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Wireless Charging and Our Autonomous Electric Future 2019-02-18 08:00:00One of the biggest problems for those of us who have electric cars is charging. Chargers that drop the charging time to a few minutes have been coming

Apple's Plans for Subscription News Service Irk Publishers 2019-02-14 08:00:00Apple plans to launch a subscription news service at an event next month. Described as "Netflix for news," it would let customers access an unlimite

Amazon Meshes With Eero 2019-02-13 08:00:00Amazon has scooped up mesh WiFi network maker Eero, the home network company known for making an easy-to-set-up product that can blanket a home with h

Trump Order Gives Artificial Intelligence a Boost 2019-02-12 08:00:00President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at boosting artificial intelligence R&D in the U.S. The order sets up the American AI I

How IBM'S Project Debater Could Fix the State 2019-02-11 13:24:30Last week, like a lot of you, I imagine, I watched the State of the Union and tried to figure out what was true and what was fiction. Tied into severa

Wireless Carriers Caught Playing Fast and Loose With 2019-02-08 12:28:18AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint have sold access to subscribers' real-time location data to aggregators, which in turn have sold it to about 250 bounty

Linux Task Apps: Plenty of Goodies in These 2019-02-07 15:45:03If you need a task manager application to run on your Linux operating system, tap into a software category filled with options that go far beyond the

E-Ticketing Flaw Exposes Airline Passenger Data to Hackers 2019-02-07 14:21:06The e-ticketing systems of eight airlines, including Southwest Airlines and Dutch carrier KLM, have a vulnerability that can expose passengers' perso

Apple to Raise Barrier Against VR, AR Websites 2019-02-06 08:00:00The next upgrade of Apple's mobile operating system will come with an annoying surprise for VR and AR developers. It reportedly will block Web access

New Android Apps Come to the Aid of 2019-02-05 08:00:00Google has announced two new Android applications designed to make life easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. One of the apps, Live Transcribe,

FTC v. Qualcomm: What Really Is Going On 2019-02-04 08:00:00I've been watching antitrust cases actively since the 1980s. I had to study historical antitrust cases going back to Standard Oil and RCA, in order t

A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Privacy Online 2019-02-01 11:47:34Do you take your online privacy seriously? Most people don't. They have an ideal scenario of just how private their online activities should be, but

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Can PowerPoint speak aloud & read the text 2019-02-19 06:30:00Can PowerPoint speak aloud and read the text in my slideshows? Yes, it can. Using the Speak command, also known as the Text to Speech (TTS) feature, P

C by GE C-Start Smart Switch Motion Sensing+Dimmer 2019-02-19 06:00:00But do motion sensing, light sensing, and dimmer features justify the hefty price tag?

Galaxy S10 preview: One UI is the clean 2019-02-19 06:00:00Whether you call it TouchWiz or the Samsung Experience, the interface on Galaxy phones has always felt like it was fighting Android rather than embrac

Lazer Egg 2+ review: This all-in-one air quality 2019-02-18 06:00:00With PM2.5 and TVOC monitoring plus weather readings, this device could help you breathe easier.

Best cheap laptops: We rate the best-sellers on 2019-02-18 01:01:00When you’re looking for a good, cheap laptop, knowledge is power. Every budget machine (which we’re defining as Windows laptops costing $5

This week in games: Hollow Knight gets a 2019-02-15 15:09:00What did I miss? Sorry, I’ve been locked in a room for the last week or so, finishing up our reviews of Metro Exodus, Far Cry New Dawn, and Crac

Best smart lock for a keyless home 2019-02-15 14:54:00Keys are yesterday’s tech, your smart home needs a smart door lock.

Buy this $45 Netgear modem and stop paying 2019-02-15 11:18:00Paying your internet service provider to rent a modem gets pretty expensive as the months roll on—but it doesn’t have to. Using your own m

Solid-state drive prices get even more ridiculous: This 2019-02-15 09:59:00Sweet holy moly the prices of SSDs just keep on dropping! Right now, Amazon is selling a Kingston A400 240GB 2.5-inch SSD drive for $30. This deal has

The ultra-thin Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e has an 2019-02-15 09:48:00Forget folding phones, Samsung might have finally made an Android tablet you want to buy. Instead of updating last year’s Galaxy Tab S4 with a S

Steam's iron grip on PC gaming is probably 2019-02-15 06:30:00At the end of January, Deep Silver pulled Metro Exodus from Steam and moved it to the Epic Games Store. It was the latest in a series of high-profile

Ever president: A cord-cutters guide to the best 2019-02-15 06:00:00Presenting 12 great movies with presidents both fictional and real, both flawed and revered.

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Apple planning a 16-Inch MacBook Pro, report says 2019-02-19 08:15:00As we progress further into 2019, the speculation as to what Apple will do with its device refreshes grows.

