Gadgets

• How platform design steers demand
• Can AI make us more creative? Study reveals surprising benefits of human-AI collaboration
• The AI bubble isn't new—Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago
• Snapchat is nearing 1 billion monthly users: Why can't it turn a profit?
• Human washing machine goes on sale in Japan
• Tim Berners-Lee wants everyone to own their own data. His plan needs state and consumer support to work
• The avatar in a wheelchair: A call for more diversity in the Metaverse
• How the far right weaponized gamers and geek masculinity
• AI tool helps visually impaired users 'feel' where objects are in real time
• Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons
• AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories—new research
• You got a drone for the holidays. Now what?
• What does 'agentic' AI mean? Tech's newest buzzword is a mix of marketing fluff and real promise
• Europe tackles e-waste with eco-friendly innovation that helps reuse and repair
• The most effective online fact-checkers? Your peers