Technology

  One of the nice things about Google’s Chrome browser is that it updates frequently in the background and delivers new goodies. However, you might never know there are new features unless you pay close attention to the changelog. Chrome 78 is rolling out now for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, …

  Following the introduction of its digital well-being tools for Android at Google’s I/O developer conference last year, the company has since expanded the feature set to include new options, like Focus mode and better parental controls for families with children. Now, Google is trying something new. The company today …

  LG hasn’t been rolling out completely new smartphones as often as it used to. Instead, it created tweaked versions of past devices with new features and hardware. It hasn’t been completely unsuccessful, but it’s not catching Samsung any time soon. LG’s latest US launch might actually move some units, …

  Huawei demoed its first folding phone, the Mate X earlier this year, but it didn’t promise any specific launch date. Samsung famously had to delay its Galaxy Fold review for months after some early hardware failures. Huawei seemed to hang back and watch the mess unfold, but now it’s …

  With a more polished and less flashy exterior, Dell’s Alienware M15 R2 stands out from the company’s usual products. If it wasn’t for the glowing Alienware logo on the back, this system might have passed as a non-gaming laptop. But don’t let appearances deceive you; it’s got real power …

  One of the problems with safeguarding privacy in the digital era is the way digital photography has exploded. We’ve covered the problem of license plate readers before, particularly when governments team up with corporations to effectively serve as debt collectors. But the issue goes even farther than the companies …

  Journalists write stories for different reasons. Some stories concern major developments from the corporations we cover on an ongoing basis. Some stories get written because they’re viewed as important, even if we know they won’t pull many readers. And some stories — some stories, Dear Reader, are more-or-less written …

  The era of mobile gaming started off great with cute little time-wasters like Angry Birds, but then in-app purchases happened. Today’s top mobile games are mostly “free-to-play,” which is a nice way of saying everything you do seems to cost money. Some players are willing to pay, and one …

  Android has supported various flavors of face unlock over the years, but the new Pixel 4 is the first one to have a secure 3D version backed by Google. In fact, Google is so gungho on face unlock that it didn’t even bother to include a fingerprint scanner. Early …

  It becomes increasingly clear every day how difficult it can be to maintain some semblance of privacy on the internet. An increasing number of people have started using VPN services to keep their activities private, but a compromised VPN can be even worse for your anonymity. The popular and …