Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores

This week, an AI training startup called Shift said it would clean New Yorkers’ homes for free. It has plans to expand into other cities as well, including London, and looking around my flat, I get the appeal. But there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. In exchange for the cleaning, Shift wants footage of […]

Microsoft teases new Surface hardware and ‘a new era of PC’
Microsoft teases new Surface hardware and ‘a new era of PC’

I pondered the other day what’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PC lineup, and it looks like we’re about to find out. Windows and Surface chief Pavan Davuluri has just teased “something new is coming for developers,” complete with a mysterious image of what looks like a curved display edge. Davuluri notes that whatever is coming […]

Trump’s mass deportations are only possible with racial profiling
Trump’s mass deportations are only possible with racial profiling

Border security czar Tom Homan keeps threatening to “flood” New York City with ICE agents. But a new investigation shows that ICE has been quietly ramping up arrests in the New York area already – and disproportionately targeting Latino neighborhoods. The City, a local nonprofit news organization, found 430 street arrests in the metropolitan area […]

You can buy two of Anker’s Qi2 wireless chargers for under $25
You can buy two of Anker’s Qi2 wireless chargers for under $25

If you’re looking for a fast iPhone or AirPods charger that’s easy to toss into your purse, backpack, or carry-on, Anker’s Zolo Magnetic Wireless Charger is a smart pick. It’s tiny and comes with a built-in USB-C cable, and you currently can buy two for $23.99 ($16 off) at Amazon and Anker (with code WS7DV2PK68EW), […]

Dutch Uptmz acquired by Aizy to build one AI ad platform across Google, Microsoft and Meta
Dutch Uptmz acquired by Aizy to build one AI ad platform across Google, Microsoft and Meta

The year-old Dutch startup is folding in a seven-year-old performance-marketing platform, betting that customers want AI, automation and human specialists in one place. Most startups spend their first year trying to survive. Aizy has spent its first ye…

Intel and 3DGS back a $3.3bn glass-substrate plant in India’s Odisha
Intel and 3DGS back a $3.3bn glass-substrate plant in India’s Odisha

The fight over who makes the world’s chips is increasingly a fight over the parts of a chip nobody photographs. India has just landed one of them. Intel and 3D Glass Solutions have signed an agreement to build a roughly $3.3 billion substrate-manufactu…

How Ferrari bungled the design of its first EV
How Ferrari bungled the design of its first EV

For nearly 80 years, Ferrari occupied a unique cultural space where its cars were aspirational, even for people who resented those who could afford them. The price, the exclusivity, and the opacity of the buying process allowed Ferrari to sail above ordinary criticism. You might not be able to afford one, but you still wanted […]

Autodesk buys MaintainX for $3.6bn to push from design into operations
Autodesk buys MaintainX for $3.6bn to push from design into operations

Autodesk has spent four decades selling the software that engineers and architects use to design buildings, factories and machines. With its latest acquisition, it is buying its way into what happens after those things are built. The company has agreed…

Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM
Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM

Acer is aiming to take on the MacBook Neo more directly with a new Swift Air 14, a new 14-inch laptop that starts at $699. The laptop will use Intel’s lower-cost Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake” chips – either Core 5 or Core 7 models, both of which are six-core processors. It comes in green, […]