The cold war between Amazon and Google began to thaw last year, but the icy relationship between the companies has been a nuisance for far too long already. When relations were at their worst, Amazon didn’t support or sell Chromecasts, and Google blocked YouTube on Amazon devices. Now, Google …

  Because the pre-launch run-up for AMD’s Ryzen 7 3000 family was… hectic, to say the least, a lot of nooks and corners had to be left unchecked, just to get the Navi and Ryzen reviews done on time. There was also a bit of difficulty in making sure that …

  You’d never expect a sub-$100 phone to be as fast as a flagship device like the Pixel 3 or Galaxy S10, but they can still be unreasonably slow sometimes. The bargain-priced Qualcomm Snapdragon 200-series chips have offered bare minimum performance in the past, but the company’s new Snapdragon 215 …

Nocturnal exposure to light containing short wavelength emissions (450-500 nm) — the kind of light produced by the screens of many devices — raises blood sugar levels and increases sugar intake, according to a study performed on Sudanian grass rats (Arvicanthis ansorgei). Nighttime exposure to blue light causes glucose intolerance …

  One of the primary selling points of USB Type-C is that it can become a universal standard — one cable for power, data, video, and more. Not all implementations of Type-C are created equal, though. The Raspberry Pi 4 launched recently, moving from micro USB to USB-C for power. …

  Apple made a variety of changes to its product lines yesterday, with some systems becoming genuinely better deals and a few others shuffling off the mortal coil altogether. First, the last 13-inch MacBook Pro without a Touch Bar has been axed, which means the entire 13-inch product family now …

  As Moore’s law has slowed, manufacturers have turned their attention to optimizing other aspects of their devices. Shrinking transistor designs and building smaller chips no longer delivers the performance and efficiency improvements that it once did. Improvements in packaging technology, on the other hand, offer real potential for performance …

Episode 28 of the NewRetirement podcast is an interview with Cameron Huddleston, an award winning personal finance journalist and author, about her experience planning for and caring for aging parents. Her work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, Huffington Post, Money, MSN, USA Today and …

  I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you might have less in your retirement account than you think you have! At least the worth to you might be less than you imagine. Really! Your 401k or IRA account balance is not telling the whole story of your …

There’s contradictory evidence surrounding consumer adoption of smart speakers for search and commerce. Multiple surveys indicate growth but other data suggest smart speakers have not emerged as a commerce platform. However, eMarketer’s new smart speaker shopping forecast paints a very bullish picture of the future of “voice shopping.” 31 million …