standard has Amazon, Apple, and…
My Blissful, Unbothered Life as a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Maximalist
…journal Computers in Human Behavior suggests that notifications, from social media platforms specifically, can cause hiccups in cognitive processing “lasting approximately seven seconds.” Since my smartphone is rarely further than a foot…
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web
…allow a new class of people within organizations to create applications—often with little security awareness and outside the usual software development processes that companies use to vet applications before they're…
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The Asus Zenbook 16 Delivers Great Performance in an Otherwise Mediocre Laptop
…Qualcomm has also been hard at work improving compatibility across applications, with more and more apps now running natively on the platform instead of via emulation. To achieve all this, however, battery…
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
…OpenAI is working with ex-Apple designer Jony Ive on new AI-powered devices designed to become smarter and more powerful collaborators than our smartphones, but details are scant on what these…
I Set Up My Own NAS Server, and It Was Surprisingly Easy
…Because the DH4300 Plus can run Docker, you can add just about any app you might want, and it’s quick and simple to install them. Docker is an open-source platform…
Here’s How to Choose Which Smart Home Assistant Is Best for Your Home
…These have never been my—or the WIRED AV experts’—favorite smart speakers, and Apple rarely releases new versions of these devices. Whenever I read about people loving their Apple Home setup…
Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data.
The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’
…And I am in news, I cover news. I read the news many, many times a day, and I cannot keep up. When you said 20 to 30 Watergate-level scandals, I…