Devindra Hardawar

It's all AI all the time at Google I/O! Today, Google announced its new AI media creation engines: Veo, which can produce "high-quality" 1080p videos; and Imagen 3, its latest text-to-image framework. Neither sound particularly revolution…

They say "Twitter isn't real life," but Black Twitter proved otherwise. For years, that phrase has been a way to ignore the real-world impact of social media conversations, especially when they spark radically new ideas. But that's cl…

As rumors foretold, Apple has revamped the iPad Pro with an M4 chip, tandem OLED screen and a thinner case. There’s also a new Magic Keyboard that should deliver a more MacBook-like typing experience! In this week’s episode, Cherlynn and Devindra discu…

The iPad Pro has always struck me as a baffling device. It’s significantly more expensive than the (very capable!) iPad and iPad Air. iPadOS still isn’t a great environment for multitasking. And Apple hasn’t yet justified why, exactly, you’d want a sup…

Apple’s new iPad Pro models are its most laptop-like tablets yet. They’re the first devices powered by the company’s M4 chip, which will deliver faster performance and more AI capabilities. And, for the first time outside of the iPhone and Apple Watch,…

More than anything, Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace is a fascinating cultural object. It's been 25 years since I saw the film in theaters, and over a decade since I last rewatched it (in a vain attempt to help my Trekkie wife catch up to …

I hate the Rabbit R1. It's yet another sign that standalone AI gadgets, like the Humane AI Pin, are fundamentally useless devices meant to attract hype and VC funding without benefitting users at all. It's like trying to build a skyscraper on q…

The Rabbit R1 is finally here, and it’s yet another useless AI gadget. Sure, at $199 with no monthly fee, it’s a lot cheaper than the $699 Humane AI Pin. But the R1 is slow, hard to use, and doesn’t actually do much. The much-promised “Large Action Mod…

Say farewell to the classic XPS 13, and say hello to the spiffy new XPS 13. Dell surprised us at CES by bringing the modern (and somewhat controversial) design of 2022's XPS 13 Plus to its entire flagship lineup, which now includes the larger XPS 1…

After months of anticipation, President Biden finally signed the TikTok divestment into law this week. It will force ByteDance to either sell TikTok to another company within a year, or see the app banned from US app stores. Is this a wise move to rid …