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Boston Dynamics is only a few months away from announcing her approach to logistics, the first real industry she plans to enter after demonstrating her ability to build robots at scale using the four-legged spot. The company’s new CEO, Robert Playter, sees the company come into its own after decades of experimentation. Playter, interviewed on…

For people who are blind or visually impaired, JAWS is synonymous with the freedom to run Windows PCs with a remarkable level of control and precision in speech and braille output. The keyboard-controlled application enables navigation in GUI-based interfaces of websites and Windows programs. Anyone who has ever listened to someone familiar with JAWS (the…

Everything we do seems to be connected to an app these days, and all day they vie for your attention, pinging and glowing in their needy ways. TouchWood wants to tone down this grueling competition without interruption with a quiet, simplified surface that is built right into the natural material of your desk or wall….

Apple’s hardware event Yesterday was not a particularly eventful day for its most popular devices and only brought iterative changes Apple Clock and the iPad. However, the company announced a new, aggressive approach to services with a fitness product and a new unified subscription called Apple One. What are the effects of this shift? For…

At the Apples (virtual) hardware event today, the company announced a significantly redesigned iPad Air with a new look and tiny frame. In an important move for other Apple products, Touch ID has returned – within the power button on top of the tablet. For the 10th anniversary of the iPad, the new fourth generation…

In addition to keeping old generation devices at an entry-level price Apple introduces a brand new Apple Watch at a cheaper price. The new Apple Watch SE features the same design as the newly announced Apple Watch Series 6. However, it costs $ 279. “The second thing we’re doing to bring the Apple Watch to…

The pandemic has resulted in N95 masks quickly becoming one of the most sought-after resources in the world as billions of them were burned by key workers. New research could lead to an N95 that you can charge instead of throwing it away – or even one that continually refills for maximum effectiveness. The system…

Dr. Patricia Scanlon Contributor Dr. Patricia Scanlon is the founder and CEO of SoapBox Labs, a Dublin-based developer of secure speech recognition technology specifically designed for children. She was named one of the Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech in 2018. Before the pandemic, more than 40% of new internet users were children. Estimates now…

Sennheiser just released a new directional microphone for the camera. The compact MKE 200 ($ 99.95) offers a lot of convenience and performance in a small, portable package – one that’s great for vlogging anywhere once it’s a viable option again, and one that is a fantastic but affordable upgrade for your video conferencing setup…