Technology

A coalition of 22 consumer and public health advocacy groups, led by Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), have today filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission asking them to investigate and sanction Google for how its Google Play Store markets apps to …

  Last year at Computex, Intel debuted an overclocked 5GHz 28-core Xeon CPU. It was always obvious that the CPU was more of a demonstration model than an actual shipping product — the 1.2kW cooler that Intel had to use to hit those kinds of clock speeds was a sign …

  Gamers looking for a new panel on a reasonable budget may find a lot to like with the LG 32QK500-W, especially if you’re looking for the sweet spot between features, image quality, and price. The new panel is a 31.5-inch QHD (2560×1440) IPS display, with support for a 75Hz …

Allowing any one company too much control over the internet and the long-term development of web standards has always been a bad idea. It didn’t work well in the late 1990s and early 2000s when Microsoft’s Internet Explorer was the de facto standard, and it isn’t likely to be a …

Bumble has come up with a new way for its dating app and related businesses to generate revenue. The company this week launched filters — a way to sift through potential matches by a set of specific criteria. For example, Bumble Date users can now filter matches by astrological sign …

  We live in a world were simply looking at your phone can unlock it, but the way that happens varies wildly between phones. There was less “wiggle room” with fingerprint sensors — you either have the right fingerprint or you don’t. With face unlock, there are ways to do …

Intel is once again launching chipsets on its 22nm process node, freeing up 14nm production to be used with other parts. The B365 is part of the 300-series of chipsets, so it supports the latest Intel CPUs — but it’s also officially part of the Kaby Lake family since it’s …

It’s been at least a few days since a new Facebook privacy scandal dropped, so we’re long overdue. According to a new posting tucked away on Facebook’s developer blog, the company introduced a bug into its photo API earlier this year that gave connected apps too much access to your …

Bluetooth is far from perfect, but it’s also increasingly vital as smartphones continue dropping the headphone jack. Apple has managed to wean people off wires with AirPods, but most other true wireless options are comparatively lacking. A company called Tempow hopes to change that with a new Bluetooth technology. It’s …

Intel’s Architecture Day 2018 this past Tuesday wasn’t just a CPU show. The graphics market is poised to be a significant component of Intel’s strategy going forward, and the company’s Gen 11 solution looks like it’ll be a potent improvement over Skylake. These improvements are long overdue. For most of the …