Back Up Your Android Phone Now or You May Regret It
…Go to Settings, Back up or copy data. You can also get there via Settings, Security and Privacy, System and updates, Backup on most Android phones, or Settings, Accounts and backup for…
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Razer’s Bantamweight Viper V4 Pro Mouse Packs a Heavyweight Punch
…In precision-focused games like Counter-Strike 2 , the weight felt perfectly balanced to throw around without being so light that I lost control, and in fast-paced titles like Helldivers 2…
The Ridiculously Nerdy Intel Bet That Could Rake in Billions
…There’s the long-standing “product” side, where Intel designs and sells cost-efficient CPUs to PC makers and data centers; and the aspirational Foundry side, where Intel makes advanced semiconductors. Intel…
‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop
…Plus, our hosts go through the steps that the Trump administration is taking to control the upcoming midterm elections. Articles mentioned in this episode: Iran Threatens to Start Attacking Major US Tech…
Nick Clegg Doesn’t Want to Talk About Superintelligence
…British data center firm Nscale and education startup Efekta. Efekta, a spinout of Swiss company EF Education First, sells an AI-based teaching assistant that’s meant to adapt to a student…
Buying a Smart Smoke Detector Turns Out to Be a Little Dumb
…It's not smart the way a smart thermostat would be, since you can't meaningfully exert control over it over Wi-Fi. You'll simply get alerts on your smartphone of…
Trump’s Tech Posse in China, Who’s Winning in Musk v. Altman, and Hantavirus Conspiracy Theories
…Testifying for the first time in the landmark trial, Altman said that it was Musk who had sought to seize control of OpenAI and make money from it. Zoë Schiffer: Brian, Leah…
Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
…While its nonprofit arm controls the company, it created a for-profit arm to raise outside capital, and now it's trying to become a public benefit corporation. OpenAI has denied the…
Taylor Lorenz’s Screen Time Is Almost 17 Hours a Day
…Because we don't have any sort of coherent tech policy that would give us the ability to exert control over our feeds, I feel like I just have to constantly make…
The Romance Scammer Who Made a Small Fortune Posing as a WWE Superstar
…They spoke so much that Chibuike used to run out of data and had to hang up, buy more, and call her back. They also sang songs together. “She had an Alexa…