Category: Technology

Over the wetlands of Senegal, researcher Alexandre Delplanque pilots a drone to count waterbirds: pelicans, flamingos, and terns. He flies the drone, but AI analyzes the images to count individuals in a flock, speeding up analysis by thousands of hours per survey, he estimates. And time is of the essence.  Since 1970, wildlife populations have…

Apple has stopped listing its Apple Intelligence features as “available now” following an inquiry from the National Advertising Division (NAD). Based on an archived webpage, it looks like Apple removed the claim from the top of its Apple Intelligence page in late March.  The NAD, which is part of the nonprofit BBB National Programs, reviews…

Bethesda is making The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered official just days after the game leaked. Oblivion Remastered is a remaster of the nearly 20-year-old game, developed by Virtuous. Oblivion Remastered is shadow dropping today, and it’s available on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X / S right now. “Oblivion was a real defining moment…

While videoconferencing apps have been around for quite some time, they really came into their own starting in 2020 during the pandemic, when many companies had to do a quick switch to a system of remote working. Even now, five years later, a lot of employees are still working on a remote or a partially…

I never took 360 cameras seriously. That is, until I started spending more of my free time skiing and snowboarding. My social media feeds are inundated with [mostly sponsored] videos of people using these cameras for exactly that purpose — capturing those thrilling moments on the snowy mountains. And the marketing worked. I punched in that…

Insta360’s new X5 action camera streamlines sharing videos to social media. | Image: Insta360 Insta360 has announced a new version of its 360-degree action camera that won’t immediately become e-waste should your extreme adventures end up breaking a lens. Last year’s Insta360 X4 introduced a removable guard to protect its two lenses, but the X5…

T-Mobile is shaking things up again. T-Mobile is replacing its Go5G plans with a couple of new options, complete with a five-year guarantee that it won’t raise your rate. But as always, there’s a bit of a catch. The new Experience More and Experience Beyond plans match the outgoing plans almost feature for feature, but…

Nvidia’s GPU drivers have been a disaster over the past four months. It all started when Nvidia released its drivers for the RTX 50-series cards in January, and introduced black screen issues, game crashes, and general stability problems for new and existing graphics cards. Now, yet another new hotfix has emerged to fix even more…

Pinterest is testing a new pop-up prompt it will display to minors in the US and Canada during school hours, encouraging them to close the app and turn off notifications until the end of the day. “Focus is a beautiful thing,” the prompt says. “Stay in the moment by putting Pinterest down and pausing notifs…

Duolingo will soon be able to help you learn another new skill: chess. The platform’s new chess course will use short puzzles, such as moving a knight to the correct spot to practice its L-shaped movement or checkmating a king that’s stuck in a corner, to help teach you the game. You’ll also be able…