Technology

Over a decade ago, Microsoft added support for a key malware mitigation technique that makes it harder for rogue applications to predict which code will be loaded into specific target addresses. This technique, called address space layout randomization (ASLR), stores data in different locations each and every time the application …

Battery life is always an interest in smartwatches. A lot of get you through the day however all of it depends on how you’re utilizing them and if they’re connected to Wi-Fi or a cellular network. Samsung has rolled out a brand-new update for Gear Sport. How does the new …

Earlier this year, Samsung started talking about a new NAND storage technology it planned to bring to market. The company has been close-mouthed about its new Z-NAND and the Z-SSD it powers, though it did share the technology is based on its three-dimensional V-NAND, otherwise known as 3D NAND. Early …

Just over a year ago, Apple deployed its first ARM SoC in a Mac product family. The Apple T1 microprocessor is used for Touch ID support in 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros, and it runs its own custom version of watchOS rather than the macOS used by the rest of …

Intel’s Coffee Lake launched six weeks ago, but finding the chips online has sometimes been challenging. Prices have consistently hovered above MSRP and availability hasn’t been 100 percent. That’s unfortunate — the Core i7-8700K is the best mainstream desktop CPU available in-market today — and it’s a situation Intel is …

It’s been a busy week for non-volatile memory storage, with major announcements from both Micron and Intel. First up there’s Micron, with a major announcement in NVDIMMs. Before we hit it, a quick refresher: There are three NVDIMM (Non-Volatile DIMM) storage standards, though only two are available today. NVDIMM-F is …

Amazon’s services have become a big part of many people’s lives, both online and off. Do you trust Amazon enough to let it unlock your doors, though? That’s the pitch for the newly launched Amazon Key service, which allows delivery people set your packages inside under the watchful eye of …

Unlike Android handset manufacturers, which sometimes deploy different SoCs in identically named products depending on the market, Apple has historically stuck with a unified iPhone design. In 2016, the company started using two different modems, one from Qualcomm, one from Intel. Apple has continued this practice with the iPhone X, …

It’s been 20 years since IBM first introduced copper interconnects in CMOS processing, sparking a minor revolution in the process. Within a handful of years, both Intel and AMD had made the jump as well, paving the way for reduced interconnect power consumption and improved performance when compared with the …

Bike-sharing, the year’s hottest startup trend in China and beyond, looks like it is about to see the biggest casualty of its cut-throat competition. Bluegogo, which had raised $90 million from investors and operates around 700,000 bikes across China, seems headed for the deadpool after Technode, our Chinese partner site, …