Technology

For years, wireless mice have been full of compromise. If you want something high-performance, it either has to be heavy or only runs for a couple days on a charge. If you want good battery life, it’s either has serious weight or crummy performance. You get the idea. Logitech has …

Tinder announced today it’s beginning a test of a new feature called “Feed” designed to help users learn more about their matches. The Feed, which will appear as a tab on the Messages screen, will include real-time updates from those you’ve already matched with, including things like recently added Tinder …

Grammarly has actually been a quite convenient device for those that create a whole lot on their laptop computer or desktop computers. It assists catch typos or grammar errors prior to you send or release anything. Considered that a large amount of people currently rollover their job as well as …

The world has quietly crowned a new chess champion. While it has now been over two decades since a human has been honored with that title, the latest victor represents a breakthrough in another significant way: It’s an algorithm that can be generalized to other learning tasks. It gets crazier. …

Last week, we reported that Dell had become the first major OEM to sell laptops that didn’t use the Intel Management Engine. The move was significant, both because of Dell’s size and because the other two PC OEMs that had made similar statements both focus on the Linux market. We’ve …

Many previous “dumb” devices are getting smarter with the addition of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other wireless technologies. Who needs a light switch when you can use an app to turn on the lights from anyplace in the world, right? Adding smarts to a gun safe might not be the best …

OEMs aren’t particularly good at security, but HP’s recent problems deserve some kind of award. The company has been shipping a keylogger on at least 460 laptop models, and while it’s disabled by default, enabling it is as simple as flipping a registry switch. Security researcher Michael Myng (aka ZwClose) …

Verizon will no longer be the exclusive U.S. mobile carrier for watching NFL games on smartphones and tablets. According to an announcement this morning, the company – and TechCrunch’s parent, by way of Oath – says that it has closed a new deal with the National Football League that will …

Facebook’s “Poke” feature has never really gone away, but now the social network is giving it a more prominent placement – and is even considering expanding the set of casual greeting options to include others, like a wink, wave, high-five or hug. Though Facebook had never really discontinued the age-old …

For the past few years, hard drive manufacturers have run into problems when attempting to increase drive capacities. HDDs aren’t growing nearly as quickly as they used to, though much of this decline has been overshadowed by the availability of first SATA-based SSDs, and now, newer solutions using PCIe. Part …