Lightning Deal: Acer discounts the Swift 5 with 16GB RAM by 40% for Black Friday
Acer has discounted the flagship Swift 5 model by 40% on Amazon for Black Friday 2019. The sale brings the laptop's price down to $839.99 from $1,399 and will be live for just 45 minutes starting from midnight Pacific Time.
The Macbook Air is so cheap right now it has to be a mistake
Amazon's Prime Day 2020 sale is over but if you act fast, you can still grab the MacBook Air at its lowest price ever.
How a big blue van from 1986 paved the way for self-driving cars
Despite being bigger than a moving truck and sporting less computing power than a first-gen Apple watch, the Navlab-1 was a surprisingly capable autonomous car
CES 2022: The biggest news and announcements so far
We rounded up all the biggest announcements and news that have surfaced so far at CES 2022. Enjoy!
This light bulb can track your sleep and monitor your heart rate from afar
At CES 2022, Sengled debuted a new light bulb that can track sleep and heart rate with a clever application of radar and IoT technologies.
This gizmo tracks your TP usage and automatically orders more when you get low
Homeplenish's smart toilet paper holder tracks your usage and automatically orders more so that you never run out.
Scientists think the next big solar storm could create an ‘internet apocalypse’
Scientists say that our existing internet infrastructure -- namely undersea cables -- isn't equipped to weather the next big solar storm. Here's why.
Paper vs. E-ink vs. LED: Does the display affect how well we absorb information?
Does your brain retain more information when you read something on a paper page, or on a screen? Here's what scientists say is better for comprehension.
The internet’s ‘phonebook’ is flawed and outdated. It’s time for an upgrade
DNS, aka the internet's phonebook, has been the foundation of the worldwide web since the 1970s -- but that foundation is starting to crumble and crack.
Here’s how I tracked down the people selling my data, then stopped them
Shady online data brokers collect and sell your personal information without your permission. But with the right software tools, you can stop them
Will Google ever lose its throne as king of search? Here are its main contenders
Google has been the king of search for decades and has worked hard to keep competitors down. But there's a small group of startups that refuses to back down.
India’s plan to end spam texts was a colossal failure. But it’s worth revisiting
Early this year, India rolled out a groundbreaking new plan to fight spam calls and texts. Unfortunately, it failed miserably -- but it still has potential.
A battery-powered Amazon Echo? I wish all smart speakers had this feature
After a week with Amazon's Echo Input Portable, I'm convinced that a rechargeable battery should be a must-have feature in smart speakers. The addition of a battery unlocks several new use cases and lets the Echo Input Portable work like any other smart speaker -- without being tied up to a power outlet.
Update your Twitter app right now if you’re on Android
Twitter says it has patched a vulnerability inside its Android app that could have potentially let malicious actors view information of private accounts, take over profiles, and send direct messages as well as tweets on the target account’s behalf through an intricate back-end process.
WhatsApp says Google no longer indexes Click to Chat users’ phone numbers
After a researcher pointed out how anyone could access thousands of WhatsApp phone numbers, WhatsApp says Google will no longer index Click to Chat users.
TikTok has a gun problem, and it’s doing nothing to fix it
Tiktok is huge. Millions of videos are posted to the platform every day, and as a result, problematic firearm-related content often slips through the cracks.
I finally switched from Chrome to Mozilla Firefox — and you should too
After years of countless updates, Mozilla Firefox has finally caught up to Google Chrome. But that's not the only reason I switched to it. Apart from more efficient performance, it also offers a vastly superior browsing experience, with a range of privacy features and handy built-in utilities.
