Google last week announced an updated app for its minimalist Cardboard virtual-reality viewer, as well as software development kits for both Android and the Unity game engine. It also published new building specifications for those interested in making their own Cardboard viewers and announced that ...
Blackphone on Tuesday announced plans to open an app store for privacy-focused applications to run on its secure smartphone. The store is expected to launch in January. The Blackphone runs PrivatOS, a modified version of Android 4.4.2 that comes bundled with tools that encrypt phone calls, texts, e...
The United States National Security Agency, which is known for monitoring landline, Web and cellphone communications worldwide, reportedly also targets wireless carriers. Documents released by whistle-blower Edward Snowden show the NSA has monitored more than 1,200 email accounts associated with maj...
Samsung on Monday began offering what may best be described as the "alpha version" of its Gear VR headset, developed by Oculus, in the U.S. This Gear VR Innovator Edition works with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and is priced at $200. The headset comes with sample gaming and experiential content such as...
OK, I know you are just back from Thanksgiving vacation, if you are in the U.S., and you likely are still stewing about what your drunk uncle said during dinner. So, since you probably are in the mood, I thought I'd toss out an idea that has been percolating in my brain that I plan to annoy folks wi...
Microsoft on Tuesday announced the Lumia 535 -- the first smartphone under its own brand since it completed its acquisition of Nokia in April. Microsoft is marketing the 535 as its "5x5x5" smartphone package. It has a 5-inch screen and 5-MP front- and rear-facing cameras. Microsoft will offer both s...
Elon Musk, CEO of both SpaceX and Tesla Motors, soon may be venturing into new territory: the Internet satellite sector. Musk reportedly is working with ex-Googler Greg Wyler, founder of WorldVu Satellites, on a $1 billion project to develop relatively small and inexpensive models that can be used t...
Google Wallet reportedly has experienced a sudden surge in use: Weekly transactions are up 50 percent, and the number of new users has nearly doubled in a month. Obviously, the primary explanation for this sudden leap is Apple's entry into the mobile payments world. It introduced Apple Pay in Septem...
Microsoft on Wednesday made another foray into the mobile health market with the introduction of the Microsoft Band, powered by its new Microsoft Health platform. The band, which is available at Microsoft Stores for $200 as of Thursday, is designed to be worn 24 hours a day. It has 10 sensors. In ad...
Fitbit on Monday announced three new fitness and activity-tracking wearables: the Fitbit Charge, Charge HR and Surge. The Charge HR and Surge will be available early next year. The Charge is available now on Fitbit's site and will be available from retailers nationwide. Prices are high -- $130 for ...
This week in Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, a peek at newly announced gadgets that caught my eye, we're going back to the future. Yes, there's an actual hoverboard on the agenda, alongside a larger Nook tablet, a high-end Kindle, smart luggage, and the tipping point for wearable tech. As always, ther...
The first reviews are out on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, unveiled last month in Berlin, and they're generally positive. "The best big-screen phone you can buy right now," screams one headline. "A phablet that can teach Apple a few things," says another. "I'm not sure where the good story is on this,"...
Lenovo last week announced five new models in its Yoga product line, some running Windows and the others Android. Three are tablets -- the Tablet 2 Pro and the Tablet 2 running Android, and the Tablet 2 running Windows. The others are the Yoga 3 Pro and the Thinkpad Yoga 14 laptops. The Tablet 2 com...
Samsung on Sunday announced that it has resolved issues hindering the commercialization of 802.11ad standard 60-GHz WiFi technology. The company's solution maintains maximum speed by eliminating co-channel interference regardless of the number of devices on the network, using what it claims is the w...
HTC on Thursday debuted two new products for photography enthusiasts. One offering, the RE, is an L-shaped camera that doesn't have a viewfinder. The other is a new smartphone, the Desire Eye, which boasts a 13-megapixel front-facing camera for high-resolution selfies. With RE, HTC appears to be tar...
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Apple's New AI Playbook
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Logitech Takes Aim at Bulky Boardroom Gear With AI Cameras
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Nvidia Raises Ante in AI PC Market With RTX Spark
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Flipper One Takes Hardware Hacking Into Uncharted Waters
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AI Can Identify Threats. It Can't Own Security Decisions
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Adobe Positions Itself as the AI Control Layer for CX
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Apple's WWDC26 Wasn't Flashy. That Was the Point
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Study Finds Most Restaurants Missing From AI Recommendations
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Dell's Strategic Reset and Intentional Return to the XPS Brand
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Telecom Heavyweights Circle Wagons Around Cybersecurity
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New Research Suggests Apple Could Expand the Foldable Market
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Experity AI Care Agent Helps Cut Admin Workload in Urgent Care
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Pet Robots Edge Closer to Reality
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AI-Powered Ways To Save on Christmas in a Post-Shutdown Season
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Malware Threats Accelerate Across Critical Infrastructure
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Individual AIs Turn Personal Expertise Into Scalable Enterprise Assets
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Malicious Traffic Surges 245% Since Iran War Began
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AI Apps Generate Revenue but Struggle With Retention
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Dirty Frag Linux Vulnerability Raises New Root Access Risks
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ID Thieves Can Spam, Target Devices
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Super Productivity App: The Closest I've Come to a Workflow That Sticks
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Inside Hyundai's Metaplant and the Future of Manufacturing
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Aptera Reaches Milestone in Solar-Powered Vehicle Production
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Google's AI Search Revamp Fuels DuckDuckGo Install Surge
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How Modular Data Centers Could Solve AI's Infrastructure Problem
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AI Integration, Child Safety Touted by Apple at WWDC26
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LinkedIn to Launch Campaign Against 'AI Slop'
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Data Centers in Space: Pi in the Sky or AI Hallucination?
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Gartner Predicts AI Search Will Fatten PR Budgets
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WWDC: Apple Unifies Operating Systems, Makes iPad More PC
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OpenAI Eyes AI Agent Phone, Kuo Says
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Law Firms Grapple With Hallucinated Legal Logic, Shadow AI
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The Lenovo Auto AI Box: Plug-and-Play Savior of the Modern Car
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Galaxy XR Is Impressive. The Problem Is Nobody Needs It (Yet)
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MWC 2026 Signals the End of the 'Dumb' Smartphone Era
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Crashing the Boys' Club: Women Entering Cybersecurity Through Non-Traditional Paths
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