The letters I get from companies informing me of a data breach exposing my information vary in their apologetic language, with some groveling more than others for the carelessness. But I’ve yet to see one lead off with a commitment to keep less of my data.
That’s despite years of advice from privacy professionals about the importance of data-minimization practices—as in, minimizing the data you retain to limit the potential damage from a data breach.
Coda is surprisingly useful. It’s more powerful than Google Docs and more flexible than Airtable or Notion. You can use Coda to manage projects, organize research, or make interactive, collaborative documents. And as of October it has the most robust AI features of any document tool. (More on the new AI features below. Coda is so useful that I’m surprised how few people I know talk about it. Read on for Coda’s best features, example docs, and caveats.
Well, this is a handy trick. My sixth-generation iPad Mini is now pulling double duty as a portable TV.
That’s thanks to the free and excellent Orion app, which, when paired with an inexpensive USB-C to HDMI adapter, turns any compatible iPad into a display capable of connecting to just about any output device.
Here’s how it works.
Do you ever feel like if you were to ask a coworker how they’re doing, you’d open a Pandora’s box that robs you of getting work done?
You’re not alone.
Since COVID-19, things beyond our control constantly get in the way of work. The pandemic itself pushed us out of our offices. That was followed by the presidential election, the war in Ukraine, the BLM movement, the stop-the-Asian-hate hashtag, the Supreme Court abortion ruling, and now the terr
Ah, the digital detox—much discussed, harder to come by. In recent years, stepping away from smartphones has carried a hefty price tag and an exclusive air, from international retreats to slimmed-down devices, like Kendrick Lamar’s recent limited-edition Light 2 (which sold out in a day).
But an unlikely champion dares to ask: What if curtailing the ubiquity of the smartphone looked a little less glamorous? Less 2080, more 2008?
The Iris Flip, a new feature p
As we come to the end of a year marked by hype and turmoil, it’s becoming more and more clear that artificial intelligence isn’t magic. No amount of holiday wishing will suddenly give AI the power to put the perfect gift under the Christmas tree—or fuel meaningful automated experiences all eight nights of Hanukkah.
But that doesn’t mean AI and automation can’t make the holidays a little brighter for businesses. In fact, the areas where AI has prove
Porch piracy—the theft of packages delivered when the consumer isn’t home—is a $20 billion annual problem that last year included the disappearance of some 260 million packages, according to a CNBC report.
As the retail economy heads into the holiday shopping season, merchants and law-enforcement officials are bracing for a surge as we prepare to ship almost 3.5 billion packages across the U.S. alone.
The problem is straining retail and local law-enfor
In Morgan Housel’s new book, Same as Ever: A Guide To What Never Changes, he posits that we should stop trying to predict the future. Instead, we should use what we know from the past to help us react to changes as they inevitably come up. After writing the bestseller The Psychology of Money where he looked at spending habits to understand how people make sense of the world, Housel decided to address the collective. “I think in some ways The Psychology of Money is an exploration
Quantum advantage is the milestone the field of quantum computing is fervently working toward, where a quantum computer can solve problems that are beyond the reach of the most powerful non-quantum, or classical, computers.
Quantum refers to the scale of atoms and molecules where the laws of physics as we experience them break down and a different, counterintuitive set of laws apply. Quantum computers take advantage of these strange behaviors to solve problems.
There are s
Before the Chromebook’s “Everything” key, the PC’s Windows key, and even the Mac’s cloverleaf-like “Command” key, the Apple II keyboard’s space bar was flanked by two modifier keys bearing Apple’s iconic logomark. On the left sat a black silhouette of the apple known “Closed Apple,” and on the right, a hollow outline called “Open Apple.”
In the decades since the Apple II’s heyday, the d