Apple really stepped in it a few weeks ago when it admitted it was indeed slowing down older iPhones. While the rationale it offered does make sense in certain contexts, owners of affected devices were not amused. Apple’s remedy for the wave of bad PR was to replace batteries in …

NAND storage prices weren’t great in 2017. Drives were significantly more expensive throughout the year than in 2016, and while prices came down somewhat in the later part of the year, they’re still running hot compared with 2014-2016. China is planning to investigate the situation, with an eye on how …

Microsoft rolled out a new version of the Xbox One just in time for the holiday season, and seasoned console modder Eddie Zarick has already done what he does best — turned it into a laptop. In the hands of Mr. Zarick, the Xbox One X (See on Amazon) becomes the “Xbook …

Jupiter is a very different planet than Earth, but scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center think they’ve unraveled a mystery on the solar system’s largest planet that could affect how we understand the weather patterns here. For decades, scientists have puzzled over an atmospheric jet stream on Jupiter called …

There may be a reason why that ol’ “Facebook is listening to you talk” conspiracy theory refuses to die – and not just because Facebook’s ad technology has gotten so good, it’s downright creepy. As it turns out, some apps are actually listening. Well, kind of! According to a recent …

Photo by Michal Kulesza ‘Tis the season — and your stomach knows it. After all, in the last day, you’ve stuffed it with about 5,000 calories, thanks to holiday parties, cookie swaps, and oversized glasses of eggnog. But in the grand scheme of things, one epic day of holiday feasting …

A new species of large Pacific octopus has been discovered in the waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. The frilled giant Pacific octopus. Image credit: David Scheel, doi: 10.4003/006.035.0206. The newly-discovered species belongs to Enteroctopus, a genus whose members are known as ‘giant octopuses.’ All species of this genus live …

A team of Japanese planetary researchers led by Osaka University’s Professor Kentaro Terada has discovered that the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field can transport high-energy ions of biogenic oxygen from the atmosphere of our planet to the lunar surface. This image shows how the solar wind transports ions of …

Google has published on the Google Research blog the search quality raters guidelines, contractors guidelines to evaluate Google’s search results, specifically for the Google Assistant and voice search results. It is similar to the web search quality guidelines, but it changes in that there is no screen to look at …

One of the first items you should consider in putting together an SEO plan is what keywords you should try to rank for. That’s very basic, right? But the world of SEO has become more complex. It’s not like you can simply decide you want to rank for a keyword, …