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Where Linux Went in 2018 - and Where 2019-01-09 15:39:37For those who try to keep their finger on the Linux community's pulse, 2018 was a surprisingly eventful year. Spread over the last 12 months, we've

IBM Chief Sounds Cautionary Note on Deep Data, 2019-01-09 08:00:00Powerful technologies like deep data, AI and quantum computing should be introduced into society carefully, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty declared in opening

Apple, Samsung Buddy Up in Smart TV Deal 2019-01-08 08:00:00Apple movies and music are coming to Samsung Smart TVs this spring. Samsung's 2019 Smart TVs will support iTunes Movies and TV Shows, and Apple AirPl

2019: The Year Everything Changes 2019-01-07 14:27:51We are approaching critical mass on a number of technologies that we will see increasingly this year. This wave will start at CES, where we will see a

Preventing 'Natural' Cybersecurity Erosion 2019-01-04 10:52:51Every child who's ever played a board game understands that the act of rolling dice yields an unpredictable result. In fact, that's why children's

Voice-Controlled Online Entertainment Is Gaining Traction 2019-01-03 14:31:42Smart speakers are becoming a more common platform for controlling connected entertainment due to a rapid increase in popularity and ease of use. Hous

Kodachi Builds Privacy Tunnel for Linux 2019-01-03 08:00:00Online and Internet security are not topics that typical computer users easily comprehend. All too often, Linux users put their blind trust in a parti

'DNA Printing' in the Cloud, Part 3 2019-01-02 14:13:19DNA printing has given rise to the world's first "DNA printer" on the market, a claim advanced by the product's creators. The BioXp 3200 System is

The Smartest Tech Products of 2018 2018-12-31 08:00:00Picking a product of the year is anything but trivial because the products I cover every week range from headphones to laptops to books, cars and more

Breaking Up the Crypto-Criminal Bar Brawl 2018-12-28 15:06:05As if e-commerce companies didn't have enough problems with transacting securely and defending against things like fraud, another avalanche of securi

It's Time to Take a Hard Look at 2018-12-28 14:45:59The healthcare cloud has been growing incredibly, becoming an ever-more-important element of health information technology, or HIT. There are many rea

'DNA Printing' in the Cloud, Part 2 2018-12-26 13:20:59In DNA printing, genetic code becomes computer code. This occurs when the chemical bases adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine present in a chemical

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AMD's CEO Lisa Su confirms ray tracing GPU 2019-01-09 16:57:00While rival Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a few potshots at AMD’s new Radeon VII GPU, AMD chief executive Lisa Su dropped some bombshells of her

Nvidia disses the Radeon VII, vowing the RTX 2019-01-09 16:36:00Oh snap. Not known for mincing words, Nvidia’s outspoken CEO Jensen Huang described AMD’s return to high-end PC gaming graphics as “

Battlestation alert! This Targus USB-C dock connects four 2019-01-09 16:22:00If you own a notebook equipped with a USB-C port, you’ll want a USB-C hub to enable legacy connectivity with ethernet or an external HDMI monito

AMD announces 3rd-gen Ryzen and Radeon VII, beating 2019-01-09 14:46:00AMD used its first keynote address at CES to formally announce its next GPU, the Radeon VII, as well as its 3rd-generation Ryzen processor. Both will

Gigabyte's Aero 15 optimizes itself to save power 2019-01-09 13:18:00Most gaming notebooks treat good battery life as “nice to have but not essential.” But Gigabyte’s Aero 15 takes battery life serious

An Epic defection? The Division 2 won't release 2019-01-09 12:33:00When the Epic Games Store was unveiled last month, I said Valve should be scared. “Epic doesn’t need to convince players [to leave Steam]

Enhance your outlets with these all-time-low Amazon prices 2019-01-09 12:29:00Smart homes are the way of the future, but to add a little extra control to your lights and electronics, you don't need to buy all-new smart devices.

