The Secret to Amelia Dimoldenberg’s Online Superstardom? Control
…I don't think these new platforms, social media platforms, coming up means that they're going to take over that space necessarily. I just think that people need to understand that…
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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
…Where applications were publicly accessible, that reflects a user configuration choice, not a platform vulnerability.” Brodie also noted that “it is trivially easy to fabricate applications that appear to contain real user…
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…
Redditors Are Using AI to Beat Obscene World Cup Ticket Prices
…On May 27, the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey subpoenaed FIFA as part of an investigation into its ticketing practices. This system has led to many resellers profiting—and…
There Aren’t a Lot of Reasons to Get Excited About a New Amazon Smartphone
…Such a move suggests this new smartphone could run Android; however, the Reuters report indicates that Transformer might have an AI interface that would “eliminate the need for traditional app stores.” Generative…
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
…company’s public privacy policy applies only to people who visit its marketing website, not to job applicants, whose data is processed through HireVue’s HR platform under consent controls configured by…
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…