Kyle Kucharski is an editorial intern at PCMag covering tech news. He has an interest in all things tech, particularly in emerging and future technologies. Previously he has worked as a local reporter and photojournalist in Brooklyn, NY and is a graduate of the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in New York. Find him on Twitter at @xreagents.
The Internet of Things (IoT) brings smart devices to the home that work together and are connected 24/7. In response, businesses are targeting the new consumer who has multiple devices, is buying things with voice assistants, and is more informed about purchases.
6 years, 5 monthsThe new game features AR monsters you have to capture and battle by getting outside and walking around in real life. Sound familiar?
6 years, 11 monthsOnly the 'Inkwell Isle' section of the game will be playable at first. It will work on the Model 3, Model S, and Model X, but only when they're parked.
6 years, 11 monthsThe once-ubiquitous messenger app shuts down today. You can still download photos and files off the app today, but after that they will be gone forever.
7 yearsThe 3Doodler is at least partially a toy, but it has potential in creative and technical applications as well, such as exposing kids to spatial design and engineering skills. It does what it's designed to do well, but it's not perfect.
7 yearsWhen asked for instances in which it would be suitable to use facial-recognition technology, the most popular response at 37 percent was detection and prevention of crime.
7 yearsAs the internet expands, more of us are creating websites—and knowledge of secure practices falls to website creators. But 70 percent of this Google/Harris Poll survey's respondents wrongly identified what a secure URL looks like.
7 yearsIt supposedly only affects those with more than one Twitter account on iOS who opted into using Twitter's precise location feature on one of those accounts, but I received the alert despite having only a single account.
7 yearsMost people don't know that many companies are willing to work with customers on a lower monthly service charge. Data collected by Truebill and compiled by LendEDU shows which ones are the most (and least) likely to cut a deal.
7 yearsMore and more students are interested in studying blockchain technology, and universities are meeting the demand. It's not just computer science majors, either: a study by Coinbase shows that students across various disciplines are interested in the technology.
7 yearsWhether you buy it or not, Mark Zuckerberg insisted at F8 that 'the future is private.' Here's what else you missed at the social network's annual developer conference.
7 years, 1 monthGoogle's doing a slow rollout for both features, though, so you'll have to wait or use these workarounds to get dark mode and stealthier incognito on Chrome.
7 years, 1 monthData suggests that artificial intelligence was put to work in a cybersecurity capacity more than in any other area of service last year. With the use of deep learning algorithms, AI is leading the charge on a secure internet.
7 years, 1 monthApple will merge the Find My Friends app with Find My iPhone to track all the devices in your network in one place, 9to5Mac reports.
7 years, 1 monthMacOS 10.15 will include separate apps for TV, Music, and Podcasts, 9to5Mac reports. But Apple doesn't plan to kill iTunes right away.
7 years, 1 monthSony offers a free, one-time PlayStation Network ID name change to PS4 users. But the move causes problems with some games, so double-check Sony's lists before making the move.
7 years, 1 monthValve says that just 3 percent of games on Steam were geo-locked when the EU first started investigating this issue back in 2013 and that it ended geo-blocking in most cases in 2015.
7 years, 1 monthThe Google Assistant now can respond to you in the smooth-as-silk voice of John Legend, the platform's first celebrity voice cameo. Legend will serenade you, tell you jokes, and give you his best pick-up line if you ask.
7 years, 1 monthSorry, Mr. Spielberg. The Justice Department thinks a proposed Academy rule requiring a theatrical run for films to be eligible for Oscars might violate antitrust laws.
7 years, 1 monthThe updated policy lets users apply for a refund on pre-ordered games any time before its release date and for other digital purchases up to 14 days after purchase.
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