Here's what happens when using a GeForce GPU 2019-01-09 10:54:00Nvidia dropped a bombshell on gamers when it announced at CES that it would finally support not just its own proprietary G-Sync monitors but also AMD&

Pricing for RTX-equipped laptops might not be that 2019-01-09 10:39:00When Nvidia announced its first RTX desktop cards at significantly increased prices last year, many assumed RTX laptops would see the same huge spike.

Walmart has slashed the price of two great 2019-01-09 10:12:00If you're looking to start off the new year with a shiny new 15-inch laptop, we have a great deal for you. Make that two great deals: Walmart is sell

This Microsoft Excel Certification Training Is Just $39 2019-01-09 10:00:00When it comes to spreadsheet software, Microsoft Excel is the first and last word. A vast majority of organizations use it daily — which is why

Intel's Optane Memory H10 marries super-fast Optane and 2019-01-09 09:06:00PC makers at CES have told PCWorld that they haven’t warmed to cutting-edge Optane Memory as much as Intel would have liked. But that hasn&rsquo

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Watch 2 adorably clueless teens, 17, baffled by 2019-01-10 17:18:29Two adorably clueless 17 years olds, Jake and Kyle Bumstead, got four minutes to dial a number on a rotary phone. It was their first time using such a

Google nears win in Europe over ‘right to 2019-01-10 13:34:30Google and other search engines shouldn’t be forced to apply the European Union’s “right to be forgotten” beyond the

AI will displace 40 percent of world's workers 2019-01-10 13:06:52Forty percent of the world's jobs could be done by machines in as soon as 15 years, according to a top expert on artificial intelligence. 

Sharing your Netflix password? This software will track 2019-01-10 12:41:36Software specialist Synamedia is touting a new technology that it says can track down users who share accounts and passwords for streaming services su

Amazon's Jeff Bezos has no prenup, $67B on 2019-01-10 12:28:31Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he and his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie, would be divorcing, leaving many to wonder what would happen to the repor

Fake news on Facebook: Elderly users are more 2019-01-10 11:07:41Older Americans are more likely to share fake news on Facebook — regardless of education, race, income or how many links they shared &mdash

Netflix users who illegally share passwords could be 2019-01-10 10:47:15If you share your Netflix password with your friends then you'd better watch out – a dystopian new AI has been designed to crack down on accoun

Army to test and shoot weapons at new 2019-01-10 10:36:40The Army plans to fire guns, rockets and cannons at prototypes of the emerging Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle to prepare the fast-tracked platform

The surprising list of top Netflix shows in 2019-01-10 10:35:00If you're curious whether your taste in high-priced television shows streaming on Netflix is the same as that of your neighbors, HighSpeedInternet.co

Facebook app can't be deleted from some phones, 2019-01-10 10:28:37A Bloomberg report has triggered new concerns about Facebook – you can't get rid of it.

Who was playing Mario Kart on Kauffman Stadium's 2019-01-09 19:21:17

New precision targeting on historic .50-cal machine gun 2019-01-09 12:22:36The Army is revving up development and delivery of advanced targeting technology for its .50-cal machine gun to increase precision, widen the mission

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Netflix faces $25 million lawsuit over ‘Black Mirror: 2019-01-11 13:34:50If you watched Netflix’s latest ‘Black Mirror’ production, there’s no doubt it reminded you of the “Choose Your Own Adve

Square loses another key executive as Mary Kay 2019-01-11 13:05:31The news comes shortly after Jack Dorsey's merchant services and mobile payments company lost long-time CFO Sarah Friar to Nextdoor.

