Josh Lowensohn
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Microsoft prepares screen-sharing tool for consumers
What's this...another screen-sharing collaboration tool from Microsoft? → Read More
Former Apple engineers have built a $1,495 oven that can identify your food
For the past four months, I’ve learned to operate in silence, moving about my house like a ninja. I pick up and put down each and every item as if it’s a delicate wine glass. Because if I don’t, I... → Read More
12 years of WWDC product launches
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on Monday. Here's a quick recap of the hardware and software from the past 12 shows. - Page 1 → Read More
12 years of WWDC product launches
Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off on Monday. Here's a quick recap of the hardware and software from the past 12 shows. - Page 1 → Read More
Soundhound’s new voice search app makes Siri and Cortana look slow
Nearly a decade ago, SoundHound founder Keyvan Mohajer took an idea to a group of investors. He wanted to make a system that let people talk to computers casually, as if speaking to another human.... → Read More
Uber is now lobbying to win your heart
Excited teens packed into an SUV safely make their way to prom. A kind-looking father waits patiently in front of his Toyota Prius for a daughter who comes running out excitedly to greet him. After... → Read More
Smart jeans, tiny radar, and other crazy inventions from Google's ATAP lab
I/O is a show about the future of Google, and one of the best places to see what that could look like is from the company's Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP). It's the skull-and-bones,... → Read More
I just bought a soda with someone else's phone and Android Pay
Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Google's got a way for you to pay for things with your phone. "What?" you ask. "That's been a thing since 2010." Yes, I say back to you. Yet here we are... → Read More
Hands-on with Google's new Photos service
It's no secret that Google+ failed to catch on like Google wanted it to. Despite efforts to shoehorn it into other parts of Google — though mainly the dark realm of YouTube comments — people are... → Read More
Florida says former Uber driver is an employee, threatening its business model
Uber promises big things for its drivers, from plenty of work to flexible hours, and even discounts on vehicles that can be used when drivers aren't on the clock. However one thing that is not... → Read More
The science behind Netflix’s first major redesign in four years
Back in March, a developer named Renan Cakirerk wrote a small piece of code that made a big impact on Netflix. Cheekily named "god mode," it addressed one of the most annoying aspects of trying to... → Read More
Inside the labs where Netflix is trying to make televisions suck less
In a nondescript room in the center of Netflix’s headquarters, you can walk into a small, paper white chamber called the Shu. It’s an homage to the solitary confinement cell in Orange Is The New... → Read More
QuizUp is trying to reinvent itself by turning into a social network
One of the strangest things any company can do is suddenly shove a social network in your face. It's even worse when a service you're used to suddenly gets socialized in a way that is unavoidable.... → Read More
PayPal stuck with $25 million in fines for signing users up to its credit program
If you've ever used PayPal to buy something, you probably had to go out of your way to avoid hitting the "Bill Me Later" option, a credit service that fronts the money and has users pay it back at... → Read More
Uber gutted Carnegie Mellon’s top robotics lab to build self-driving cars
This January, as much of the world was getting over its post-holiday hangovers, people began disappearing from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics center. At first it was only a few individuals,... → Read More
Uber gutted Carnegie Mellon’s top robotics lab to build self-driving cars
This January, as much of the world was getting over its post-holiday hangovers, people began disappearing from Carnegie Mellon University's robotics center. At first it was only a few individuals,... → Read More
This cat simulator lets you wreak havoc on sleeping humans
If you've ever asked yourself "why there hasn't been a seminal cat simulator that really gets what being a cat is all about?" that question has finally been answered. Developer Will Herring has... → Read More
Wolfram has created a website that will identify any image you throw at it
One of the most amazing things you can do with Wolfram Alpha is ask it what planes are overhead. If you're on your phone, it will pull your location, then cross reference that with a database of... → Read More
The Consumer Electronics Show will limit next year’s ticket sales
One of the biggest technology shows of the year might be a little harder to get into in 2016. The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), which puts on the annual Consumer Electronics Show (or CES)... → Read More
At Silicon Valley's very first fashion week, flying pants seem totally normal
We're in the middle of an explanation about the night's next act when a group of men dressed in all black begin making a mesh perimeter around a makeshift catwalk. Holding tall metal poles attached... → Read More