Looming tariffs are making it extra hard to be a tech geek

Looming tariffs are making it extra hard to be a tech geek

Please consider your purchase thoroughly before ordering. Providing more detail around how tariffs impact a company like Qwerteykeys and its customers, the company noted that DHL, its “primary shipping partner,” will start charging a minimum handling fee of 17 percent plus 20 percent of the declared value as import duty starting May 2. Meanwhile, Keyboardio,…

Netflix introduces a new kind of subtitles for the non-hearing impaired

Netflix introduces a new kind of subtitles for the non-hearing impaired

Traditional closed captions are still available, of course. Those are labeled “English CC” whereas this new option is simply labeled “English” (or whatever your preferred language is). This is just the latest answer to a long-standing problem. Streamers and device makers have been including speech or dialogue boost audio modes to help users better understand…

FBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon members

FBI offers $10 million for information about Salt Typhoon members

The FBI is offering $10 million for information about the China-state hacking group tracked as Salt Typhoon and its intrusion last year into sensitive networks belonging to multiple US telecommunications companies. Salt Typhoon is one of a half-dozen or more hacking groups that work on behalf of the People’s Republic of China. Intelligence agencies and…

Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025

Google announces 1st and 2nd gen Nest Thermostats will lose support in October 2025

Google’s oldest smart thermostats have an expiration date. The company has announced that the first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats will lose support in October 2025, disabling most of the connected features. Google is offering some compensation for anyone still using these devices, but there’s no Google upgrade for European users. Google is also…

Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it

Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it

Recall is the most high-profile feature in the release Microsoft is starting to roll out today, but there are a few other changes in it for Copilot+ PCs. One is a new version of Windows’ Search function, which “can understand the contextual meaning of words or phrases, making search more natural and intuitive.” This natural-language…

In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource

In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource

Ironically, our present AI age has shone a bright spotlight on the immense value of human creativity as breakthroughs in technology threaten to undermine it. As tech giants rush to build newer AI models, their web crawlers vacuum up creative content, and those same models spew floods of synthetic media, risking drowning out the human…

Freelancers now represent more than one in four US workers

Freelancers now represent more than one in four US workers

As AI integration accelerates, businesses are facing widening skills gaps that traditional employment models struggle to address, and so more companies are choosing to hire freelancers to fill the void, according to a new report. The report, from freelance work platform Upwork, claims there’s a major workforce shift as well, with 28% of skilled knowledge…