Hope
A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world | TechCrunch
Zehra Naqvi recalls the magical days of the early social internet. She grew up in the One Direction and Marvel fandoms in the early 2010s. This was back when people posted photos of lattes using the Valencia filter on Instagram, and Twitter was still Twitter, a place where people came together to exchange jokes and cultural analysis. But now Instagram is full…
Apple’s rumored camera sensor gives me more hope for future iPhones
Summary Apple is allegedly working on a camera sensor with up to 20 stops of dynamic range, more than what many professional cameras are capable of — including ones used to shoot Hollywood movies. Putting that in an iPhone would all but eliminate worries about low-light shooting, and might also make iPhones better at handling…
TEG energy harvesting: hype or hope?
I like to follow energy-harvesting research developments and actual installations, as there are many creative approaches and useful applications. In many cases, harvesting has solved a power-source problem effectively and with reasonable cost versus benefit. At the same time, however, I see energy harvesting as often being oversold at best and overhyped at worst. There’s…
Everything we hope to learn at Google I/O 2025: Gemini, Gmail, and Project Astra updates
UPDATE: May. 19, 2025, 1:36 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with new information from ‘The Android Event,’ the Android-focused mini I/O event held on Tuesday, May 13. The latest news from Google-land is all Gemini, Gemini, Gemini. And with Google I/O 2025 less than a day away, we expect more of the same….
Doctor Who ‘Lux’ review: Hope can change the world
Spoilers for “Lux.” It’s an interesting time to be a long-running science fantasy media property in the streaming TV age. Star Trek is in the grip of an existential crisis as it (wrongly) fears it’s too old-aged to be relevant. Star Wars became a battlefield in the culture war and, to duck all future bad…