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Christopher Nolan has spent his career embracing cutting-edge filmmaking technology while resisting one of the most common gadgets on the planet: the smartphone. The Oscar-winning director behind Oppenheimer, Inception, and the upcoming The Odyssey says his decision isn’t about rejecting technology altogether. It’s about protecting something he believes has become increasingly rare – time to think. In an interview with The Telegraph ahead of the premiere of The Odyssey, Nolan explained that he still doesn’t own a smartphone, despite living in a world where QR codes, digital tickets, and messaging apps have become everyday necessities. His reasoning, however, is far…

The Apple Car may have never left the garage, but it apparently gave birth to Apple’s AI ambitions. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple’s canceled autonomous vehicle project, one that consumed more than a decade of work and over $10 billion before being scrapped in 2024, ended up laying the technological foundation for Apple Intelligence. In a rather ironic twist, one of Apple’s most expensive failures may also become one of its most important long-term investments. The Apple Car forced Apple to think like an AI company When Apple first began developing its self-driving vehicle, the goal wasn’t simply to…

I wanted to invent an AI product so silly that no founder could turn it into a seed round. It had to solve a problem nobody had, collect far more data than the problem deserved, and turn normal behavior into an insight that sounded vaguely disappointed in its owner. Somewhere around the third feature, it would ask for a subscription. I started with an AI fork. It measures chewing speed, bite symmetry, and something called meal engagement. When it detects emotional eating, it vibrates gently. Premium users can ask the fork why they’re like this. The silliest ideas I could…

We’re only a month away from Google’s next big hardware event, with the Pixel 11 series officially arriving on August 12.  After living with the Pixel 10 Pro and the Pixel 10a over the past year, I’ve come to appreciate what Google’s phones do well — and, more importantly, where they still fall short. With the smartphone landscape evolving faster than ever, there are three upgrades I’m hoping Google finally delivers this year. If you’re a fellow Pixel user, chances are these are on your wishlist too. Google, it’s time to stop my Pixel from cooking itself More than anything else,…

Microsoft has attached the Copilot name to so many products that a simple question like “What is Copilot?” now needs a little more context. There is the main Microsoft Copilot chatbot, Copilot inside Microsoft 365, GitHub Copilot for developers, Gaming Copilot for Xbox users, and a separate category of Windows laptops called Copilot+ PCs. For most people, Microsoft Copilot means the company’s general-purpose AI assistant. So you’d expect it to answer questions, search the web, generate and edit images, and the rest of the usual AI chatbot features. You can access it through a browser or dedicated apps for Windows,…

Before I’ve properly started the day, several companies have already clocked in. Spotify or YouTube Premium handles the music, Google One keeps my files available, and an AI subscription is waiting in another tab to help me work faster. Most of these charges earn their place. They save time, remove friction, and keep the day moving. I barely notice them until I think about what would stop working if one payment didn’t go through. I bought into a brighter future, and it came with recurring billing. Convenience became infrastructure That cost follows me through the rest of the day. Google…

There is a dedicated Copilot key on my ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED. Months after buying the laptop, it may be one of the least important keys on the entire keyboard. My Zenbook UM3406 runs on AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 series processor, complete with a dedicated NPU offering up to 50 TOPS of AI performance. That qualifies it as a Copilot+ PC, which makes it a part of what Microsoft once described as the new era for Windows. AI is already a regular part of my workday. I use it for research, brainstorming, and working through ideas. But rather than relying…

The App Store is filled with premium task managers, and like Things 3, Todoist, and OmniFocus, despite buying and switching between several of them, I keep coming back to Apple Reminders.  Don’t get me wrong, I still use OmniFocus to manage my projects. But when it comes to daily tasks and quick capture, Apple Reminders still remains my go-to app. In this guide, I’ll walk you through the five biggest reasons why. Siri makes capturing tasks effortless One of the biggest reasons why I keep coming back to Apple Reminders is that Siri makes capturing tasks effortless. Whether I am…

Artificial intelligence has become remarkably good at creating fake human faces. So good, in fact, that the old tricks people relied on – counting fingers, spotting warped earrings, or looking for distorted backgrounds – are quickly becoming obsolete. According to a new study highlighted by the BBC, the next line of defence may not be a better AI detector at all. It might simply be a better-trained human. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen, working alongside Australia’s National University, found that people can dramatically improve their ability to distinguish AI-generated faces from real ones after a relatively short period of…

The music industry’s battle with artificial intelligence is entering a new phase. After spending the past two years fighting AI companies in court and pushing back against unauthorized training on copyrighted music, record labels are now turning their attention to something far simpler: transparency. A coalition representing major record labels, artists, and music organizations wants streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music to clearly tell listeners when a song has been created with artificial intelligence. The proposal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, comes as AI-generated music becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish from songs created by human artists.…