Edge computing is a networking philosophy focused on bringing computing as close to the source of data as possible in order to reduce latency and bandwidth use. In simpler terms, edge computing means running fewer processes in the cloud and moving those processes to local places, such as on a user’s computer,...
Whether using desktop software to solve enterprise problems or scrolling through your social media feed in the supermarket checkout line, online connectivity is ubiquitous. In less than two decades, internet users grew from just 0.4% of the global population to 69% in 2022. In the U.S., 85% of Americans say they go online daily,...
It’s time for an Android feature drop: Google just announced a bunch of new features in a press release, as well as in an accompanying blog post. The new options span Android phones, tablets, and even wearables, running the gamut from Nearby Share for Windows, to Spotify on your wrist, to new...
One of the best parts of buying a new PC is deleting all the bloatware and replacing it with your favorite programs. Of course, you probably have a list of apps you install by default. But if you only stick with what you know, there are likely some hidden gems...
With power limits of CPUs and graphics cards climbing ever higher, and news reports of chips hitting sky-high temperatures appearing almost weekly, it seems that now is as good a time as any to ask a simple question — just how hot is too hot for today’s PC components? Below...
Recently social media has been abuzz with art and text generators driven by artificial intelligence (AI), leading consumers everywhere to question just what kind of robots we’ve let into our homes and lives. In November 2022, leading AI research lab Open AI, released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence language model that, when given...
Microsoft Word is the de facto standard in word processing. Simple on the surface, yet immensely capable and feature-rich when you poke around. It’s one of those productivity applications that nearly all of us have come across at our school and workplace for preparing assignments, essays, business reports, research projects,...
The very premise of owning a smartphone is that it makes you a better, more productive person. Combining a medley of technologies into a single device — phone, messaging, navigation, music player, alarm clock, and more — should equip you for almost anything. Right? Of course, that’s not the reality....
From using less mobile data to live captions for videos, these settings will make your phone run more smoothly. IF YOU’RE A typical smartphone user, you average almost five hours a day on your phone now. But beyond video and social media apps, you might not know the tweaks and settings that can...
It could be your gaming pride and joy, or it could be your essential kit for school. It might just be a mundane tool for your job. Whatever it’s used for, computers are expected to work without problems: fire them up and away you go. Hah, not so fast… like...
There are times when you’ll need to type a character that isn’t displayed on your keyboard, be it a letter with an accent, the degree symbol, or a currency symbol. Special characters are common in many languages, but they are more rare in English. So much so that by default,...
Your iPhone or Android phone is about to become even more tightly woven into the non-digital aspects of your life. That’s one of the main takeaways from iOS 16 and Android 13, the latest mobile software updates from Apple and Google, coming later this year. Both tech giants want to...
If constant notifications, shifting screen brightness, or hard-to-find apps on your Android phone are a source of frustration, tweak these settings to get the most out of your device. It’s hard to unplug these days. PCs, tablets, smartphones—even a large selection of home appliances—can wirelessly connect to the internet at...
Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction. The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET – experiment in England has been called “a breakthrough” by...
Ideally, protecting your privacy shouldn’t require hours of time or gobs of money. Instead of having to meticulously manage all the personal data that’s floating around on the internet, you should be able to minimize data collection automatically or proactively. If you value privacy like I do, you’ll want to...
You probably have a ‘tool drawer’ in your house or apartment with a wrench, a few screwdrivers, and other tools for home projects. That’s what PowerToys is – just for Windows. Microsoft’s PowerToys debuted more than two years ago, evolving from a single utility to an even dozen Windows tools...
Which storage is right for you? Google’s Drive and Dropbox are two of the most popular options for cloud storage and backup. Which makes sense, because the two platforms compete with each other intensely. Which one is right for you? That’s a complex question, and it comes down to several...
In recent months, you may have come across a phrase growing in popularity: Web3. You might be wondering what it is, what it will mean for the future, and how exactly the third-generation internet differs from the first two. Let’s cut to the chase: For Web3 evangelists, it’s a revolution;...
The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. Facebook Renames Itself Meta Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to...
The future always feels like it’s running late. Human imagination works harder than human enterprise, but at any given moment, scientists and engineers are redesigning future technology and the world around us in big and small ways. We don’t realise it because we’ve lived through it, but the rate of...
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