Gartner finds PC sales doldrums continued in 2018 2019-01-11 12:56:14Gartner has released its quarterly PC sales survey for the fourth quarter of 2018, and it was the same old story. PC sales plunged in the fourth quart

Elon Musk shows off the assembled Starship test 2019-01-11 12:37:15After weeks of teasing renderings and production photos, Elon Musk finally showed off the finished Starship test rocket last night. Starship test

The US continues to hammer Chinese tech 2019-01-11 12:16:45It’s another week, and another bevy of hits on Chinese tech by the U.S. government. Let’s get up to speed, plus a request for startup lawy

Daily Crunch: Bing has a child porn problem 2019-01-11 12:10:12The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox ever

Tor pulls in record donations as it lessens 2019-01-11 12:09:27Tor, the open-source initiative that provides a more secure way to access the internet, is continuing to diversify its funding away from its long-stan

Some US government websites won’t load after HTTPS 2019-01-11 11:50:45In a government shutdown, everything deemed non-essential stops. As we found out, renewing the certificates on its websites is considered non-essentia

Xiaomi’s five-year plan is a $1.5 billion bet 2019-01-11 10:57:47Xiaomi, the Chinese company best known for budget phones, is betting big on a future of connected homes. It plans to plough at least 100 billion yuan,

Another server security lapse at NASA exposed staff 2019-01-11 10:39:12Two months ago, NASA quietly fixed a buggy internal server that was leaking sensitive information about the agency’s staff and their work. The l

Epic Games receives an ‘F’ from the Better 2019-01-11 10:32:54The Fortnite community may be polite, but that doesn’t mean they’re getting the customer service they deserve. The Better Business Bureau

Amazon Dash buttons judged to breach consumer rules 2019-01-11 10:04:18Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer e-commerce rules in Germany. The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 20

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Verizon Gaming streaming service appears in early testing 2019-01-11 20:03:13Verizon is alpha testing a game streaming service, according to a new report, which comes only days after Amazon was tipped in a similar project. Base

Google Chrome Labs creates Etch-A-Sketch web browser clone 2019-01-11 19:18:13Google Chrome Labs, the experimental playground for the Google Chrome team, has revealed a new project called “Web-A-Sketch,” an Etch-A-Sk

This is GM’s fix for EV charging headaches 2019-01-11 18:34:56GM is building a simpler way to charge its electric cars, cutting through the confusion of multiple charging networks. What the automaker isn’t

CBS Super Bowl LIII broadcast will include 8K 2019-01-11 18:26:56CBS has announced big plans for its Super Bowl LIII broadcast, including 8K cameras and the use of augmented reality. The network will have 115 camera

Unity: SpatialOS games are safe, Improbable isn’t 2019-01-11 17:35:50Earlier this week it was reported by Improbable that their system SpatialOS was in violation of an updated terms of service from Unity. Because of thi

Caper smart grocery shopping carts are powered by 2019-01-11 17:28:04Caper has revealed an alternative to the smart grocery store: a smart shopping cart with all of the technology for checking out built in. Rather than

Chromecast Audio is officially discontinued and fully sold 2019-01-11 16:40:16Earlier this week, a Reddit post claimed that Google Support had confirmed plans to discontinue Chromecast Audio. The poster reported that they’

The 2019 iPhone could have more useful wireless 2019-01-11 16:35:28The 2019 iPhone may not have 5G, but Apple could instead adopt another cutting-edge wireless technology for its flagship smartphones. Although the nex

Red Dead Redemption 2 just made its battle 2019-01-11 16:27:13Back in November, Rockstar launched a beta test for Red Dead Online, the online component of Red Dead Redemption 2. That beta has been chugging along

HTC Vive Cosmos up close: Pre-active, not quite 2019-01-11 15:40:07Today we’re getting up close and personal with the HTC Vive Cosmos, a VR headset made for the masses. The device itself doesn’t power on &

Meta joins the ranks of failed AR headset-makers 2019-01-11 15:36:07Augmented Reality headset-maker Meta has shut up shop, as the multi-million dollar startup found itself pinched between a patent lawsuit and an asset

AMD Radeon VII benchmarks put 25 games through 2019-01-11 15:20:10AMD made a variety of announcements during CES 2019, but perhaps the most exciting one was that of the Radeon VII. The new GPU, which is built using a

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Green Deals: Fiskars 18-inch StaySharp Reel Lawn Mower 2019-01-11 13:06:26 Today only, Woot offers the Fiskars 18-inch StaySharp Max Reel Lawn Mower for $149.99. Free shipping is available for Prime members otherwise a

