Look at that laptop over there, lid closed and sleeping soundly. It looks safe and secure, doesn’t it? Well, there’s a good chance that it’s vulnerable to a cold boot attack that could compromise your data. According to security firm F-Secure, almost every computer is vulnerable to this type of …
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On September 12, Apple introduced three new devices and killed the best, most affordable product that it previously manufactured. It did so without fanfare or announcement as far as I can tell. I’m not even sure it mentioned anything from the stage at its event. But at some during the …
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Apple launched the first Apple Watch in 2015, about a year after Google launched the first Wear OS devices with LG and Samsung. Apple made up for lost time with rapid updates and new hardware variants, catapulting it into the lead. This week, Apple unveiled the fourth-generation Apple Watch Series …
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Ever since Microsoft began the ramp for Windows 10, there’s been an unpleasant aspect to how the company has “marketed” the operating system. Microsoft’s “Get Windows 10” tool began as a helpful notification to let you know when your PC was approved for upgrading and transformed over the course of …
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Nearly everyone agrees that cost-effective lidar is an essential component of autonomous vehicle systems. That’s brought literally dozens of startups into the space, with lofty promises often accompanied by lofty funding rounds. However, many of them seem to be stuck in a sort of pre-production quagmire. They’ve got impressive demos, …
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Gmail is one of Google’s biggest and most beloved products, but that didn’t stop the company from trying something new back in 2014 with the launch of Inbox. I will admit to never getting hooked on Inbox, but a lot of former Gmail users fully embraced Google’s email experiment. They’re …
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Last year’s iPhone X was an oddly out-of-cycle update for the iconic smartphone lineup. Apple still sold the boring and safe iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, but this year Apple is leaving the old iPhone design in the dust. Now, it’s all about the notch. The iPhone XS and XS …
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Trendforce has announced that its lowering its expectation for mobile sales due to ongoing shortages of Intel’s new Whiskey Lake CPUs. The company writes: Intel originally planned to begin mass production of CPUs based on its latest Whiskey Lake platform in 3Q18, when the notebook market would be in the …
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Adobe users can be loosely divided into two groups: those who are happy with the feature set of its apps from 10 years ago, and those who are pushing the envelope looking for the ultimate productivity edge. If you’re a creative who works with audio or video and are in …
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Microsoft has been weaving OneDrive more deeply into Windows with each update, and the upcoming Windows 10 feature update (build 17720) will continue the trend. An updated version of Microsoft Storage Sense will automatically back up content to OneDrive, and it may even remove the local version of the file …
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