The hot air behind Congress’ social media subpoenas

Marketers can’t predict what you’ll buy—even if they use A.I.

Popular media has been warning us about the ability of unsavory marketers and other bad actors to predict and even control our choices using the latest in tracking and artificial intelligence technologies.   In the 2019 Netflix documentary The Great Hack, for instance, the case is made that the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica scraped social media […]

Our favorite set of noise-canceling headphones under $100 is on sale today

Enlarge / Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30 noise-canceling headphones. (credit: Jeff Dunn) It’s tough to find quality noise-canceling headphones for less than $100, but Anker’s Soundcore Life Q30 are one of the few budget-friendly sets we’ve tested that are worth your while. We named them a top budget-friendly pick in a recent guide to wireless noise-canceling […]

The pandemic was the news event of the last year. What was the ‘impact event’?

The two are often very different. Read More