Technology

Space might be the final frontier, but the second to final frontier is my nearly endless list of books to read. Whether you’re interested in astronomy, cosmology, spacetime, or space travel, these books are waiting to blow your mind. Non-fiction Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in …

Netflix added support for offline viewing on iOS and Android late last year, and today it’s bringing the same feature to Windows 10, with the exception of Windows 10 mobile devices. Arriving now in the updated Windows 10 application, a subset of the Netflix catalog can be downloaded to your PC or …

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich met with top investors and stockholders this week, on the same day that Intel held its Technology and Manufacturing Day (which we reported on here). ExtremeTech has received a tape-recording of that meeting and the contents will shock you: According to Krzanich, there’s an industry-wide conspiracy …

When AMD announced Ryzen, it made it clear that the chip would hit the desktop market first, followed by server and mobile APUs. Server parts are expected in Q2, with mobile APUs following in the back half of the year. Analysts and reviewers have broadly praised the architecture, but some …

Traditionally, cameras achieve resolution by having many pixels spread across space — the surface of the sensor. They also use a lens to focus the image on that sensor. Single-pixel imagers turn this approach on its head, by using randomly patterned light to illuminate the scene, and recording the result …

Intel had a tech day this week to discuss the future of its own 14nm and 10nm chips, and it laid out some impressive claims in the process. It also laid out what it believes is a better metric for calculating process nodes in the future, though we suspect TSMC, …

LastPass bills itself as a way to simplify your life by storing all your passwords and account details in one place. However, it’s looking a little less convenient now, as the service deals with its second major security flaw in as many weeks. LastPass is in the process of patching a …

Reviews of Windows 10’s Creators Update went live yesterday, and we’ve rounded up their thoughts and conclusions so you don’t have to. This is the third named release of Windows 10 — Threshold 2 (version 1511) debuted in November 2015, the Anniversary Update (version 1607) was available on August 2, …

Nearly a year ago, Twitter announced it would begin distancing itself from the requirement that all tweets could only contain 140 characters by no longer counting some things – like media attachments or @ replies towards the character count. However, it didn’t begin testing the change with @ replies until …

Want to remember to tell a friend happy birthday, good luck or congratulations? Had a follow-up question for a client that just occurred to you at 1 AM? Want to write a heartfelt thank you to be texted at a later date? Unfortunately, neither SMS nor most messaging apps – including …