Tech/Gear

Ever settle in for movie night, hit play, and thirty seconds later, the picture dissolves into a blurry mess of pixels? You restart the app. You restart the router. You're paying for a fast internet plan, so what gives?Before you spend forty minutes on hold with your provider, there's something you should know: the problem might not be your connection speed at all. It might be your internet provider putting […]

A busy warehouse loading dock can be a grind. Trucks pull up. Packages pour in. Workers have to move fast, lift heavy boxes and keep everything flowing before the next trailer arrives. That part of the warehouse has always been one of the hardest places to automate. Every box can be a different size. Freight can shift in transit. Labels may face the wrong way. And when one system finishes […]

Buying a hunting or fishing license should feel like one of the safest things you do online. You pick the license, pay for it and get ready for your next trip outdoors. But now, a cyberattack tied to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has put personal information for more than three million license customers at risk.The agency says the attack hit a vendor that handles the sale of hunting […]

A routine heart test may be hiding a warning sign that doctors have missed for years. That is the big takeaway from new UC Berkeley research published in Nature. Researchers trained an artificial intelligence model to study ECGs, also called EKGs, and look for patterns tied to sudden cardiac death.This is the scary part. Sudden cardiac arrest can strike people with known heart problems. However, it can also hit younger […]

The security step many of us trust most may not protect us the way we think. The FBI is warning about an emerging phishing-as-a-service platform called Kali365. It targets Microsoft 365 accounts, including Outlook, Teams and OneDrive.That alone sounds bad. The scarier part is how it works. This scam can get into your account without stealing your password. Even with multifactor authentication turned on, one wrong device-code approval could give […]

Midjourney made its name by turning text prompts into stunning AI images. Now it wants to scan your body while you stand in warm water. Yes, really.The company has announced Midjourney Medical, a new division focused on a full-body ultrasound scanner. Midjourney says the goal is to make body scans faster, cheaper and easier to get.The basic idea is this. You step onto a platform in a shallow pool. Then […]

A plain white envelope shows up in your mailbox. It is addressed to you. It may even have a tracking number. The sender's name looks unfamiliar, but the delivery seems real. Then you open it. Nothing is inside. No note. No product. No explanation.That would make anyone curious. And that is exactly what scammers may be counting on. Investigators and consumer protection groups have warned that empty envelopes and mystery […]

Apple has started charging more for some of its products, and AI is one of the big reasons why. The increases apply to select iPads and MacBooks, along with HomePod speakers and Apple TV devices. Apple's own store pages now show higher prices on several models than earlier launch materials listed. The iPhone was not included in this round, but analysts warn that may not last.Apple says it can no […]

IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Waymo recalls robotaxis over construction-zone risk- Reporter's Notebook: Lawmakers wrestle over whether AI can make the grade in America's classrooms- OPINION: China is building an AI war machine. Washington must wake up before it’s too lateCONES IGNORED: Waymo has filed a voluntary recall affecting 3,871 vehicles equipped with its 5th Generation Automated Driving System. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the software may allow a […]