Everything you need to know about the new Apple Music Voice Plan

Everything you need to know about the new Apple Music Voice Plan

Post Views: 230 Apple also gives you access to tens of thousands of playlists based around moods, activities, and genres. As you build up your listening history, you can access personalized mixes as well, based on recommended tracks as well as songs you’ve already heard. You can request music for a dinner party or a…

Aviation concerns have grounded a planned 5G expansion—again

Aviation concerns have grounded a planned 5G expansion—again

Post Views: 201 AT&T and Verizon announced Monday they are pushing back their planned 5G expansions due to concerns about how the wireless service change might impact flights. It’s the latest development in a months-long back-and-forth between the communications companies and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with the telecom companies insisting as recently as Sunday…

Check out Waymo’s new electric, self-driving taxi design

Check out Waymo’s new electric, self-driving taxi design

Post Views: 239 Waymo touts the amenities the cabin will hold, such as easily-reachable phone chargers and screens, and also looks towards a future where the most notable feature may be that which the car lacks, like a steering wheel. “The vehicles are currently configured with controls designed for human use that are required in…

CES 2022: TVs get bigger and brighter thanks to little LEDs

CES 2022: TVs get bigger and brighter thanks to little LEDs

Post Views: 249 Few things embody the annual Consumer Electronics Show like a heap of giant new TVs. Every year, manufacturers line their booths with acres of displays to show off their latest, greatest, and flashiest new televisions and the tech that makes them work. Even if you don’t get to walk through the display-laden…

Amazon’s teaming up with a major automaker to create car ‘cockpits’

Amazon’s teaming up with a major automaker to create car ‘cockpits’

Post Views: 258 Amazon and Stellantis announced a series of collaborations on Wednesday that will integrate the tech company’s software into the automaker’s catalog of cars. Some of the digital features will be installed through the production process, and others will be sent straight to drivers through over-the-air software updates. Behind the scenes, Amazon and…

Film photography is expensive, but these tips can make it cheaper

Film photography is expensive, but these tips can make it cheaper

Post Views: 229 My beloved HP5+ is hardly the least-expensive film on the market. I also like Ilford’s Kentmere 100. At ~$70.00 for a 100-foot roll, it costs just 11 cents per shot. Freestyle’s Arista EDU film costs $51.99 per 100-foot roll—just 8 cents per exposure. Bulk rolling has advantages beyond costs savings. Chief among…

Alexa will tag along on an uncrewed mission to the moon

Alexa will tag along on an uncrewed mission to the moon

Post Views: 219 Today, Amazon, Cisco, Lockheed Martin, and NASA announced that new technology onboard the Orion spacecraft in the upcoming Artemis I moon mission would include a version of Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, and Cisco’s video-conferencing platform, Webex. Alexa and Webex will be part of a technology demonstration called Callisto, named after the Greek…

DARPA wants Space-BACN so satellite communication sizzles

DARPA wants Space-BACN so satellite communication sizzles

Post Views: 232 In the space between satellites, DARPA wants there to be a shared language. The Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space-BACN) is a program designed to place satellites that can talk to other satellites in orbit, overcoming existing design barriers and adapting to the future. It’s the promise of robust infrastructure in space, capable…

Track everything you do in life with these 7 apps

Post Views: 351 Your streaming music service of choice probably does a good job of tracking what you’ve listened to (and using that information to make recommendations), but Last.fm can log your listening habits across multiple services and platforms, creating a more comprehensive picture. Last.fm is simple, and you may not even need to download…