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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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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.

Apple AirPods have a creepy way of letting 2019-01-10 10:06:22How many times have you wished you could eavesdrop on a conversation?

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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That GoFundMe to build a border wall is 2019-01-11 17:00:33A Trump-inspired GoFundMe campaign that raised $20 million to ostensibly to build a wall on the southern U.S. border will refund every cent. Run by Br

GM is transforming Cadillac into an electric brand 2019-01-11 16:58:28General Motors is turning Cadillac into its lead electric vehicle brand in a bid to compete against Tesla as well as a host of other automakers bringi

Improbable urges Unity to unsuspend their license, rectify 2019-01-11 14:54:49Improbable may be pissed at Unity, but they still want them back. In a blog post titled “A final statement on SpatialOS and Unity,” the te

The NYT gets into voice with 5 new 2019-01-11 14:49:50The New York Times is expanding its efforts around audio programming and voice assistants, the company announced today. The NYT says it’s launch

Google cans the Chromecast Audio 2019-01-11 14:24:11The Chromecast Audio is no more. Google has decided to stop manufacturing the audio dongle that allowed you to add any “dumb” speaker to y

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

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Bird tries to forcibly remove Boing Boing’s story 2019-01-11 17:06:29

Netflix sued by Choose Your Own Adventure publishers 2019-01-11 14:45:27

How did Replicas end up in theaters instead 2019-01-11 14:10:58

Daimler is beating Tesla to making semi-autonomous big 2019-01-11 14:07:17

Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab 2019-01-11 13:44:50

The biggest TVs announced at CES 2019 2019-01-11 13:10:21

Watch an excellent episode of The Killing from 2019-01-11 12:49:32

Status Audio’s new BT Ones come with a 2019-01-11 12:35:51

The New York Times wants to use Amazon’s 2019-01-11 12:00:11

SpaceX successfully launched its first mission of the 2019-01-11 11:55:32

Procter and Gamble’s Opte wand is like a 2019-01-10 18:38:34

Apple’s TV industry embrace was an inevitable surprise 2019-01-10 17:38:54