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PRODUCT REVIEW

Beatbot AquaSense Pro: Just in Time for Summer, the Ultimate Robot Pool Cleaner

Mark Vena reviews the Beatbot AquaSense Pro, detailing its advanced features and performance in automated pool cleaning.

Majority of Consumers Feel Safe With DIY Home Security: Parks Study

Based on a survey of 8,000 U.S. internet households, the research also found that the major reason for canceling professional monitoring systems was cost, with 25% of consumers citing "fees too high" as their reason for terminating their monitoring services.

OPINION

The 5 Best Electric Cars on the Market

Let’s talk about the five best electric cars in the world right now -- some of which aren’t available in the U.S. We’ll close with my first Product of the Week for 2024, the best electric car charger in the market.

Standout Tech Products of 2023

As 2024 fast approaches, it’s time to name my Product of the Year. Let’s start with the contenders that did not make it to the top of my list, and I’ll conclude with the one product that did.

Tips To Help Mask Your Identity Online

Apply these tips to prevent bad actors from using your IP address to load malware onto your devices, serve you with ransomware, hack into your financial accounts, or steal your entire online identity.

Gmail Creator Predicts AI Will Totally Disrupt Google Search in 1 to 2 Years

The most popular search engine on the internet may be headed for some rough sailing in the next one or two years, according to the creator of Gmail.

STARTUP TO WATCH

EdTech Developer’s Study Game Approach Aces Med School Testing Curve

King of the Curve combines gamification and social strategies to assist science students in scoring better on med school entrance exams and related challenges.

Researchers Weaponize Machine Learning Models With Ransomware

Defenders of software supply chains have a new attack vector to worry about: machine learning models.

China’s Woes Could Take a Bite Out of Apple’s Bottom Line

Worker unrest at the Zhengzhou Foxconn factory could result in a production shortfall of six million iPhones, just as the holiday season is about to enter the home stretch.

WOMEN IN TECH

Solar Lantern Inventor Brings Ecofriendly Light to Toxic Darkness

As a fledgling female entrepreneur and product developer, Alice Min Soo Chun faced more obstacles in starting her business than she can recount. Her passion for doing good and helping those afflicted by natural disasters kept her working on her goals.

ANALYSIS

Oracle’s Reinvention

Oracle's continued strides in the tech space say a lot about perseverance and deep pockets. It was a darling of the 20th century tech era, rising from a startup in the database wars and becoming the sole surviving independent database company. But at some point, success leveled out its rise and it b...

GitHub Blocks Devs in US-Sanctioned Regions

GitHub is blocking users in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria from accessing its services to comply with U.S. trade control laws. The Microsoft-owned company disclosed the action on a support page as a courtesy, noting that GitHub users ultimately are responsible for ensuring that their use ...

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

Budgeting Software Options to Keep Linux Users From Seeing Red

Budgeting apps come in all sizes and shapes. Budget apps for Linux are part of a software category that has been all but abandoned. But take heart. A number of Web-based solutions will more than meet your budget-tracking needs. If you still insist on finding a pure Linux-based application, do not mi...

LINUX PICKS AND PANS

Redcore Linux Gives Gentoo a Nice Facelift

Working with the Linux OS offers a never-ending series of alternatives. One of the greatest benefits of using the Linux desktop is that you are never at risk of vendor lock-in or of being stranded if your chosen distro flavor suddenly sours. Take Redcore Linux, for example. Redcore is not a househol...

Galaxy S8, S8+ Dazzle in Samsung’s Comeback Launch

Samsung on Wednesday launched the Galaxy S8 and S8+, its next generation of smartphones. They feature major improvements in design and security processing power, as well as new digital assistant technology that may challenge the best devices on the market. The Galaxy S8 and S8+ are available with 5....

Apple Levels up with tvOS

The refreshed Apple TV, tvOS and the Siri Remote Apple presented during Wednesday's "Hey Siri" event may not have been game changers, but the people pushing Apple's renewed focus on gaming are. Television's future lies in apps, proclaimed Apple CEO Tim Cook as he drew the curtain on the Apple TV's n...

Being Facebook Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry

Facebook on Thursday announced it had developed a framework for conducting research on its 1.3 billion or so users. The announcement clearly is a response to the onslaught of criticism the company received this summer, when it blithely reported the findings of a study about how News Feed content aff...

Scientists Zap Diamond With Laser to Record Quantum Behavior

Researchers recently developed a technique to record the quantum mechanical behavior of one electron in a nanoscale defect in diamond. The team used ultra-fast pulses of laser light both to control the defect's entire quantum state and to observe how the state of one electron in the defect changes o...

There’s a New Kid on the Solar System Block

Astronomers this week reported what they believe to be the most-distant member of our solar system discovered so far. 2012 VP113, a probable dwarf planet that was found to lie beyond the known edge of the solar system, was discovered by Chadwick Trujillo, an astronomer at the Gemini Observatory in H...

HOT TECH RUMOR

Samsung’s New Galaxy S5 Might Ship Bathtub-Ready

Of all the Samsung Galaxy S5 rumors to hit this week, the one that had me sit up straight and pay close attention is the rumor that the new Galaxy S5 may be both waterproof and dustproof. This is a big deal, because it would be the first major flagship smartphone with wide and popular distribution t...

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