Technology

  When you install a Windows Update or make a major change to the OS, the system often reminds you to create a restore point (assuming it doesn’t create one itself). Restore points are meant to save you from exactly the kind of mid-OS update failure that used to result …

  The future of Huawei’s smartphone business is in doubt, now that Google has confirmed it would comply with Commerce Department restrictions that could cut the Chinese form off from key pieces of Android. Huawei didn’t let these last few tumultuous days slow it down. The company has announced the …

  Google is working toward a late 2019 release for Android Q, the next version of the dominant mobile platform. The Android beta program lets you test drive the new OS as it’s being completed, and there’s a new way to do that today. The newly launched OnePlus 7 and …

  With last fall’s release of iOS 12, Apple introduced Siri Shortcuts — a new app that allows iPhone users to create their own voice commands to take actions on their phone and in apps. Today, Apple is celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) by rolling out a practical, accessibility-focused …

  Despite a $5.7 million FTC fine and changes to restrict its use by under 13-year-olds, TikTok retained its No. 1 position as the most downloaded app on the Apple App Store for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to a new report from Sensor Tower. The app saw more than …

  At its Samsung Foundry Forum this week, Samsung declared that its Product Design Kit for 3nm chips is now in alpha, having reached the 0.1 development milestone. Samsung is planning to launch a plethora of process nodes in the coming years, with development tracks planned for 7nm, 6nm, 5nm, …

  Back in January 2018, researchers disclosed a set of vulnerabilities related to the way modern CPUs perform a function known as speculative execution. Spectre and Meltdown were considered serious in part because Spectre represented an entire new class of attacks, not a single isolated attack vector. For much of …

  Samsung could be preparing to re-launch the Galaxy Fold, with shipments potentially resuming within the next month, according to a Korean news site. Supposedly the device is being tested on mobile field networks now, with the goal of releasing the release schedule later this month and actually launching the …

  Spotify is a music streaming company, but it’s dipping its proverbial toes into hardware with the “Car Thing.” Spotify didn’t bother to give its first piece of hardware a proper name because it’s not selling it. This voice-activated automotive accessory aims to make Spotify easier to use in your …

  A new headset could revolutionize communication for locked-in individuals, people with ALS, and anyone who has suffered an injury that makes communication more difficult. In fact, research in this area is proceeding along several different paths. It may not be much longer before real-time speech communication is possible again …