Massive Tesla Model 3 shipment spotted ahead of 2019-01-11 12:42:19 A massive number of Tesla Model 3 vehicles have been spotted being gathered by the automaker at the San Francisco port ahead initial oversea deliveri

Ford announces electric versions of all vehicles in 2019-01-11 11:04:17 Ford released this week its new strategy in Europe and it came with bad news for employees as many jobs will be lost, but the American automaker also

Panasonic finally enters US e-bike market with its 2019-01-11 10:27:58 Despite holding over 40% of the market for electric bicycles in Japan, Panasonic hasn’t yet made large inroads in the US. But now that is chang

Tesla Semi receives another order, electric trucks will 2019-01-11 09:08:04 Tesla Semi, the automaker’s electric truck division, has received another order ahead of the start of production, which is planned for later th

A close look at Tesla Model 3’s new 2019-01-11 06:00:02 Tesla finally launched a roof rack for Model 3 a month ago and some owners are starting to get some use out of it. Here’s a close look at the T

GM plans to challenge Tesla with Cadillac as 2019-01-10 21:50:46 GM will position Cadillac as their lead EV brand in a mission to catch up to Tesla in the US electric vehicle market, according to sources talki

Best of CES: Harley-Davidson Livewire, Swagtron Swagcycle 2 2019-01-10 18:37:49 CES is overwhelming to say the least, but we’ve crowned two products with our “Best of CES 2019” awards for their unique contributi

Tesla is preparing to make Model 3 more 2019-01-10 16:41:56 Tesla has taken steps to prepare its Model 3 for the upcoming regulation forcing automakers to have a pedestrian noise machine in electric vehic

Audi is going to unveil a small electric 2019-01-10 13:12:46 Audi is planning to unveil a small all-electric SUV at the Geneva auto show in March. The vehicle is expected to compete with Tesla Model Y, which is

Green Deals: AeroGarden Harvest Kit $115 (Reg. up 2019-01-10 12:55:01 Amazon offers the AeroGarden Harvest Kit in Grey for $114.89 shipped. For comparison, it retails for as much as $150 and today’s deal is $

Honda delays its fun retro-looking all-electric vehicle to 2019-01-10 11:24:04 Honda’s first next-gen all-electric vehicle was supposed to go on sale this year, but the production has been pushed to “early 2020&rdquo

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Google kills the Chromecast Audio 2019-01-11 13:55:42Google says it has stopped manufacturing the audio dongle.

VLC media player will add AirPlay support, soon 2019-01-11 13:30:26Developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf confirmed both milestones at CES.

After broken promise, AT&T says it’ll stop selling 2019-01-11 12:20:53Data ended up on black market—now carriers say they'll halt sales in March.

The time to binge is upon us once 2019-01-11 12:10:54Smartly written, very funny, and full of time travel—what more do you want from sci-fi?

Review: Valley of the Boom captures Silicon Valley’s 2019-01-11 11:40:44A mix of documentary and historical reenactment with an emphasis on great acting.

Big Pharma shells out $20B each year to 2019-01-11 11:25:45Persuading doctors and direct-to-consumer ads land 1-2 punch for knockout sales.

AI can diagnose some genetic disorders using photos 2019-01-11 11:12:57DeepGestalt takes faces apart and reassembles them to diagnose genetic disorders.

Quick-stepping hydrogen causes light bulb to flicker 2019-01-11 10:54:13Sharp gold tip dims if hydrogen is near it, glows when hydrogen leaves.

SpaceX launches its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2019-01-11 09:55:23Eighteen missions in 2017. Twenty-one missions in 2018. How many this year?

2019 iPhones: Three new handsets, one with a 2019-01-11 09:32:54Apple may add and remove features in new iPhones to gain edge over competitors.

Alphabet board sued over massive payout to Android 2019-01-11 08:41:14Two investors bring 2 new lawsuits in the wake of scandal involving Andy Rubin.

Rocket Report: Blue nears flight, India to double 2019-01-11 07:00:00"Don't think of what you see at Cape Canaveral."