This Week in Tech

Telecommuting Has Saved the Average American 8.6 Days of Time Stuck in Traffic This Past Year During the Pandemic

Telecommuting Has Saved the Average American 8.6 Days of Time Stuck in Traffic This Past Year During the Pandemic

Let’s start by making the understatement of the century — the last year has been hard…


Scientists Developed a Clever Way to Detect Deepfakes by Analyzing Light Reflections in the Eyes

Deepfakes are being used for a range of nefarious purposes, from disinformation campaigns to inserting people into porn, and the doctored images are getting harder to detect…


Adobe Officially Releases Photoshop for Apple M1, Says It’s 50% Faster

Adobe today officially unveiled Photoshop for Apple’s M1 chip. According to the company, the ARM-compatible version should deliver “significant performance gains” for users on Apple’s custom silicon…


Thousands of NHS Patients Will Swallow These Tiny Pill Cameras to Scan for Cancer

Thousands of NHS patients are to be given a camera which is small enough to swallow to help check if they have cancer…


Elon Musk Wants to Connect RVs and Trucks to the Internet Through SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites

SpaceX is working on an antenna that will connect vehicles like semi-trucks and RVs to its satellite internet network, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet on Monday…


Deep-Sea ‘Roombas’ Will Comb Ocean Floor for DDT Waste Barrels Near Catalina

When Californians learned in October that the waters off Santa Catalina Island once served as a dumping ground for thousands of barrels of DDT waste, the ocean science community jumped into action…


7-Zip Developer Releases the First Official Linux Version

An official version of the popular 7-zip archiving program has been released for Linux for the first time…