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At last week’s developers’ conference, Apple announced its new smart speaker: HomePod. Though equipped with smart functions, HomePod is a speaker first, virtual assistant second. The 7-inch-tall device includes an … Continue reading Apple Unveils Smart Speaker
Clocking in at just 2.76 pounds with a 13.5” display, the new Surface Laptop from Microsoft is clearly designed with portability in mind. The new device is being called Microsoft’s … Continue reading Microsoft Announces Surface Laptop
Debuting at the end of April, Samsung’s Galaxy S8 smartphone is set to update popular features from the S7 and add a few new ones. Here’s a look at what … Continue reading Samsung Announces New Galaxy Phone
Next month, Intel will roll out Intel Optane Memory, a chip designed to boost the power of PCs. Intel says Optane will make systems run 28 percent faster and increase … Continue reading Faster Load Times Possible with Intel’s New Memory
LPWAN, or low-power wide area network, is a wireless network technology that uses very little bandwidth. It’s optimized for low power use, longer distance, and the ability to keep transferring … Continue reading LPWAN: Efficient Internet
Project Loon, Alphabet’s project to bring balloon-based internet service to the parts of the world without cables, has just overcome a mathematical and meteorological snag. (Alphabet is Google’s parent company.) They’ve figured … Continue reading Google’s “Internet by Balloon” Project Overcomes a Mathematical and Meteorological Obstacle
Late last year, Apple announced it would cease retailing its Thunderbolt external Retina displays. The LG Ultrafine 5K Display was named the recommended monitor for use with Apple products. However, … Continue reading Apple Pulls LG Monitors After Performance Issues
Using engineering resources – and with the findings verified by an independent firm – Samsung diagnosed the two issues that caused the Note 7 smartphone battery to catch on fire. The … Continue reading Samsung Diagnosed the Cause of the Note 7 Battery Fires
Microsoft Azure just added an IP address filtering feature to its IoT Hub. IoT stands for Internet of Things and refers to devices like cameras, routers, and smart thermostats. This … Continue reading Microsoft Azure adds security features for Internet of Things
Last week, both Microsoft and Apple rolled out new hardware and software that could reshape the way we use their products. Two hardware announcements stood out to experts: Microsoft Surface Studio The … Continue reading Big Hardware Announcements from Microsoft and Apple
If you tried to access Twitter, Spotify, or the New York Times website last Friday, you may have had a little trouble. These sites are all served by the same domain name … Continue reading “Internet of Things” Hack Fueled This Week’s Outages
Early in October, a hacker released a new type of malware that targets smart devices like cameras and routers. Dubbed “Mirai,” this malware was used by the hacker to infect … Continue reading Internet slow? Might be a hacked camera
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