October 21, 2015 Why the dashboard will be tech’s next big battleground Cars today are essentially four-wheeled computers, with hundreds of processors, radar, video cameras, GPS, and wireless data connections. So it's no surprise that buyers are increasingly focused on how well these rolling PCs work with their smartphones.
October 21, 2015 FCC to cripple the Internet The Federal Communications Commission thinks the Internet in the United States can be run at two speeds.
October 21, 2015 LEDs turn out the light on incandescents and CFLs Most people have accepted that it's all but over for old incandescent bulbs. But CFLs—compact fluorescent bulbs, the titular replacements for incandescents—may be rapidly becoming extinct as well.
October 21, 2015 CES: TV takes a back seat The next tech revolution will not be televised. It will be driven.
October 21, 2015 This Halloween, beware the quants! Scarier than the NSA and spookier than the CIA, the quants are out to get you! They follow your every move online, with your smartphone, in your car, in the supermarket. But what do they want?
October 21, 2015 Apple on the sideline while Google and Samsung duke it out over watches and goggles Apple's announcement today was that it's refining its smartphones rather than introducing any amazingly great new gadgets. So all eyes in the tech industry are turning elsewhere for the next big thing and that looks to be in the area of so-called wearable computing.
October 21, 2015 Power to the travelers Cell phones have obviously never heard of the Engerizer Bunny. At least that's how it feels when you're traveling and crawling on your knees for outlets at the airport, or duking it out for adapters in the car.
October 21, 2015 Technology is creating the surveillance state Technology is making your every move--perhaps even those movements you make in the bathroom--ready for broadcast. The question is, are you ready for it?
October 21, 2015 Should you give up e-mail? The cyberattacks never stop. The White House recently acknowledged that one of its own networks was the target of hackers and very nearly breached. Is e-mail the problem?
October 21, 2015 Is the US government helping cyber crooks? As it defends our online interests and technology, could our own government be inadvertently giving new cyberweapons to criminals? A new virus indicates that possibility may be close at hand.
