PC Magazine
Samsung Develops 900Wh Solid-State Battery Prototype
The dominance of lithium-ion batteries may be coming to an end, if Samsung’s latest solid-state battery prototype makes it to market.
1 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
How to Spring Clean Your Electronics
There’s spring cleaning, and then there’s coronavirus cleaning. COVID-19 news has made you aware of how many times a day you touch your face, but how about the number of times a day you touch your phone and other devices?
7 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
Give Your Money to Black Women
PCMag Senior Features Editor Chandra Steele got her tech journalism start at CMP/United Business Media. She also writes fiction and has been published in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
2 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
Election War Games: How I Tried to Undermine Democracy
They brought me in through the back door. I had been standing on the steps of the San Francisco Mint building and staring at a heavy, gold-painted door that was chained shut, until I was given better directions. Once inside, I was led down a dark hallway that, like most of the 19th-century building, was lined with crumbling brick. We turned, passed through an ancient but still impressive vault door, and into a small room with two tables, several journalists, and representatives from the security company Cybereason. We were there to hack an election.
8 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
5 Tips for More Productive Meetings
Everyone has opinions about meetings: why some meetings aren’t necessary at all, what makes them needlessly long, and so on. But it’s not hard to improve meetings. With minimal preparation and forethought, meetings can be more productive for everyone.
4 min |
April 2020
Bloomberg Businessweek
Why do we need mice to develop a vaccine?
It’s a basic rule of medical research: Before you inject anything into humans, conduct experiments on animals—frequently mice—to determine whether treatments are safe and effective.
3 min |
March 16, 2020
PC Magazine
Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro + Wi-Fi Bridge: A Super Smart Lock
The Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro from U-tec is one of the most versatile smart locks to hit PC Labs.
5 min |
March 2020
PC Magazine
Samsung Galaxy Buds+: Double the Battery LIfe
Samsung rolled out the Galaxy Buds last year to some success, offering a solid alternative to Apple’s AirPods for less money.
4 min |
March 2020
PC Magazine
Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 (13.5-Inch): An Excellent Ultraportable
Microsoft’s Surface Laptop line is expanding
9 min |
March 2020
PC Magazine
RIP Essential Phone: Android Founder Andy Rubin's Startup Shuts Down
Android founder Andy Rubin is closing down his smartphone startup Essential, despite teasing a new product only a few months ago.
2 min |
March 2020
PC Magazine
Motorola Razr (2020): Not Quite There Yet
I ’ve been reviewing Razr phones since 2004, when we saw arguably the first high-fashion handsets.
7 min |
March 2020
PC Magazine
BEST FREE SOFTWARE
Your phone is full of apps, but don't neglect your computer. These free programs can make your life better on the PC, your browser, and beyond
10+ min |
March 2020
Popular Science
the original illusions
ILLUSIONS HAVE FASCINATED HUMANS FOR centuries. Before we fully understood the science of sensation and perception, philosophers like Aristotle simply observed the world— and picked up on some weird stuff. According to Vincent Hayward, who studies such phenomena at the Institute for Intelligent Systems and Robotics in Paris, these tricks occur when experience and context make you expect one feeling but perceive another due to abnormal circumstances. Here are three of Aristotle’s earliest observed illusions, explained by modern science.
1 min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
stairs that start nowhere
GLANCE AT THE STAIRS ABOVE.
1 min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
BIGGEST. DIG. EVER.
One massive rail project, 10 millennia of history, 60-plus excavations, 143 miles of track, and thousands of skeletons. How a crew of British archaeologists will make sense of their…
10+ min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
WHY ARE WE NOSTALGIC?
WE’VE ALL FELT THAT JAB TO THE SOUL YOU get from driving by your old high school haunts or hearing a tune you once danced to. But why is that bittersweet sort of reminiscence so universal?
4 min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
STARTER KIT: Fire it up
HUMANITY'S FIRST COOKS DIDN'T NEED ELABORATE BARBECUE SETUPS, AND NEITHER DO YOU. THESE FIVE TOOLS WILL HELP YOU PERFECTLY CHAR YOUR GRUB.
1 min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
In Search of the Missing Microbe
Most Mongolians are lactose intolerant, and yet their diet relies on dairy. A mysterious world of bacteria could be at play.
10+ min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
DOGS: A LOVE STORY
IT’S ONE OF THE LONGEST RELATIONSHIPS IN HISTORY. SCIENTISTS ARE RECONSIDERING WHO STARTED IT.
10+ min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
Back to the land
To curb their climate impact, farmers are turning to ancient techniques that catch more carbon than they spew.
10+ min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
A WORLD OF THEIR OWN
The birth of a new trend puts everyday people in control of the data that maps our planet.
10+ min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
How Do We Know What Dinosaurs Looked Like?
YOU’VE SEEN ENOUGH MUSEUM models, illustrations, and CGI predators that you’d likely recognize a Tyrannosaurus rex if you saw one.
2 min |
Spring 2020
Popular Science
Could Doing Things The Old-Fashioned Way Make Us Better Modern Scientists?
Today, we imagine lab experiments as part of a separate realm from fine arts like painting or trades like carpentry.
3 min |
Spring 2020
PC Magazine
Lensbaby Omni Creative Filter System: Elegant Optical Effects
If you’re looking for a conversation starter to attach to your camera, you won’t do much better than the Lensbaby Omni Creative Filter System.
4 min |
January 2020
The Atlantic
20,000 Feet Under The Sea
The bottom of the ocean is as alien as Mars: a dark, mysterious place with purple octopuses, giant tube worms, and who knows what else. Mining companies are preparing to extract minerals that could wean the Earth from fossil fuels, but scientists have never explored many of the habitats they might destroy. The race between miners and scientists may determine the fate of the oceans, and the planet.
10+ min |
January - February 2020
PC Magazine
AI Makes The World A Weirder Place, And That's Okay
Artificial intelligence can do some amazing things, but it’s not perfect. Research scientist Dr. Janelle Shane has been cataloging “the sometimes hilarious, sometimes unsettling ways that algorithms get things wrong” on her website, AI Weirdness, and dives deeper into the topic in her new book, out this week.
7 min |
December 2019
PC Magazine
Disney+: Already, Nearly A Must-Have
Aside from its classic in-house films, Disney probably owns a few other entertainment properties you care about, among them Pixar and Marvel. Disney+, the company’s new video streaming service, delivers the vast majority of the content it owns in attractive interfaces with competitive features such as 4K streaming, offline downloads, and personalized recommendations.
10 min |
December 2019
PC Magazine
How To Disable Web Notifications
Interruptions on the internet take many forms—pop-up windows, video ads, page overlays, and of course, browser notifications.
3 min |
December 2019
PC Magazine
Leica SL2: Hands-On Preview
The Leica SL2 is the company’s first new L-mount camera since it announced a partnership with Sigma and Panasonic to leverage the existing lens mount a little over a year ago.
10+ min |
December 2019
PC Magazine
Microsoft Launches All-In-One Office Mobile App
Microsoft has launched an Office app that combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint in a reimagined form for mobile users.
1 min |