Technology

2017 has been the best year for AMD since at least 2009-2010 and arguably the best for over a decade. The Ryzen CPU family has forced Intel to make significant adjustments to its own product stack, but so far, these changes have been confined to the desktop side of the …

The online computer component and electronics giant Newegg has been sued by four Korean banks for its alleged role in a massive, Ponzi-scheme like fraud. This is an extension of an earlier case that sent the former CEO of Moneual Inc, Park Hong-seok, to jail for 23 years. In that …

Google announced today it’s launching a new way to pay on mobile devices, using any card you have on file – including those saved to your Google Account via products like Google Play, YouTube, Chrome, or Android Pay. This “pay with Google” option ties all these saved payment options together …

New research from Apptopia, out today, takes a look at the impact getting featured as the App or Game of the Day on the new iOS App Store has on app downloads. This data is still fairly early, as the revamped App Store only arrived publicly with iOS 11’s release …

Google is actively investigating reports of major screen burn-in in Pixel 2 devices. Multiple end users are reporting significant problems with burn-in, even after just a few days of using the device. Screen burn-in has been a problem for literally as long as we’ve had computers. It’s the problem screen …

Most travelers prefer to keep expensive electronics like laptops in their carry-on bags, but you may soon be forbidden to check a laptop or similar piece of electronics. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recommended that laptops be banned from checked luggage worldwide. The proposal will be taken up at …

App downloads and revenue hit record levels in the third quarter of 2017, according to a new report out this morning from App Annie. Downloads across the two major app stores, Apple’s App Store and Google Play, reached nearly 26 billion worldwide – up 8 percent over the same time …

When we covered the appearance of in-browser cryptocurrency mining two weeks ago, it was confined to a single site; The Pirate Bayq. Now, in just a few weeks, the number of sites deploying this kind of in-browser mining solution has skyrocketed. Initially, Coinhive was offering Monero (cryptocurrency) Javascript mining, but …

Google’s new Pixel phones are finally shipping to consumers, and almost all the reviews agree the phones are fantastic. However, there’s one substantial point of contention: the display. Some say this new OLED panel is fine, and other say it’s terrible. When a phone costs $850, you certainly should not …

Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update (FCU) dropped earlier this week, to generally positive reviews. The new OS version isn’t a radical change from the previous Creators Update, but it does introduce some new features and improvements to Edge, OneDrive, GPU monitoring, battery meters, and more. One potential niggle, however, is …