This Week in Tech

Man Who Is Paralyzed Communicates By Imagining Handwriting

Man Who Is Paralyzed Communicates By Imagining Handwriting

An experimental device that turns thoughts into text has allowed a man who was left paralyzed by an accident to construct sentences swiftly on a computer screen…


Get Ready for In-Car Ads

Because being bombarded with roadside signage while taking a leisurely Sunday drive isn’t enough, Ford has patented a new system that uses a vehicle’s cameras to detect billboards and then pull them up on a car’s infotainment display as inescapable in-vehicle advertisements…


Bose Built the First FDA-Cleared Hearing Aids That Won’t Require a Doctor’s Visit

Bose is dipping into hearing aids for the first time, and they promise a big change in how you buy the assistive audio equipment. The company has introduced SoundControl wearables that it says are the first FDA-cleared hearing aids sold directly to customers. You don’t have to visit a doctor, get a prescription or otherwise talk to an expert to buy and use them…


Amazon, Google, Apple Back Alliance to Certify Matter Smart Home Devices

An alliance sponsored by Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices later this year using a network technology called Matter, an important step toward making smart home products like smart speakers and lightbulbs more widely accepted. One sign of the technology’s how is that Matter will let smart-home products from Apple and Google work together despite the companies’ longtime rivalry…


How to Make a QR Code on Your iPhone to Connect Guests to Your Wi-Fi

Rather than have a guest select your Wi-Fi network and then enter a fiddly password, just make them a QR code their iPhone can read. Here’s how to do it…


Rumor: Apple to Announce Third-Generation AirPods and HiFi Apple Music Tier on May 18

A new rumor suggests that Apple will announce the third-generation AirPods and the recently rumored HiFi, or high-fidelity Apple Music tier, on Tuesday, May 18, via a press release on its website…


M1 iMac is Up to 56% Faster Than Prior-Generation High-End 21.5-Inch iMac

Apple’s M1 iMacs are set to start delivering to customers next week, and ahead of the official launch day, benchmarks for the machines have been showing up on Geekbench, likely from reviewers who are testing them…