Hardware

Apple’s powerful iPhone 7 GPU is based on Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR GT7600 architecture, and a possible successor could come next year. Imagination will release the Series8XT family of GPUs, which could provide the underlying technology for graphics in the iPhone … Continue reading →

Pebble owners were rightfully concerned about the future of their devices when Fitbit announced it was acquiring the Kickstarter-fueled smartwatch pioneer earlier this month, but the newly formed company wants users to know they have nothing to worry about until … Continue reading →

Oh, Yahoo. It was bad enough that the company already announced a breach exposing 500 million user accounts two years after it happened. Then late last night Yahoo revealed that it had uncovered another unrelated hack exposing the account details of … Continue reading →

Dash is a real robot that makes learning to code fun for kids. Responding to voice, navigating objects, dancing, and singing, Dash is the robot you always dreamed of having. Use the free iOS, Android and Kindle Fire apps to … Continue reading →

Who had 2016 in the “Year we’d see ‘Microsoft is killing the Mac!’ headlines again” pool? Ed Bott asks “Why Is Apple Letting Microsoft’s Surface Kill the Mac?” (Tip o’ the antlers to Sten Ryason.) A bombasticpunditaskswhat? At least the … Continue reading →

Internet giant Yahoo announced a massive data breach Wednesday that affected over one billion accounts, making it by far the largest data breach in history. This follows the disclosure in September of a different breach that affected more than 500 million … Continue reading →

The rapidly expanding wearable device market raises serious privacy concerns, as some device makers collect a massive amount of personal data and share it with other companies, according to a new study. Existing health privacy laws don’t generally apply to … Continue reading →

The AirPods are here! After a couple months of delays, Apple is taking orders for the $159 AirPods. But even though they’re technically on sale, the AirPods will be scarce for a while—the Apple online store is estimating six weeks’ … Continue reading →

Roxsanne Roush wants to go back in time. She purchase a 2011 iMac that had El Capitan installed, but needs to run a previous version of OS X as she relies on Adobe Creative Suite 5.5. She wants to revert … Continue reading →

The AirPods are here! After a couple months of delays, Apple is taking orders for the $159 AirPods. But even though they’re technically on sale, the AirPods will be scarce for a while—the Apple online store is estimating six weeks’ … Continue reading →