Ask Jerry: What data survives a factory reset?

Welcome to Ask Jerry, where we talk about any and all the questions you might have about the smart things in your life. I’m Jerry, and I have spent the better part of my life working with tech. I have…

Welcome to Ask Jerry, where we talk about any and all the questions you might have about the smart things in your life. I’m Jerry, and I have spent the better part of my life working with tech. I have…

OpenAI is making its flagship conversational AI accessible to everyone, even people who haven’t bothered making an account. It won’t be quite the same experience, however — and of course all your chats will still go into their training data…

Enlarge / Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Roscosmos Space Corporation Chief Yuri Borisov peruse an exhibit while visiting the Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, October 26, 2023, in Korolev, Russia. Contributor/Getty Images It has been a terrible decade…

A total solar eclipse is a great opportunity to learn more about the sun ESA/Royal Observatory of Belgium A total solar eclipse occurs somewhere on Earth about every 18 months, and that has been the case for all of human…

If you’re on the hunt for a reliable tablet not made by Apple, this is a good sale to check out. Currently, Amazon, Best Buy and Samsung’s own site are selling the base-model Galaxy Tab S9 for $670. That’s $130…

ZTE offshoot nubia announced its first foldable device back in February at MWC in Barcelona – the aptly named nubia Flip. And yet, despite geographically taking place in both the continent of Europe as well as the European Union, it…

The current AI wave is a never-ending barrage of news items. To understand what I mean, ask yourself how long you spent considering the fact that Amazon put another $2.75 billion into Anthropic AI last week. Right? We’ve become inured…

Landfills Leak More Planet-Baking Methane Than We Thought U.S. landfills emit methane at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the Environmental Protection Agency, often in concentrated plumes By Sachi Mulkey & Grist Trash is flattened and…

Open Roads is an easy game to get lost in. It tells a twisting tale about generational trauma — the tension, lies and love between mother and daughter — with all the comfort and warmth of an early 2000s network…

“[VLSI] alleged Uradnik ‘stonewalled’ in answering deposition questions in the IPR “about the nature and purpose of PQA and its membership,” and therefore “willfully violated the rules governing depositions and the PTAB’s discovery process and procedures.” After VLSI Technology filed…