Technology

Microsoft started off October on a high note with the released of a long-awaited Windows 10 update. This was part of the company’s ongoing effort to roll out a pair of major updates to its flagship software product every year. Here we are at the end of October, and there’s …

In the wake of Intel’s strong Q3 report last week, rumors that the company could outsource its Atom and chipset production to TSMC make more sense. Intel’s quarterly figures confirmed that the company was seeing increased demand for 14nm products. During the Q3 2018 conference call, Intel executives stated they …

Supercomputing wins are a big deal for semiconductor manufacturers. Winning space in top systems is seen as a mark of stability and longevity. It implies vendors at the top of the market and with access to important, long-term government contracts believe your hardware is robust and capable enough to be …

When Intel decided to push into the tablet and smartphone business back in 2011, it had a distinct vision for its x86 smartphone and tablet rollout. The goal, the company explained back then, was to establish the idea that x86 could offer premium performance and features that ARM couldn’t, then …

Last year, the top subscription video apps like Netflix and Hulu raked in a combined $781 million, and that trend is showing no sign of slowing down in 2018. In the third quarter of 2018, U.S. consumers spent an estimated $329 million in the top 10 subscription video-on-demand apps across …

Google’s line of Pixel phones is known mostly for what they take away. They proudly ship with stock Android rather than the “optimized” variants that companies like Samsung ship. They receive regular security updates to ensure fewer long-lasting security bugs, though Google has taken steps to improve the update situation …

Any time a new product launches, you can guarantee that related forums will carry at least a certain load of problem posts from end users whose initial experience with the device is anything but good. It can be genuinely difficult to parse out what constitutes a ‘real’ problem as opposed …

When Red announced its first smartphone with a holographic display, it raised a lot of eyebrows. Red is a company known for its cameras, not its smartphones. It promised a cutting-edge holographic display and debuted with an aggressive PR pitch that saddled the phone with impossibly high promises. Red promised …

Apple flew from Cupertino to Brooklyn (my hometown!) to take over the entire block surrounding BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, for the introduction of some new Macs and iPad Pros. The new Macs, in particular, were long-awaited — the Mac lineup, taken in sum total and aside from the …

Customers, investors, regulators, and yes, journalists rely on what companies officially tell us about their businesses, their products, and their future prospects. Sure, we all have our own sources and experiences to help us decide if we believe what we’ve been told. But those aren’t always enough to prevent people …