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    The Connected Customer Experience

    “The connected customer experience” explores how people’s feelings and expectations have changed over the course of the pandemic—and what that means for how companies engage...
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    Differentiate with cloud power

    Cloud-powered services create benefits for all types of companies, yet most enterprises are merely scratching the surface of what’s possible in the cloud. According to...
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    How to Manage Third Party Risk

    The adoption of digital transformation, cloud computing, and Infrastructure as a Service all have brought business new found success. However as an unintended consequence nearly...
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    • Will AI lead to shorter workweeks? Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and others say yes

      Speaking to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show recently, Gates predicted a future in which humans will no longer be necessary "for most things" because of advanced AI. It's a view shared by Elon Musk, who in 2023 told then-UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that artificial intelligence will eventually replace...Read Entire Article

    • China's AI craze has led to empty data centers and falling GPU rentals

      Xiao Li, a former real estate contractor who pivoted to AI infrastructure in 2023, has witnessed this transformation firsthand through the fluctuating demand for Nvidia GPUs. A year ago, traders in his network boasted about acquiring high-performance Nvidia GPUs despite U.S. export restrictions. Many of these chips were illegally funneled...Read Entire Article

    • The Weird World of AI Hallucinations: When AI Makes Things Up

      When an algorithmic system generates information that seems plausible but is actually inaccurate or misleading, computer scientists call it an AI hallucination.Read Entire Article

    • Facebook introduces Friends-only tab to recapture its original appeal

      Facebook today isn't the platform it once was. Many people complain that they rarely spot posts from actual friends on their feeds, lost in an algorithmic sea of sponsored content, group posts, and other recommendations from various pages and accounts – most of which elicit a "why am I being...Read Entire Article

    • Jensen Huang anticipates 20% performance boost from gate-all-around transistors

      During a Q&A session at the GPU Technology Conference, Huang estimated a roughly 20% performance uplift from transitioning to GAA architecture. His comments offer an early indication of the company's expectations for future graphics chip designs.Read Entire Article

    • Pluripotent stem cells aid partial motor recovery in spinal cord injury patients

      Researchers at Keio University have begun using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) to treat and maybe even cure severe spinal cord injuries. The iPS technology was first conceived by Shinya Yamanaka in 2006, who later received the Nobel Prize with John Gurdon for discovering that they could reprogram adult cells...Read Entire Article

    • Nintendo will soon let you loan your digital games to your friends

      For the first time ever, Nintendo is hosting two Nintendo Direct events almost back-to-back. The first was today, featuring everything coming to the Switch (masthead). The second is set for April 2 – less than a week away. That one will focus solely on the upcoming Switch 2.Read Entire Article

    • Microsoft's ReFS file system resurfaces in latest Windows 11 build

      At last, Microsoft appears to be taking action with its Resilient File System (ReFS) technology. Despite being 14 years old, the storage format remains largely unfamiliar to most Windows users. However, it is now being offered as an optional choice in a recent Windows 11 preview build.Read Entire Article

    • TikTok ban loses momentum as fewer Americans view it as a security threat

      Among those who support a ban, data security and the platform's Chinese ownership were cited as top concerns. Others took issue with the amount of inaccurate information on TikTok and the belief that some people spend too much time on the platform.Read Entire Article

    • Fear and favor are bringing advertisers back to X under Musk

      In November 2023, IBM suspended its advertising on former X, formerly Twitter, after a report from a media watchdog said one of its ads appeared next to posts that promoted Hitler and the Nazi party.Read Entire Article

    • Google confirms Android development will soon become fully private

      Google told Android Authority that it will move all Android development to its internal branches next week, marking a significant shift from the system that has been in place for nearly 16 years. Currently, part of the development occurs on the public AOSP Gerrit, while the rest is done privately.Read Entire Article

    • Ryzen 5 9600X gets a major price cut and a second chance

      Featuring 6 cores and 12 threads, the Ryzen 5 9600X is a solid mainstream CPU that's now available at its lowest price yet, $223 on Amazon. We weren't kind to the 9600X in our launch review, but that's because it was far more expensive than the 7600X it was replacing. Now that they're nearly a match, it's worth taking a look.Read Entire Article

