Technology

We’ve all experienced that moment of dread as a phone escapes your hand and tumbles to the floor. Will it be cracked when you pick it up? A cracked screen today could cost you hundreds of dollars to fix, but a new material accidentally developed by researchers in Tokyo might …

With every version of Android, Google adds new features and security optimizations. Many of those won’t matter to users until developers get around to adding the proper support, though. Google is lighting a fire under devs to make sure future app releases are as safe and efficient as possible. Starting …

Last week, reports surfaced on Reddit that Apple might be invisibly throttling iPhone SoC performance, particularly on the 6s, as the battery’s health decreased. While all batteries lose some capacity over time as they’re charged and discharged, Apple notified customers about a year ago that their batteries might degrade more …

Samsung’s new 49-inch monitor is a sight to behold for several reasons. It’s the approximate size and dimensions of a subway car, with a 49-inch diagonal and a 32:9 aspect ratio. It’s enough to make the ultrawide displays of a few years ago (a paltry 21:9) feel a bit small. …

Apart from a brief period following the launch of Windows RT, the Windows, Android, and iOS markets remain resolutely segregated. Windows still ships on the vast majority of desktops and laptops (Chromebooks are a noted exception), iOS dominates tablets and racks up a solid amount of the phone market, while …

No VR startup other than Oculus has been better funded or more talked about than Magic Leap. Promising to essentially reinvent computing and entertainment, it has attracted over $1 billion in funding from marquee investors, while remaining secretive about its actual product. That has started to change with the company …

Despite the frequent and extensive leaks of personal information on the internet, passwords are still the preferred method of gaining access to your accounts. Every year, SplashData puts together a list of the most popular (and therefore worst) passwords that appeared in this year’s leaks. For 2017, “password” is still …

Just over a year ago, Google announced a major change to the way its search index will rank sites: it will go mobile-first. As the company explained at the time, Google’s algorithms will eventually primarily use the mobile version of a website’s content to rank its pages, to understand structured …

Most dating apps match users then leave it up to them to initiate their chat. When Bumble launched, however, it broke new ground by having women make the first move. Today, Hinge is introducing its own take on how conversations on dating apps should be handled with a new feature …

For many people, mobile devices are their main computing device. It’s no surprise then that malware creators have followed them to mobile platforms. Most pieces of Android malware do one or two things, often in a surreptitious manner to evade detection. That’s not the case with a new strain of malware …