Technology

  Robots have already become an integral part of Amazon’s warehouse operations, but it’s looking at several ways to automate delivery, too. We’ve all heard about Prime Air, the drone delivery program currently hamstrung by US restrictions on commercial drones. However, the company just rolled out a new ground-based robotic …

  If you’re a fan of high-end storage at affordable prices, 2019 is shaping up to be an exceptionally good year. Yesterday we discussed the new Western Digital SN750, a new SSD with a bit more top-end performance but substantially lower prices. Now, Samsung has dropped its own 970 EVO …

  At the dawn of the modern smartphone era a decade ago, OEMs tried crazy things to see what worked. There were phones with keyboards, phones with fold-out screens, and phones with kickstands. Today, smartphones are much less varied, but we could be due for an evolution. LG apparently thinks …

  There are new reports of a display problem affecting Apple laptops equipped with the Touch Bar, and reason to believe the company’s relentless focus on thinness-at-any-cost is directly responsible for these new issues. The issue now is being called a ‘stage light effect’, based on the way the backlight …

  Western Digital has launched its new SN750 SSD (full name: Western Digital WD Black SN750), with a few updated features and capabilities, including a tweaked firmware intended to boost performance. The new drives will also be offered in a separate retail package with an included custom heatsink designed by …

  Love them or hate them, selfies are here to stay. Phones are by far the most popular cameras today, and selfies are a rapidly growing use of them. So it makes sense that consumers are increasingly choosing their next phone based partially on its ability to capture selfies. Phone …

  Security researcher Troy Hunt, who maintains the website Have I Been Pwned for those who want to know if their email address and/or passwords have been compromised in any security breaches (spoiler alert: Yup) has released a report on a truly massive breach of some 773 million records. Even …

  Spoiler alert: The Mavic 2 Pro ($1,499) is a worthy successor to the original Mavic Pro. It improves on it in almost every dimension, although if you already own the first model, there isn’t any single compelling reason you have to rush out to get the new one. If …

  We often talk about Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant in the same breath as Alexa and Google Assistant, but Microsoft doesn’t think that’s right. After pushing Cortana as a standalone assistant, Microsoft is shifting gears to make it an add-on for other assistants. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Cortana should …

  Google likes to talk a big game when it comes to security on Chrome OS, and it’s true that there isn’t as much to go wrong in Chrome. However, that doesn’t mean it’s perfect. In fact, Google failed to implement a rather simple security measure to protect your passwords …