Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Spotify Premium members can now automatically ...

BERLIN, Conn.—Here’s a job the computers can take without much complaint: sorting recyclables. For humans, it is a foul, laborious job that entails standing over a conveyor belt, plucking beer cans ...

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Amazon unveiled a new robotics system for its warehouses that can pick, sort and consolidate packages in a single assembly line. The system is called Blue Jay, and Amazon said it's already being ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Post Service workers sort packages at a distribution center in Opa Locka, Florida, on Dec. 17, 2024. The U.S. Postal Service ...

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I’ve always been a staunch believer in decluttering—on a conceptual level. Ideally, I’d have a single rail of clothes and a near-empty house (my dream home is austere and brutalist, like something ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Computer scientists often deal with abstract problems that are hard to comprehend, but an exciting new algorithm matters to anyone who ...