Time was you could go to Microsoft’s website and get a definitive answer as to when your Surface machine’s support life cycle would end. For…
Physics
BEST TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS: FREE YOURSELF FROM THE TYRANNY OF CORDS
Earbud makers have been busy doing away with wires—a good thing whether or not your phone still has a headset jack. You no longer have…
GOOGLE ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS NAMES OF RAPE VICTIMS DESPITE LAW
Google has been inadvertently revealing the names of rape victims that should remain secret. Searching for details of certain cases can bring up predictions that…
GOOGLE NEWS: HOW DOES THE SEARCH GIANT’S HEADLINE AGGREGATOR WORK?
Google News is checked by millions of people on a daily basis looking for quick access to a range of coverage of a given event or…
APPLE AND GOOGLE ASKED WHETHER THEY SECRETLY SPY ON USERS BY US LAWMAKERS
Apple and Google must tell users how much they are spying on them, according to US lawmakers. The Energy and Commerce Committee has written to…
Facebook and Google are ‘digital sweat factories’, EU data watchdog says
The European Union’s data watchdog has compared Google and Facebook to “digital sweat factories” where nobody is allowed to clock out. European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli made…
Confirmed: No One Will Win the Google Lunar XPRIZE
Google partnered with the XPRIZE Foundation years ago to encourage innovative companies to shoot for the moon — literally. The Google Lunar XPRIZE offered $30…
Google prototyping Article model viewer for AR and VR web experiences
Google has packaged a prototype of a 3D model viewer called “Article” for developers to try out in virtual reality and augmented reality environments. In a…
Military Tech
Watch a AC-130 Gunship Devastate Targets on the Ground with Its Howitzer
The largest gun attached to any warplane in the world belongs to the new AC-130W Stinger II flying gunship. Its M102 howitzer can fire 105mm…
War Games
AMAZON ECHO PLUS REVIEW: NOT PLUS ENOUGH
The “plus” in the Amazon Echo Plus is an integrated ZigBee smart-home hub. It’s a feature that boosts this smart speaker’s price tag by a…
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Apple taught iPhone users not to care about specs. Now it’s Google’s turn.
October 16, 2017 -
Stevie Wonder’s vision restored, O.J. Simpson’s hookers, and Hugh Hefner didn’t have to die, in this week’s tabloids
October 8, 2017 -
Why bone-conduction might be the headphone technology of the future
October 1, 2017