I've been using Google's AI-powered research assistant, NotebookLM, since before most people knew it existed. I'm talking about the time when it was still tucked away in Google Labs. If you aren't ...

Usually I type my initial thoughts for these columns on a computer, but this week I wrote them in a paper notebook instead. I’ve never been much of a paper person. Although I did carry around a ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 28-year-old Mwangi Wanjau, who is from Kenya and based in Canada. The following has been edited for length and clarity. My parents named me Mwangi ...

I’m a smart home expert. Writing about smart home technology, smart devices, and voice assistants is my job. Yet, I don’t remember the last time I actually spoke with Alexa. Just to be clear, I don’t ...

As much as I dislike AI, it’s hard to disagree that it has its use cases. As a purely scientific tool, it’s a great way to sweep through troves of documents, research reports, news, and distill trends ...

Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...

Has this happened to anyone else? Just last night I was chilling in front of my desktop PC, hands on my Steam Controller (using it to avoid excessive mousing/RSI issues), browsing forums, YouTube etc.