    • Dwingeloo to Venus: Report of a Successful Bounce

      Radio waves travel fast, and they can bounce, too. If you are able to operate a 25-meter dish, a transmitter, a solid software-defined radio, and an atomic clock, the answer …read more

    • Scanning Film The Way It Was Meant To Be

      Scanning a film negative is as simple as holding it up against a light source and photographing the result. But should you try such a straightforward method with color negatives …read more

    • AqMood is an Air Quality Monitor with an Attitude

      You take your air quality seriously, so shouldn’t your monitoring hardware? If you’re breathing in nasty VOCs or dust, surely a little blinking LED isn’t enough to express your displeasure …read more

    • Half The Reflow Oven You Expected

      Toaster oven reflow projects are such a done deal that there should be nothing new in one here in 2025. Take a toaster oven, an Arduino, and a thermocouple, and …read more

    • An Inexpensive Way to Break Down Plastic

      Plastic has been a revolutionary material over the past century, with an uncountable number of uses and an incredibly low price to boot. Unfortunately, this low cost has led to …read more

    • Inside a Fake WiFi Repeater

      Over the years we have seen a lot of fake electronics, ranging from fake power saving devices that you plug into an outlet, to fake car ECU optimizers that you …read more

    • Your Badminton Racket Needs Restringing? There’s a DIY Machine for That

      We don’t often get our badminton rackets restrung, but if we did, [kuokuo702]’s PicoBETH project would be where we’d turn. This is a neat machine build for a very niche …read more

    • Enjoy the best view in the house with this lightweight $23 telescope

      TL;DR: Make sure you always have a good view with the high definition monocular telescope, now $22.97, 58% off, through April 27. Planning on spending more time outside this spring? If you want a better view of birds you encounter on a walk or need to scope the scene for predators on a hike, a telescope comes in handy. — Read the rest The post Enjoy the best view in the house with this lightweight $23 telescope appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar for a big loss (but more than a dollar)

      A decade after buying Family Dollar for $8bn, Dollar Tree is selling its onetime competitor for $1bn. The marriage didn't work out: it turns out there wasn't space for both a "strict" dollar store chain (though Dollar Tree now sells things for $1.25) and a "loose" dollar store chain (Family Dollar sells any old junk at any old price) in a world which also contains Dollar General. — Read the rest The post Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar for a big loss (but more than a dollar) appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Feisty 106-year Texan speaks out against ageism at airports: "I know what's going on!" (video)

      Cretora Biggerstaff is a sharp 106-year-young passenger from Houston who travels to Florida twice a year with her daughter — but says the airlines flag her every time she flies. "I know what the majority of people think, 'Oh, she's 106, she's probably…in a wheelchair, doesn't know what she's doing," the vibrant centenarian told Fox 26 Houston. — Read the rest The post Feisty 106-year Texan speaks out against ageism at airports: "I know what's going on!" (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Miraculous communion wafer just infested with bacteria

      Red marks on a communion wafer were thought by parishioners in St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Morris, Indiana, to be a miraculous sign of divine presence. The blood of Christ turned out, however, to be bacteria. The discovery at St. — Read the rest The post Miraculous communion wafer just infested with bacteria appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Learn FPGA development with the OneChipBook-12

      I always wanted to get into FPGA development, on the cutting edge of retrogaming authenticity, but simply trying to comprehend the OneChipBook-12's product page convinces me that I might be better off sticking with emulators and fantasy consoles. The device is a laptop form factor dev platform with the programmable Cyclone EP1C12Q240 core, 12,060 logic elements and 239,616 bits of RAM and designed for hardware programming learners, which I have just decided I am not. — Read the rest The post Learn FPGA development with the OneChipBook-12 appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video)

      Heidi Markow, proprietor of Easton, Pennsylvania's Salvage Goods Antiques, was at a collector's auction buying stuff for resale when a little drawing caught her fancy. See it in the video below. "I didn't know what it was, I just knew that I wanted it," Markow said. — Read the rest The post Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Watch this collection of all David Lynch's surreal TV commercials (video)

