The Plex streaming platform, aside from offering its own streaming shows and movies, is primarily intended to serve as a hub for several other streaming subscriptions, allowing you to easily consolidate watchlists across services. Smart TVs with personal media libraries like Plex have become a popular trend that could replace streaming devices entirely. Plex’s highest subscription tier, Lifetime Pass, is a one-time payment option that gives you access to the service indefinitely rather than through a recurring payment. However, this particular tier is about to become exponentially more expensive, and users are not happy. In a May 19 post on…
Author: Amelia Scott
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the next big technological breakthrough. At least that’s what all the big tech companies would have us believe. Companies like GitHub provide AI coding tools that make programming easier, and Shutterstock recently released its own AI-powered image and video generation tool. At the same time, it’s no secret that many users despise AI, as evidenced by people getting rid of the ChatGPT app en masse. But few people feel as burned by AI as Gen Z — in general, anyone born in the late ’90s and early 2000s (specifically between 1997 and 2012). This generation has…
On Tuesday, Google held its I/O developer event and introduced an advanced version of the AI-powered Google Search, which the company described as an “intelligent search box” powered by the latest version of Gemini. It turns out that the newest version of Google semi-pauses the search when you search for the word “ignore.” Typing “ignore” into Google search results into Google AI, interpreting it as a system-style instruction instead of a search query. “Understood. Message ignored” is the result. You get standard search results like a Merriam-Webster definition of contempt if you scroll further down, but the AI Overview answer…
Artificial intelligence is certainly the current frontier of technology. A global survey conducted by McKinsey & Company suggests that 88% of companies use AI in at least one business function. LinkedIn’s job market report (which lets you download a PDF to your device) also indicates that there are 1.3 million technology experts working in AI engineering or similar roles. But this is a very AI-driven view of the overall job market. The bigger picture shows that AI is actually moving jobs from the tech sector to the trades. Specialized workers in the United States have seen their wages increase by…
On this week’s episode of The Woozad Show, we discuss Apple’s WWDC 2026 opening date, the radical Siri redesign coming in iOS 27, Apple’s latest accessibility features, and the hinge issues that have reportedly plagued the foldable iPhone ahead of its planned fall launch. Apple this week confirmed its WWDC 2026 keynote for June 8 at 10 a.m. PT, with the conference running through June 12. The event is expected to feature iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and visionOS 27, with developer betas available immediately after the keynote and public releases to follow in September.…
You may have noticed that mechanical keyboards have grown in popularity over the past decade, with dedicated groups and stores designing custom boards and pads, like Cannonkeys and Novelkeys. Many of these cards often feature a button of some sort. In fact, this trend has grown so big that some retail mechanical keyboards also contain one or two buttons. While the added aesthetic of a button is clear, bringing style to what is typically a utilitarian device, the functionality of the keyboard itself becomes slightly enhanced with a button that turns and perhaps even clicks.A single rotary encoder can give…
President Trump delayed signing an executive order on government surveillance of AI, CNN reported, saying he “didn’t like certain aspects.” Originally, the order would have required AI companies to share their advanced models with the government before launch to ensure their security, but it was later watered down to make participation by tech companies voluntary. The delay is believed to be due to last-minute pressure from AI industry leaders, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and former US AI and crypto czar David Sacks. They told Trump that the new system could slow the development of AI technology that has become an integral part…
When Remarkable paper tablets entered the device space, there was a clear and palpable enthusiasm for bringing the E Ink experience to a writing interface. The idea of replacing notebooks with a digital version without sacrificing their look and feel is a natural one. Now that the popular Remarkable 2 has been discontinued, who will Remarkable fans turn to next for the same look and feel? Enter the new Remarkable Paper Pure. The Remarkable 2 has essentially been the brand’s entry-level tablet for several years now, and now the Paper Pure takes up that proverbial stylus to offer some exciting…
Dedicated scanners are now a niche need. Most people with a scanner ended up only having one because it was connected to the home office printer they purchased to print return labels. Since optical character recognition (OCR) and scanner applications have improved in recent years, many users will likely find their phones a better scanning solution than bulky lidded scanner beds. Digital scanning, as we know it, debuted in 1957. At the time, Russell Kirsch of the National Institute of Standards and Technology created the first-ever digital image by scanning a photo of his three-month-old child. It was only 176…
Google’s Android Auto is getting new features to significantly improve the in-vehicle dashboard experience. For example, it recently unveiled a Material 3 Expressive overhaul of the interface, a series of unique design elements previously available only on the Android phone version. The biggest change is the ability to customize the dashboard’s layout, look, and feel. The goal is to unify and equalize the user experience across all platforms, while offering more “premium” opportunities. Many of these features will improve the way you interact with your dashboard. While there were already some pretty nifty ways to use Gemini on Android Auto,…