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Google’s Fitbit lineup expanded on Monday with the introduction of the Fitbit Edge, a new wearable that’s positioned between the Fitbit Air and Pixel Watch. 

Nearly two decades ago, a young college student wrote his final thesis about software capable of generating design documents for school buildings. Al Dram was studying architecture — following in the footsteps of his parents and grandfather — but it was technology that really intrigued him.

What good is a phone that can’t keep up with the average person’s day-to-day needs?

“It can’t be entirely up to these companies to dictate the terms of their transparency,” says Brad Smith. Credit: Oliver Douliery/

Your old GPU might not be able to compete with a new card, but it can run better with some tweaks.

Cloud storage is everywhere. Despite the ongoing memory crisis, SSDs have gotten cheap enough that most new PCs don’t even bother with a spinning drive anymore. And yet, if you build your own computers, there’s a good chance you’ve got a drawer of old 500GB and 1TB hard drives that are too small to be…

One of AI’s promises, on the less “humanity-destroying” end of the spectrum, is to make everyday life a little smoother. Instead of tackling each item on your to-do list by yourself, perhaps a reliable AI tool could cross a few entries off for you, leaving you to attend to the more important bits. Getting a…

Phone cameras are a modern convenience that’s all too often taken for granted, making casual photography accessible to millions in a lightweight package. While your phone’s camera probably won’t beat out a device designed exclusively for taking photos and video, there are ways to take some especially pretty pictures with just your smartphone. That makes…

Senior leaders from Imperial College London have travelled to the US to highlight the university’s expertise in quantum research and deep tech entrepreneurship for San Francisco Tech Week.

Epic Games is going all in on AI for game development. The studio has been working on games for Disney, but sources told Bloomberg that its upcoming release has been delayed in order to use more AI for its creation. The publication reported that one of the game’s directors informed the team that the project…