      From Federico Fellini to Spike Jonez and Ridley Scott, many great film directors have taken their talent to Madison Avenue to create television commercials. Indeed, David Lynch famously delivered his cinematic surrealism in spots for Calvin Klein's Obsession fragrance, Alka-Seltzer, Barilla Pasta, Parisienne cigarettes, Clear Blue Easy pregnancy tests, and more. — Read the rest The post Watch this collection of all David Lynch's surreal TV commercials (video) appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Give your water a hydrogen boost with this water bottle, now 45% off

      TL;DR: This high-tech Aquaala Hydrogen Infuser water bottle may offer health benefits, and now it's just $37.99 (reg. $69).  If your social media algorithms tend to incorporate the latest health trends, you've likely seen some hydrogen-infused water bottles. You may have skipped right past them due to their wildly high prices, but the Aquaala Hydrogen Infuser water bottle is setting out to change that.  — Read the rest The post Give your water a hydrogen boost with this water bottle, now 45% off appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Oh look, just two regular folks taking a leisurely stroll away from their car on train tracks

      Two people in Belgium calmly walked away from their car stuck on railroad tracks just seconds before a train demolished it — but their suspiciously unhurried behavior has led to skepticism about whether it was truly an accident. The incident, captured on video in Liege and shared by Belgium's state railway company Infrabel, shows the occupants taking their time to exit and close the car doors as the train approaches. — Read the rest The post Oh look, just two regular folks taking a leisurely stroll away from their car on train tracks appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Sleeping squirrels are helping NASA get humans ready for space migration

      If humanity is to become a spacefaring civilization, we'll need to sort out how to get a lot of sleep in space. After all, with today's technology, it would take around nine months just to get to Mars. The ability for humans to hibernate would be quite helpful for longer space journeys. — Read the rest The post Sleeping squirrels are helping NASA get humans ready for space migration appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • In 1974 a man ordered a pizza using a computer voice synthesizer

      A man with the inability to speak made history in 1974 by ordering a pizza over the phone using a voice synthesizer. The call took place at Michigan State University's Artificial Language Laboratory on December 4, 1974. Donald Sherman, who has Moebius Syndrome Syndrome had never before been able to order pizza by phone, used a Votrax voice synthesizer system designed by researchers John Eulenberg and J.J. — Read the rest The post In 1974 a man ordered a pizza using a computer voice synthesizer appeared first on Boing Boing.

    • Premium digital detox with the Light Phone III

      The Light Phone II was my favorite high-end dumphone, taking over from the Punkt, and the Light Phone III (previously) changes the worst thing about it—the slow e-ink display (which I thought I'd love) is now a fast OLED one. — Read the rest The post Premium digital detox with the Light Phone III appeared first on Boing Boing.

      • iPhone fold display when open rumored to retain a familiar aspect ratio

        A new leak claims that the fully folded out display of the expected iPhone Fold will be in the same aspect ratio as older models of the iPad.Render of a possible iPhone foldAmong the myriad rumors about the iPhone fold, there have been multiple ones about the size of its display. One claim was that it would resembler two 6.1-inch iPhones folded together, and that may now have been backed up by a new rumor.Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station says that the iPhone fold screen will retain an approximately 4:3 aspect ratio. It will have a customized screen size, so not precisely 4:3, but still roughly in line with the same shape as the majority of iPads Apple has made until recently. Rumor Score: 🤔 Possible Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • WWDC, Apple Watch cameras, and iOS 19 redesign on the AppleInsider Podcast

        Apple has announced when its annual WWDC will take place and already there are rumors and possibly wishful thinking about the iOS 19 redesign. That, and the Apple Watch may get cameras, for some reason, all on the AppleInsider Podcast.WWDC is coming on June 9While we still have to wait weeks for WWDC and its unveiling of the new iOS 19 and so much more, Apple has at least released a cable for us to enjoy. Okay, its a USB-C to audio jack cable that is for how AirPods Max to provide lossless audio — and yet it's not enough to make the headphones a good buy again. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Inside Apple News - How to get the most out of your curated news, sports, & puzzles feed

