Technology

The government is chronically behind the times, but lawmakers in New Jersey are looking to make one important change in the coming weeks to address one very modern problem: drones. No, it’s not the privacy aspect or the use of drones in restricted areas. New Jersey is planning to make …

With net neutrality effectively dead (barring long-shot lawsuits or miraculous Congressional competence), the FCC under GOP Chair Ajit Pai is turning its attention to another pressing matter — the state of America’s broadband. Specifically, the FCC thinks broadband speed in America is probably defined too aggressively and it wants to …

All the big US carriers want to be the first to sell you 5G cellular service. ATT is so anxious to do so, it’s currently pushing a “5G Evolution” in some markets that isn’t real 5G, but an enhanced version of 4G. That said, the carrier has announced it does …

As soon as there were smartphones, there was malware for smartphones. The wealth of personal data on a mobile device makes it a tempting target for internet ne’er-do-wells, and they’re getting quite clever when it comes to fooling users into compromising their security. The latest malware scare is a nasty …

Over the past few days we’ve covered major new security risks that struck at a number of modern microprocessors from Intel and to a much lesser extent, ARM and AMD. Information on the attacks and their workarounds initially leaked out slowly, but Google has pushed up its timeline for disclosing …

Ever since Microsoft launched Windows 10, it’s made the OS officially or unofficially available. Officially, you stopped being able to download or upgrade your system to Windows 10 on July 29, 2016. Unofficially, you can still download an upgrade license for the OS. And despite statements from Microsoft that it …

Samsung is gearing up for CES 2018 and hinting at the kind of projects it’ll showcase this year aside from consumer products. The company maintains a creative lab it calls the C-Lab, and plans to demonstrate three new projects there, while also highlighting seven now-commercialized C-Lab projects. The three new …

Intel’s CPU security took some whacks a few months ago, with well-publicized problems with the Intel Management Engine. If rumors are to believed, 2018 could kick off on an even worse year for the company. There’s growing speculation that there’s a major bug in Intel CPUs that requires a wholesale …

For nearly a decade, the CPU race in desktops and laptops has been a two-way fight between AMD and Intel. It’s easy to forget there used to be a third competitor in the race: VIA. While it never enjoyed much mainstream market presence, it once offered extremely low-power x86 hardware …

Intel CPUs are now known to contain a serious flaw that can compromise system security. It can’t be fixed by microcode or UEFI update, and the solution — a significant set of patches applied to Windows, macOS, and Linux systems — is expected to carry a significant performance penalty in …