Tag: Software
Steam Deck Review: A Game Console for the Quintessential Gamer
There’s a new hard-to-get game console this year that’s not a PlayStation or an Xbox. It’s sold online…
Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for ‘Responsible A.I.’
For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able…
You Won’t Use That Cool Feature
Why, then, do companies keep adding functions that are handy for a tiny number of people and ignored…
Apple Unveils Software Updates for iOS 16
CUPERTINO, Calif. — More than two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Apple made a big push on Monday…
Broadcom to Acquire VMware in $61 Billion Enterprise Computing Deal
Broadcom, the semiconductor giant, said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy the software company VMware in…
Umang Gupta, Who Paved Way for Indian Tech Executives, Dies at 73
Unlike most other companies of the era, he chose to run the software online and sell it as…
A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?
But as GPT-3’s fluency has dazzled many observers, the large-language-model approach has also attracted significant criticism over the…
Yes, You Can Make Your Tech Survive Obsolescence
First we buy a gadget. For the next few years, the manufacturer releases an occasional software update that…
Amazon Opens a Whole Foods With the Next Step in Automation
“Would you like to sign in with your palm?”That was the question a cheerful Amazon employee posed when…
As Automakers Add Technology to Cars, Software Bugs Follow
About six months after Gary Gilpin leased a Subaru Outback from a California dealer, the screen went blank…
Meta Says Apple’s Privacy Changes Could Cost the Company $10 Billion
Snap, the maker of the Snapchat app and the augmented reality glasses Spectacles, said during its third-quarter earnings…
How Facebook Is Morphing Into Meta
Mr. Zuckerberg has since turned to Mr. Bosworth for major initiatives. In 2012, Mr. Bosworth was given the…