        The appeal of Apple News lies in its approach to delivering content that matters. With a mix of algorithmic curation and human editorial input, Apple News aims to provide a balanced news experience.Apple NewsApple News isn't just another news app. It's designed to help users stay informed, entertained, and engaged. Whether you casually browse headlines or seek in-depth reporting, the app delivers tailored content that aligns with your interests.From customizable feeds to premium articles through Apple News+, the platform offers a dynamic experience beyond traditional news consumption. Features like audio stories, puzzles, recipes, and local news integration ensure you're always connected to the stories that matter anytime, anywhere. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Flash deal: Apple's M3 MacBook Air plunges to record low $769

        The lowest price on record is available now on Apple's M3 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM. Shop now as the flash deal ends soon — and supply is limited.Get the lowest price ever on this M3 MacBook Air - Image credit: AppleApple Authorized Reseller B&H Photo is blowing out last-gen MacBook Air inventory at record-low prices, and this 13-inch model with 16GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD is a deal that should not be overlooked. Now on sale for $769 in the Midnight colorway, B&H's $230 discount is the steepest available, according to our 13-inch MacBook Air M3 Price Guide.Get the $769 deal Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Infinacore P3 Pro Charger review: Reliable choice for home or travel

        The P3 Pro is a capable travel charger that ensures your devices — big or small — don't die on you while you're away from home.InfinaCore P3 Pro Charger reviewChoosing a charger that meets your travel needs can be hard. You need the right combination of ports, portability, and charging power.With a large battery capacity, fast charging, and compactness due to a GaN design, the P3 Pro isn't a bad choice to bring on the go. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Apple's MagSafe isn't going anywhere

        Poking around the internet, there appears to be the idea that Apple will phase out MagSafe just as it did to 3D Touch. MagSafe isn't going anywhere.Apple's MagSafe puck, which was jut updated with faster chargingEarlier in 2025, Apple dropped the iPhone 16e. It is Apple's most affordable iPhone and includes new features like its first in-house modem, C1.At the same time, it also opted not to include MagSafe. This magnetic connection and charging system has grown in popularity and set up alarm bells when it wasn't present. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • New 'Nintendo Today!' app is aimed squarely at Nintendo's biggest fans

        Nintendo's newest iPhone app is designed to help keep Mario, Animal Crossing, and Legend of Zelda fans in the loop with daily updates, customizable calendars and widgets, and more.Nintendo Today!Nintendo has launched a brand new app, dubbed "Nintendo Today!", designed to act as a hub for all your favorite Nintendo-based content. Unsurprisingly, the app's launch arrived the same day that Nintendo Direct March 2025 kicked off."Nintendo Today!" includes a few notable features. The first is an animated calendar that displays the date and any relevant Nintendo news of the day. You can choose which of your favorite Nintendo franchises your calendar displays, too. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Apple begins notifying 2025 Swift Student Challenge winners

        Win or lose, emails are going out to all that entered the 2025 Swift Student Challenge ahead of WWDC.Apple has notified all 350 winners of the 2025 Swift Student Challenge.The Swift Student Challenge is an annual event that encourages up-and-coming student developers to practice their craft and win prizes. Participants must be over 13, enrolled in an academic institution or homeschool equivalent, and not employed as full-time developers.Those who wish to compete are required to submit an interactive app playground scene that can be experienced within three minutes. Just as it did in 2024, Apple has evaluated these submissions based innovation, creativity, social impact, or inclusivity. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

      • Final Cut Pro updates with Image Playground on Mac, portrait mode on iPad

        Apple has updated its Final Cut Pro app collection, with the Mac version gaining Image Playground and iPad benefiting from a portrait mode, among other changes.Final Cut Pro on an iPad - Image Credit: AppleOn Thursday, Apple released a trio of updates to its Final Cut apps, including both iPad and Mac versions of Final Cut Pro, as well as the Final Cut Camera app. For two of them, they get to enjoy an Apple Intelligence integration. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums