Technology

  Pour one out for Microsoft’s smartphone platform. After years of half-measures aimed at competing with Android and iOS, Microsoft is calling it quits on Windows 10 Mobile. The December 2019 patches for Windows 10 Mobile will be the last. The company is urging any Windows Mobile holdouts to make …

PINK BOLLWORMS are the scourge of cotton farmers. The pest is less than an inch long, but it has a ravenous cravings for the plant’s seeds. As a child living on Kibbutz Ginosar, in Israel’s north, Ofir Schlam would awaken at dawn to inspect leaves for the insect. “They were …

Tech huge LG just recently performed a study in collaboration with video game publisher Activision where its objective was to identify if PC, PS4, or Xbox users were “better “players. According to LG, the outcomes of the research study show that Xbox players are” much better “at video games than …

  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 …

  At CES earlier this month, Intel announced that it would launch a new range of high-end Core i9 CPUs, but didn’t give many details on the chips. Over the last 10 days, new details on these cores have become available — and they’re more than a bit unusual. The …

  Just a few years ago, phones were all still competing in the megapixel race. Now, it’s less about the number of megapixels in a phone camera and more about what you can do with them. OEMs have decided the best way forward is to include more camera sensors, and …

  Android has grown over the last decade to become the most popular computing platform on Earth, and it’s an open source project. However, the version of Android you get on most smartphones is bundled with proprietary components, some of which plug into advertising services. It can seem intimidating, but …

  Google’s struggling Wear OS platform could be headed for some big changes with the news that the company has acquired wearable technology and employees from Fossil. The firms didn’t specify what exactly Google it getting from Fossil, but it did cost the Android maker a cool $40 million. Could …

  Netflix announced plans to raise prices for all of its product plans this week. Wall Street welcomed the news, sending the stock up 6.5 percent. As for the plans being increased, here’s how it all breaks down: Basic: Stream Netflix to one device in standard definition, download titles to …

  Companies like Intel and AMD typically make their CPUs available to both OEMs and what’s known as the retail channel for purchase. Sometimes, a limited edition chip or one intended for specialty markets may only be available to OEMs, particularly if it’s a soldered form factor or relies on …