Technology

The BlackBerry Curve: When Keyboards Ruled the World

Before Touchscreens Took Over By Veronica Wade August 25, 2025 Two years after the iPhone debuted, the best-selling phone in America wasn’t Apple’s touchscreen marvel. It was the BlackBerry Curve. You may be wondering, how is that possible? Didn’t the iPhone kill keyboard phones? Actually, it was more complicated than that. While it’s true that BlackBerry as […]

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AI-enabled growth could push universal basic income to $10,000 a month, says former OpenAI researcherWhy Netflix shares are down 10%

Will AI remove the obligation to work? By Veronica Wade August 25, 2025, 8:59  Most UBI programs give money to adults in the form of recurring payments, regardless of how much they already have or their employment status. The amount tends to vary from $500 per month to $1,500. For many people, that just isn’t enough to cover

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New report suggests Apple’s long-delayed HomePod will arrive next year

Just in time to face off against improved Amazon and Google devices By Veronica Wade Published August 20, 2025 What’s happened? In today’s Power On newsletter, Apple expert Mark Gurman suggested Apple might release a new HomePod mini as early as this fall, and the long-awaited HomePod with a screen could arrive next year. Why this is important: The HomePod was originally expected

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Asus’ new RTX 5090 is powerful, flashy, and impossibly hard to get

This is the GPU of my dreams, but how am I going to get it? By Veronica Wade Published August 19, 2025 What’s happened? Asus just launched a new limited edition GPU, and it’ll most likely top every ranking of the best graphics cards. The GPU in question is the Asus ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 5090 – 30th Anniversary

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Atlanta’s robotaxi fans spark a quirky Uber trend

Waymo’s robotaxis have been in the city for the last couple of months. And something’s happening By Veronica Wade Published August 18, 2025 Waymo partnered with Uber a couple of months ago to offer robotaxi rides in Atlanta, with the autonomous-car company reportedly deploying dozens of fully driverless vehicles for paying passengers in the city. But while

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Tesla’s Elon Musk reveals first city for automaker’s new robotaxi service

By Veronica Wade Published January 29, 2025 Tesla is aiming to put its first robotaxis on public roads in June, the automaker’s CEO, Elon Musk, said on Wednesday. Speaking during a call with investors following the release of Tesla’s latest financial results, Musk said the plan is to begin with a paid robotaxi service in Austin,

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