The Download: covid’s origin drama, and TikTok’s uncertain future
This week, we’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of the pandemic—where did the virus that causes...
Three multicloud myths that need to be crushed
Hearing everyone’s opinion of the cost-efficiency and value of multicloud deployments is fun. Most people don’t get it right—more from misperceptions and groupthink than...
3 multicloud myths that need to be crushed
Hearing everyone’s opinion of the cost-efficiency and value of multicloud deployments is fun. Most people don’t get it right—more from misperceptions and groupthink than...
Withings Body Comp Scale and Health+ Review: Not Enough for Too Much
Smart scale pioneer Withings has been making Wi-Fi-connected scales for more than a decade. As the Body Comp name suggests, Withings’ latest scales provide a...
The Download: the battle for satellite internet, and detecting biased AI
What’s coming: Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are about to lock horns once again. Last month, the US Federal Communications Commission approved the final...
Visual Studio Code 1.76 shines on usability, pytest
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.76, the latest monthly release of its open source programming editor. The upgrade, also known as the February...
AI Loves—and Loathes—Language
A few years ago, I found myself investigating the thorny problem of Shakespearean authorship. I wanted to know if the anonymous Renaissance play Arden of...
The bearable mediocrity of Baidu’s ChatGPT competitor
3. President Xi Jinping traveled to Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin this week. The economic relationship between the two countries has weakened in...
SAP to launch low-code governance features on Build
SAP will soon add a new governance feature for applications developed on its low-code and no-code platform Build, a move that analysts say comes...
The End of ‘Life’ As You Know It
In 1947, Claude Beck used the defibrillator to undo what was once deemed irreversible: the cessation of the human heart. Only a few years...