Intelligence community migrates to cloud technology at lightning 2019-02-18 12:42:34The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is moving at lightning speed to harness the advantages of migrating its networks to the cloud, enabling faster da

German lawmaker wants to ban smartphones for kids 2019-02-18 12:32:56Children under the age of 14 should not be allowed to use smartphones because they may be exposed to pornography, according to a German gove

Facebook slammed as 'digital gangsters' in UK fake 2019-02-18 11:01:39Facebook knowingly broke privacy and competition laws and behaved like "digital gangsters," according to a scathing new report on fake news and misi

18,000 Android apps found violating ad tracking rules 2019-02-18 09:19:46Getting online advertisers to stop tracking you over Android may not be as easy it seems.

Creepy AI generates endless fake faces 2019-02-18 08:39:04Fake news may soon be supplanted by AI-generated fake visuals, which probably isn't good for digital literacy. 

Elon Musk-backed machine created, deemed too dangerous for 2019-02-18 08:26:06A group of scientists backed by Elon Musk have designed a predictive text machine that is so eerily good its creators are worried about releasing it t

Smart TVs and Amazon Alexa gadgets can tell 2019-02-18 07:29:51Your smart TV or AI-powered speaker can spot when someone is having an affair.

Russian trolls blamed for spreading anti-vaccination propaganda 2019-02-17 14:01:30The same Russian social media trolls accused of meddling in the 2016 US election may be to blame for the deadly measles outbreak across Europe last ye

China surveillance firm tracking millions of Muslims leaves 2019-02-17 13:48:19A Chinese surveillance firm using facial recognition technology left one of its databases exposed online for months, according to a prominent sec

Twitter sees monthly users plunge, will stop reporting 2019-02-07 15:53:22Twitter’s monthly user base slipped 9 million year-over-year, according to the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter results, which were release

Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime spying 2019-02-07 15:12:50SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime.

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Qualcomm launches its next-gen 5G modem and mmWave 2019-02-19 07:30:18There can be little doubt that 5G is going to take center stage at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. After years of hype without a

Coinbase buys blockchain intelligence startup to boost security 2019-02-19 06:54:52Coinbase, the world’s most valuable crypto company, is gearing up to add more cryptocurrencies to its exchange thanks to its latest acquisition.

Senseon raises $6.4M to tackle cybersecurity threats with 2019-02-19 06:49:18Darktrace helped pave the way for using artificial intelligence to combat malicious hacking and enterprise security breaches. Now a new UK s

Amazon is reportedly merging its China import unit 2019-02-19 06:31:51You’d be forgiven for not knowing Amazon has operated in China for more than a decade, but perhaps not for much longer. The company is reportedl

Flipkart co-founder Sachin Bansal invests $92M in Ola 2019-02-19 03:50:30The money is starting to flow from India’s largest startup exit. Ola has added a major name to its ongoing financing round after it confirm

212 holds a $34 million close to invest 2019-02-19 03:30:37Eight years after raising its first $30 million fund, 212 is back in the market with a $30 million first close for its latest fund focused on inv

Antescofo’s Metronaut adds an orchestra when you play 2019-02-19 03:12:59Meet Metronaut, an app for smartphones and tablets that could change the way you play classical music. The startup behind the app, Antescofo, raised a

‘There’s no way the US can crush us,’ 2019-02-19 02:02:54Huawei’s founder has come out fighting against the U.S. government after he claimed that “there’s no way the US can crush us.”

Litho is a finger-worn controller for augmented reality, 2019-02-19 02:01:45I first encountered the founders of Litho, a new hardware and software startup developing a new finger-worn controller, at London’s Pitch@Palace

Nissan’s old Leaf batteries can power this smart 2019-02-19 01:25:45Nissan has turned its old Leaf batteries into an off-grid camping companion. The automaker’s Nissan Energy subsidiary worked with camper manufac

Netflix cancels “Friends From College” after two seasons 2019-02-19 01:16:33Netflix comedy series “Friends From College” will not return for a third season. The show’s co-creator Nicholas Stoller announced th

India’s state gas company leaks millions of Aadhaar 2019-02-18 21:28:49Another security lapse has exposed millions of Aadhaar numbers. This time, India’s state-owned gas company Indane left exposed a part of its web

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Galaxy Fold will be the name of Samsung’s 2019-02-19 08:03:44

Sphero is crowdfunding its new Raspberry Pi-compatible robot 2019-02-19 08:00:00

How loot boxes hooked gamers and left regulators 2019-02-19 08:00:00

Lightsaber dueling recognized as official sport in France 2019-02-19 07:47:57

Before the first 5G phone is out, Qualcomm 2019-02-19 07:30:00

The UK’s blistering Facebook report has a good 2019-02-19 06:00:00

Microsoft’s new Chrome extension lets you resume browsing 2019-02-19 05:45:29

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Buds leak in 2019-02-19 05:26:55

Huawei’s P30 flagship will launch on March 26th 2019-02-19 01:52:44

Palmer Luckey is giving away free audio repair 2019-02-18 19:22:49

Jeff Bezos says National Enquirer is threatening to 2019-02-07 18:04:51

Apple is telling developers to disclose secret screen 2019-02-07 17:49:58