In 2020, Apple managed the impossible: it made chipsets sexy. People actually talked about processors. But the release of the M1 did more than get public attention, it also shook up the whole computing industry. The chip helped Apple’s Macbooks deliver incredible performance and battery life — outstripping its competitors along the way. That latter point may not be true any longer, because Intel just announced its new 12th-generation Core mobile processor range, one of which it claims to be the
Bill Gates was 21 when he and Paul Allen registered Microsoft. Steve Jobs was 22 when he and Steve Wozniak launched Apple. Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in his Harvard dormitory. The biographies of these tech billionaires who achieved great success in their twenties have helped cement the perception that entrepreneurship is a young person’s game. Not true. Such stories are the exception rather than the norm. Starting young can have some clear advantages. For one thing, it gives you much more
Smart glasses are now dime a dozen, but there are very few that you can buy and even fewer that have an attractive use case. TCL’s new NXTWEAR AIR glasses could be one of them. The most appealing feature of the pair is projecting a 140-inch virtual screen in front of your eyes, to privately watch whatever you like with a movie-theater experience. Think of it as your personal projector you can move around with. However, there are no AR features, so don’t expect any of that trickery. The company l
Brands are investing a lot of time and money in promoting themselves online, and with this many resources put into it, you gotta make sure the results are paying off. Now, among all the social platforms out there, there’s one that rules them all when it comes to engagement, and that’s the almighty Instagram. And because of such a huge interest, the team from Socialinsider, together with Sked Social, conducted an Instagram engagement study, by analyzing 102 million posts, where they compared Inst
If you’ve read any of my ebike reviews, you know I tend to gravitate toward ebikes that enhance the cycling experience, rather than approximate a moped (there’s nothing wrong with the latter, mind you; it’s just my preference). Ebike maker Aventon today announced a new bike in the former category called the Soltera, starting at $1,199. It looks like an enticing new option for those who want a bike that mostly looks and feels like a regular bike, while still maintaining some of the niceties you’d
It’s that time of year again. CES is almost here and that means we’re about to receive on onslaught of new robot technology. Most of it’s going to be awful, some of it’s going to be amazing, and all of it’s going to be over-hyped because, hey, it’s Vegas. Based on the contents of the dumpster fire that is my inbox, home robots are going to make a huge splash at CES. And, following a year in which Elon Musk debuted a spandex-clad human as a prototype for the Tesla Robot, we imagine some of the cl
Mercedes’ EQXX concept vehicle is definitely a looker, but what’s really striking about it is its very, very, long range. Specifically, the automaker claims its EV is good for 1,000km on a single charge — that’s enough to take you from Paris to London, for instance. And back. It sure looks like an elegant sporty sedan. Credit: Mercedes According to Mercedes, EQXX’s whopping range is the result of efficiency-optimizing innovations, starting with a new proprietary drivetrain that delivers 95% of t
READER QUESTION: My understanding is that nothing comes from nothing. For something to exist, there must be material or a component available, and for them to be available, there must be something else available. Now my question: Where did the material come from that created the Big Bang, and what happened in the first instance to create that material? Peter, 80, Australia. “The last star will slowly cool and fade away. With its passing, the universe will become once more a void, without light o
Silicon Valley’s trial of the century came to a close on Monday, when Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud. The disgraced entrepreneur has had a remarkable rise and fall. After dropping out of Stanford to found blood-testing startup Theranos at the age of 19, Holmes was named the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire in 2014. Her company, meanwhile, had reached a valuation of around $9 billion. Just four years later, however, Theranos had coll
It’s been a busy week for Hyundai, who had to refute claims it was breaking up with hydrogen. This week, we saw yet another claim by an “industry insider” that Hyundai had suspended their R&D in 3rd generation hydrogen fuelcells. An article by Korean news outlet Chosun Biz claimed that Hyundai had suspended R&D in 3rd generation hydrogen fuel cells due to technical problems and a lack of marketability. That’s apparently not true; an unnamed Hyundai Motor official issued a statement today to the