Technology News for Saturday 12th April 2025

1. Innovative smartphone tools help people with cognitive, mobility disabilities

For Consumer Reports research specialist Karla Noboa, everyday tasks haven't always been easy due to physical and cognitive disabilities. But unexpectedly, Karla's smartphone has become more than just a device; it's a powerful tool that helps her navigate ...

2. Microsoft's Greatest Hits and Epic Fails: A 50-Year Wild Ride

Gates, the company's first CEO, would step down in 2000 to make way for Steve Ballmer, a former Harvard classmate. As CEO, Ballmer made some smart moves, diving into enterprise software and launching the Xbox gaming console and Microsoft's Azure cloud ...

3. The size and shape of sound: The role of articulation and acoustics in iconicity and crossmodal correspondences

This paper focuses on what specific analogies motivate such correspondences in spoken language: do people associate shapes and size with how phonemes sound (auditory), or how they are produced (articulatory)? Based on a synthesis ...

4. Trump Administration Live Updates: Smartphones and Computers Get Reprieve From New US Tariffs on China

Smartphone reprieve: The Trump administration published a rule late Friday night that appeared to exempt smartphones, computers, semiconductors and other electronics from most of the president's punishing tariffs on China, giving tech companies like ...