Google’s Pixel earphones are a solid answer to Apple’s AirPods Pro

With its new Pixel Buds Pro earbuds, Google now has a solid competitor to Apple’s popular AirPods Pro.

The Pixel Buds Pro are Google’s fourth earbuds product since entering the category in 2017, and they’re the first to offer active noise cancellation, as the AirPods Pro already do. Google will sell the new buds for $199 retail (AirPods Pro retail for

A major publishing lawsuit would cement surveillance into the future of libraries

Amid the inflection point of library digitization, publishing corporations want to reduce and redefine the role that libraries play in our society. Their suit seeks to halt loans of legally purchased and

The ultimate guide to Google’s time-saving keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are pure geek gold. And if there’s one company that’s filled with efficiency-appreciating eggheads, it’s Google.

So it’s no surprise that Google’s browser-based apps are absolutely overflowing with ways to accomplish tasks by pressing a key or two. And beyond the most broadly known keystrokes lies a web of easily overlooked treasures that’ll save you mountains of time.

From Gmail to Calendar and Photos to YouTube, here

How to stop the tech layoff cycle from happening again

We’re all scared, and we should be. Thousands of people in our industry have lost their jobs, and thousands more may still do so. But it’s not surprising, or ahistorical, or anything other than the same cycle of hubris that high-growth companies has been experiencing for years. Layoffs come seemingly every year or two, after major tech companies like Tesla (

Meta’s business takes a dive as it pivots away from old-school social networking

For years, even with concerns over privacy and content moderation lingering in the background, Meta has managed to grow its sales. But that stunning growth appears to be ending.

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Instagram keeps trying to be TikTok. Fight back with these 2 simple hacks

Earlier this week, Instagram users who have become increasingly frustrated over the app’s not-so-subtle attempts to mimic TikTok found a powerful ally in Kylie Jenner. The beauty influencer reshared a rallying cry to “Make Instagram Instagram Again,” an image that had been circulating on the platform along with a Change.org petition that has been s

A Russian ISS exit could give NASA a hangover—then leave cosmonauts grounded

Four decades of international cooperation in space now look primed to become yet another casualty of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The newly-appointed head of Russia’s space agency said on Tuesday that after 2024, the country would leave the International Space Station that it helped build and jointly operates with the U.S., Europe, Japan and Canada.

“The decisio

A judge ruled that Uber doesn’t need to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles in every market

Uber isn’t violating federal law by not providing wheelchair-accessible vehicles in all of its markets, a U.S. judge said this week.

U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco ruled on Monday against two plaintiffs from New Orleans and one from Jackson, Mississippi, who use electric wheelchairs and argued that the ride-hailing company’s failure to provide accessible

As temperatures rise, the White House launches new extreme heat site

As parts of the world are boiling under record heat, and as the Biden administration’s ambitious climate plans fizzle out, the White House has rolled out a new website to help communities prepare themselves for hotter, deadlier temperatures.

According to the site, heat.gov, more than 39 million people in the U.S. faced extreme heat alerts when it launched on Tuesday, or about one in 10 residents. As one of i

Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you

The U.S. has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in hotels, restaurants, malls and offices. They’re also used to 


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