Technology

The Essential Phone got a lot of hype last year for a few reasons. It was the first phone to hit the market with a screen notch, allowing for very narrow bezels. It was also backed by Andy Rubin, who founded Android and ran the division for several years after …

According to Google legend, the ill-fated Pixel C was initially supposed to be a Chrome OS device. However, full touch support in Chrome OS was still too far off in the future, so Google repurposed the hardware to run Android. Now, we’re finally reaching the era of touchscreen Chrome devices. …

Nvidia has announced that it will end support for 32-bit operating systems this month, including Windows 10. The company states: Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance enhancements, new features, and bug fixes, will be available only on 64-bit operating systems. Critical security updates will be provided for 32-bit operating systems …

Over the past few years, credit card terminals and users across the US have been transitioning from the old style of credit and debit cards to the newer EMV standard, also sometimes called chip-and-pin. The point of chip-and-pin is to create a newer banking standard that’s more resistant to fraud …

Global app downloads and consumer spending in apps had yet another record quarter, according to a new report from App Annie, out on Monday. In the first quarter of 2018, iOS and Google Play downloads grew more than 10 percent year-over-year to reach 27.5 billion – the highest figure to …

It seemed like a foregone conclusion there would be a phone later this year called the “Pixel 3,” but you never can tell with Google. Today, that seems like an even safer bet. As is tradition, the first hints of Google’s next flagship smartphone have appeared in the Android open …

Apple power users have been left without a modern desktop computer for a long time now. The last update to Apple’s Mac Pro was way back in 2013, and five years later, they’ll have to keep on waiting. Apple confirms it’s looking at 2019 as the right time to launch …

You can get a sizable chunk of SSD storage in your computer for a very reasonable price right now, but mechanical hard drives are still a better deal when you need a terabyte or more. If performance is of primary importance, then an SSD is the only option. Western Digital has …

At the same time consumer purchases of AR and VR devices have reached something of a disappointing plateau, those technologies are finding an increasing number of homes in industry. One field where various forms of augmented experiences are gaining ground is medicine. That was clear at Stanford’s recent symposium on …

The outcry over the FCC’s move to kill net neutrality in the US has been loud and persistent, but a complex administrative change could have even more severe impacts for many Americans. Proposed changes to the federal Lifeline program could leave many low-income households without any access to the internet, …