Meta lost a lawsuit against the state of New Mexico last week, marking the first time that the company has been held liable by the court system for endangering child safety. This was a landmark decision on its own – but the next day, Meta lost another case when a jury in Los Angeles found…

March was a busy month for Apple. The company introduced a wave of new hardware, quietly pulled a long list of older products from its store, and — in two cases — killed off entire product lines without a direct replacement. It was the kind of housecleaning that Apple does periodically and with minimal fanfare,…

Major US technology companies have been named as potential targets as the war between Iran, Israel, and the United States begins to spill into the digital infrastructure that powers modern economies. Iranian state-linked media this week published a list of offices and infrastructure run by US companies with Israeli links whose technology has been used…

To build the autonomous machines of the future, sometimes your model needs a model.  Companies developing self-driving cars, robots manipulating the physical environment, or autonomous construction equipment collect thousands, if not millions, of hours of video data for evaluation and training.  Organizing and cataloging that video is now a job for humans, who have to…

SAVE 28%: As of March 31, you can get the 75-inch TCL Class QM8K Series 4K Mini-LED TV (2025 Model) for $1,447.99, down from $1,999.99 at Amazon. That’s a 28% discount or $552 off. $1,447.99 at Amazon $1,999.99 Save $552   No one actually needs a 75-inch TV, but if you’re someone who lives for…

Backblaze, a backup company that currently stores more than 1 exabyte of data, and therefore has considerable experience with hard drives, periodically publishes its drive statistics, which have some helpful numbers to consider. Unfortunately, what jumps out of that data is that longevity varies more by model than by manufacturer. That said, I suggest sticking…

Airbnb announced Tuesday it is expanding its services feature with a new category for car pick-ups across 125 cities around the world. The company is partnering with transportation company Welcome Pickups to let users book a private car service in cities including Paris, Bali, and Mexico City. The travel company said that it has been…