Technology

  Microsoft took the unusual step of issuing a security patch for long since discontinued operating systems like Windows XP and Server 2003 in mid-May. It said at the time that a newly discovered vulnerability in older versions of Windows had the potential to devastate computers on a scale similar …

  Earlier this year, we reported on a situation regarding Chrome and proposed changes to ad blocking that would greatly limit the ability of modern adblockers to filter content. Under Google’s new rules, extensions would be limited to a list of 30,000 items to be filtered. uBlock Origin, a popular …

  If all you’re paying attention to is the major news coming out of shows like Computex, the PC market seems to be going great guns. DRAM prices have fallen. New 7nm CPUs from AMD and 10nm CPUs from Intel are poised to deliver further gains. But underneath the hood, …

  Sprint and T-Mobile are busy trying to convince government regulators to let them merge into a single mega-carrier, but Sprint hasn’t completely stopped working on its network. The fourth-place carrier has announced the launch of its 5G network in a handful of cities, and its first 5G devices will …

Connected cars are capable of transmitting more data than ever before. From engine performance to navigation, vehicle data is now collected, analyzed and acted upon in new ways that can foster a closer relationship between manufacturers and car owners. For example, rather than requiring car owners to go into a …

The Food Industry is in crisis. It has been slow to adopt technology, rested on its laurels and is now trying to catch up. Our society is dealing with unprecedented diet-related health problems, climate crisis, unsustainable agriculture methods and a growing population. History shows us that in times of crisis …

The award ceremony for the 10th annual Innovation World Cup® Series took place at MWC Barcelona this February, celebrating the IoT game changers of today. The jury selected 20 start-ups for the finals, out of more than 500 submissions from over 45 nations. A winner is selected for each of …

Remember the iPod? If not, Apple is here to jog your memory. The tech giant surprise-released a new iPod Touch on Tuesday — its first since 2015. The “new” product, which runs on an A10 Fusion Chip that Apple’s president of product marketing Greg Joswiak says makes the device “twice …

I’ve been using mobile phones since the mid-nineties and have seen several companies impact the industry. Motorola and Nokia helped shape much of the earlier years of mobile phones with the latter introducing me to my first “smart” phone with the Communicator.  Then came BlackBerry that pushed productivity on mobile …

  Intel and AMD are expanding their GPU partnership and launching new hardware that features a combination of Intel CPUs and an AMD discrete GPU. The two companies famously collaborated on Hades Canyon, a premium design that combined an AMD “Vega” GPU (not quite), with an Intel CPU connected via …