Category: Technology

Elecom says its new sodium-ion power bank can be used in hot and cold extreme temperatures. | Image: Elecom Accessory maker Elecom has announced what it’s claiming to be the first consumer-ready power bank that uses a sodium-ion battery instead of lithium-ion one, as spotted by Notebookcheck. In addition to being more environmentally friendly to…

I don’t want to sound alarmist or anything (although I admit I’m naturally pessimistic), but the way things are going, it’s a good idea to have an extra source of power for your home in case of storms and other outages. Luckily, EcoFlow is running a sale through March 26th, letting you save on several…

The AI search engine Perplexity just debuted a new ad featuring Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae, who’s trapped in a room and must answer a series of questions to escape. One question targets Google’s AI gaffe last year, as Lee taps Perplexity to answer, “How do I make cheese stick to a pizza?” The AI…

Mark Rober’s Tesla video has kicked up a lot of reactions claiming it was fake. | Screenshot: Mark Rober Over the weekend, former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober published a video that sought to demonstrate the difference between Tesla’s camera-only Autopilot system and a vehicle equipped with lidar. He wanted to see whether the…

Google is shipping the latest “experimental” features of its Gemini 2.0 Flash AI model to more developers across all regions, and people are finding some concerning abilities that include editing out watermarks from photos. The company’s lightweight localized on-device AI model is now equipped with native image generation that can not only produce pictures from…

Snap’s AR Spectacles can now access location data so they can point you to your destination. | Screenshot: Snap Six months after introducing its fifth-generation Spectacles and the second version featuring AR capabilities, Snap has announced new features and functionality. Lenses — what Snap calls the Spectacles’ various AR effects — can now utilize GPS…

The Electric NoseFrida Pro is rechargeable and offers up to two hours of battery life. | Image: Frida Baby Frida Baby is upgrading a popular tool designed to help relieve an infant’s congestion with more power. The company says it sells over 4.7 million of its manual SnotSuckers every year, but for parents who are…

Roblox is launching and open-sourcing Cube 3D, the first version of its foundational AI model for generating 3D objects. “With Cube, we intend to make 3D creation more efficient,” Roblox says in a press release. “With 3D mesh generation, developers can quickly explore new creative directions and increase their productivity by deciding rapidly which to…

Today’s episode of Decoder is a little different, and I think it’s one of the more illuminating conversations I’ve had in a while. I’m talking to Evan Smith, the cofounder and CEO of Altana, a company that makes software to track and manage the global supply chain.  Smith started Altana in 2019 because he predicted…