Hundreds of thousands of workplaces use software to monitor employees. Now, a new study has found that many of these tools share data not just with employers, but with digital advertising platforms and data brokers as well. The review was led by Stephanie Nguyen, senior fellow at Columbia Law School's Center for Law and the… read more

Selling the smart home has been hard. Even Amazon has lost money in the space, despite putting hundreds of millions of Echo devices in people's homes. Google has also reportedly struggled to turn a profit from its substantial investment in Nest. But now Google is seeing dollar signs in the prospect of selling AI-driven subscriptions… read more

Sony's recent dynamic pricing experiment on the PlayStation Store, which offers different game prices to different people, might violate European law, a new report has found. Read more Read Full Article read more

The original Birdie debuted in 2022 with a morbid-but-fun design – an air-quality monitor with a literal canary in a coal mine. When the CO2 in your home hit a certain level, a mechanical bird mounted on your wall would appear to drop dead, then prompt you to open a window to air things out.… read more

Uber is putting its own autonomous vehicles back on the road as part of its new AV Lab project to collect data for its dozens of robotaxi partners. The cars will be fitted with all the sensors typical of self-driving cars, like cameras, lidar, and radar. But notably the vehicles will not be operating as… read more

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 has a release date, and happily for fellow DoW fans it's not too far away. The excellent-looking RTS sequel will launch on 17th September this year, with a fancier Commander Edition also getting you access a few days early, on 14th September, as well. Read more Read Full Article read more