Build a Functional 4G Mobile Phone with the ESP32-S3 MAKERphone 2.0 Kit

Build your own 4G smartphone using the MAKERphone 2.0 ESP32-S3 educational kit. Kids 9 and up can learn Arduino C++ and make real calls on a 1000mAh battery.
CNX Software

OpenMANET – A higher-bandwidth Meshtastic alternative leveraging 802.11ah WiFi HaLow

OpenMANET is an open-source project for building long-range wireless mesh Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) using Raspberry Pi ...

10 Weekend IoT Projects to Build with ESP8266 and ESP32

Build your own ESP32 and ESP8266 projects this weekend. We detail 10 practical IoT builds, including a Wi-Fi weather station using a DHT22.
Technobezz

Arduino UNO Q Guide Adds Local Failure Detection for 3D Printers

A community guide shows how an Arduino UNO Q, a camera, and an Edge Impulse model can flag bad 3D prints and pause jobs ...
Engadget

Can using your phone while charging affect its battery life?

We're so connected to our smartphones nowadays that even when they're charging, we feel the need to use them. I have a charging cable beside my living room couch so I can fuel my phone while I scroll ...
Wall Street Journal

Pastors Using AI to Help Write Sermons Grapple With Where to Draw the Line

OKLAHOMA CITY—On a Saturday afternoon about 20 hours before he was due to preach, Darrell Stetler II sat behind a two-monitor workstation crammed into the sound booth of his church, a slide deck ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
NPR

A college student's perspective on using AI in class

[Maximilian Milovidov is a freshman at Columbia University and a member of TikTok's Youth Council. He used a large language model to edit this essay for length and a human to edit for content. This ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...
NBC News

Using AI for advice or other personal reasons is linked to depression and anxiety

People who interact with chatbots for emotional support or other personal reasons are likelier to report symptoms of depression or anxiety, a new study finds. The researchers from Mass General Brigham ...
Education Week

More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. Here’s Why

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...