PC Magazine
THE RECKONING IS COMING: REGULATING BIG TECH
Cambridge Analytica. Russian hackers and election meddling. The Equifax data breach. Fake news. Twitter and Instagram harassment. Facebook mining our personal data and—best-case scenario— unabashedly using it to sell us stuff.
10+ min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
Shure Aonic 50: Excellent Audio, Merely Good ANC
The Shure Aonic 50 headphones are priced to compete with the best noise-canceling headphones on the market. Sonically, they deliver a wonderful audio experience that will appeal to those seeking an accurate sound signature. When it comes to active noise cancellation (ANC), however, the headphones are merely good, not great. So while we enjoy the Aonic 50’s comfortable fit and quality sound, if ANC is your top priority, you can find better options in this high price range, including the Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700.
6 min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
ProtonVPN: Best Free Version We've Tested
ProtonVPN isn’t the biggest, the flashiest, or even the cheapest VPN, and yet it’s one of the best services available. It places an enormous emphasis on security and user privacy, and has an excellent client that’s very easy to use. It also offers a suite of advanced privacy tools usually reserved for far more expensive products. For all that, and its amazing free version that has no limit on data usage, it’s an Editors’ Choice winner and one of the best VPNs. If you’re dipping your toe into VPNs, it’s a great way to start with no risk.
10+ min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
Free Online Learning Activities to Keep Your Kids Busy
Whether or not you have a degree in education, if you have kids, you’re now a teacher. Fortunately there are many online resources to keep them entertained. Some have always been free; others are now gratis thanks to companies dropping paywalls while schools are closed. You can take your kids on a virtual museum visit, secretly teach them chemistry with cooking, and get some phys ed into their days with digital dance-offs. Best of all, a lot of these are self-directed, so you can get work done or take some time for yourself while your kids are having fun and getting educated.
3 min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
Gamer Builds His Own Nintendo Switch for $199
With the Nintendo Switch in very short supply due to the coronavirus pandemic and resellers price-gouging on auction sites, one gamer decided to build his own Switch instead.
1 min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
First Tests: Are Nvidia's GeForce RTX Super Laptop Chips a Big Step Up?
In April, Nvidia announced it would be shipping mobile versions of its GeForce RTX 2070 Super and RTX 2080 Super GPUs on laptops. We did some early first-hand testing to see how they stack up against existing GeForce laptop GPUs.
10 min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
Dell Precision 7920 Tower (2020): A Dual-CPU Monster
The Dell Precision 7920 Tower is one of the world’s most powerful desktop workstations. Dell sent it to us in a supercomputer-like configuration with not one but two Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 processors (24 cores and 48 threads each), 96GB of memory, five storage drives, and a 48GB Nvidia Quadro RTX 8000 graphics card.
10+ min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14: Excellent Gaming Laptop
Asus has teamed up with AMD to double down on the trend of increasingly compact gaming laptops with the ROG Zephyrus G14, a 14-inch near-ultraportable with full gaming capabilities. The main attraction here beyond the petite size is a brand-new AMD Ryzen 9 processor, the first “Zen 2” laptop CPU we’ve tested.
10+ min |
May 2020
PC Magazine
Apple iPad Pro (2020): Mouse and Trackpad Support
The new Apple iPad Pro isn’t a major improvement over the 2018 model, but there’s been a big change in the iPad experience since then: mouse and trackpad support. That vaults the tablet into working a lot more like a computer than it previously did.
8 min |
May 2020
Prehistoric Times
Mesozoic Media
Dinosaurs of Darkness: In Search of the Lost Polar World (Life of the Past) Second Edition by Thomas H. Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich Series: Life of the Past, Paperback: 332 pages, Indiana University Press; Second edition, ISBN10: 0253047390, ISBN-13: 978-0253047397
8 min |
Spring 2020
Prehistoric Times
Fake-Fossil News!
Often the authenticity of fossils becomes questioned. Is the specimen genuine and is the narrative concerning it to be believed?
6 min |
Spring 2020
Prehistoric Times
Dinosaur Collector News
Before the Corona plague made travel a hazard, I attended the Nuremberg Toy Fair and the New York Toy Fair.
7 min |
Spring 2020
Prehistoric Times
A Conversation with Dr. Bob Bakker
February 2020 - My first interview with Dr.Robert Bakker appeared in the February/March 2001 issue of Prehistoric Times.
10+ min |
Spring 2020
Innovation & Tech Today
THE WORLD'S Biggest SCIENCE FESTIVAL
An Interview with Marc Schulman, Executive Director, USA Science & Engineering Festival
4 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
The Art of CRUSHING IT
Internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk gives his patented entrepreneurial advice and reflects on the growing worlds of podcasting and cryptocurrency.
8 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
Surfing and SUP Legend - Laird Hamilton
The Evolution of An Adrenaline Junkie
6 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
Switched On
Renaissance rapper Akon discusses the Akon Lighting Africa project, as well as his newfound role in the tech world.
8 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
PERSON OF THE YEAR 2017: Jane Goodall
A detailed look at Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist we are happy to name our Person of the Year.
4 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
Michio Kaku is AT HOME IN THE FUTURE
When Michio Kaku was in fourth grade, he happened upon a riddle.
9 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
FLY ME TO THE COSMOS
Neil deGrasse Tyson will be returning to Cosmos in 2020.
8 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
CYBER SCARLETT
JOHANSSON TALKS ACTING, TECH, AND GHOST IN THE SHELL
10+ min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
Ann Druyan's Cosmic Journey
Cosmos: Possible Worlds writer Ann Druyan details what it will take to get us to Mars.
4 min |
5-Year Anniversary
Innovation & Tech Today
2019 Innovator of the Year - Omar Yaghi
Scientific advances transform our lives in miraculous ways.
7 min |
5-Year Anniversary
PC Magazine
Nikon Z6: A Strong Debut
Nikon is tipping its full-frame mirrorless camera system with two bodies and a trio of lenses.
10+ min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
HP Envy Desktop (TE01-014): Excellent Productivity Performance
Productivity maximizers looking for an everyday desktop PC could do worse than to make the HP Envy Desktop their workhorse.
6 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
Galaxy S20 International Models Explained: Which Works For You?
The Samsung Galaxy S20 lineup will be the first set of unlocked phones that work on the 5G networks of all major US carriers. Even if you don’t buy your phone unlocked, only one hardware version of the S20+ and S20 Ultra will be sold in the US, although your phone will come loaded with carrier firmware.
4 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
WHAT TOKYO AND SEOUL ‘MUSEUMS OF THE FUTURE' CAN TEACH THE US
There’s a beautiful future ahead, but maybe not for all of us.
6 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
What Is a Deepfake?
In the opening session of his 2020 introductory course on deep learning, Alexander Amini, a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), had invited a famous guest: former US President Barack Obama.
5 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
Stickers Are the Next Big Breakthrough in Secure Messaging
PC Magazine Senior Software Analyst Max Eddy has also written for publications such as International Digital Times, International Science Times, and The Mary Sue.
4 min |
April 2020
PC Magazine
SMART MICROGRIDS - THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE POWER
Fueled by renewable resources and controlled by smart algorithms, microgrids stand to overhaul how we produce, consume, and share energy.
10 min |