In this episode, Ray tackles Anthropic’s standoff with the U.S. Department of War after CEO Daria Amodei refused to grant unrestricted model access, citing concerns over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. The government responded by banning Anthropic models through administrative…
Today’s apartments and smaller houses aren’t always conducive to bicycle ownership. Bikes don’t stay upright, handlebars mark walls and transporting them can be awkward. They’re all wheels and finger-nips. Mark and Julie’s BikeDeck looks to solve these problems and I…
Good oral hygiene is important for everyone but getting children to brush their teeth can be a bedtime battle. Playbrush should help win the war, bringing fun into the bathroom. I get the toothpaste out with John to find out…
Apple and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are working together to help protect life on our planet. They created a global Apps for Earth campaign. There does not appear to be an Android version of this project. From…
No video version this episode Mike Dell here. Guest hosting for Todd this week. I am the host of Podcast Help Desk and Geek of the North, both on the Tech Podcasts Network. I have a smaller stack of stuff…
Apple has decided to put an end to iTunes Allowances, which has been around since October of 2003. It appears that Apple has decided that it now has other things that can do what iTunes Allowances does. The iTunes Allowance…
Like me, many parents will remember the frequent struggles with travel cots: there was always that one rail that wouldn’t lock in place or the release handle that wouldn’t turn to disengage the mechanism. At times travel cots can be…
Solar Impulse, billed as “the world’s first around-the-world solar flight,” has been grounded in Hawaii since last year. The experimental plane landed in Hawaii as part of its planned journey to circumnavigate the planet. But along the way, Solar Impulse’s batteries…