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snapchat spectacles
snapchat is no longer just an app.
8 min |
november 2016
PC Magazine
Elon Musk Could Help Puerto Rico Rebuild With Solar Power
Weeks after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico remains in desperate straits.
2 min |
November 2017
PC Magazine
Fire HD 10: Best 10-inch Tablet For The Price
The Fire HD 10 fulfills Amazon’s simple plan for its tablets: Like other Fire tablets, it’s an inexpensive way to consume your Amazon content.
5 min |
November 2017
PC Magazine
Viewsonic Has The Top Midrange Monitor
Designed for professionals who require consistently accurate colors, the 27-inch Viewsonic VP2768 uses a WQHD In-Plane Switching (IPS) panel to deliver stellar color and grayscale performance with wide viewing angles.
3 min |
November 2017
PC Magazine
Don't Let Innovation Widen The Gap Between Haves & Have-Nots
Ray Kurzweil, one of the most forward thinking scientists alive today, has a pretty good track record when it comes to tech predictions, including his 1990 prediction about the rise of the internet.
1 min |
November 2017
PC Magazine
Will Human Augmentation Be a Hard Sell?
There are basically two arguments against non-medical human augmentation.
6 min |
September 2016
PC Magazine
Elon Musk Wants to Implant an AI Interface in Your Brain
Elon Musk has had another bright idea. Nobody can accuse Mr. Musk of a lack of intellectual diversity in his pursuits, which have ranged from glitzy solar roof tiles to cartoonishly fast cars, colonizing other planets, and domestic energy infrastructure. He’s someone who thinks in the future tense. And he clearly believes that AI is the future.
2 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
The Coolest Features in Windows 10 Creators Update
Windows 10 is now considered by Microsoft to be a service. What that means is that the OS is continually updated with new features and fixes in small increments (such as the redesigned Photos app— see our review in this issue) and big releases. The Creators Update is the latest big one, and it starts rolling out to Windows 10 users for free on April 11.
2 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
Microsoft Teases New Minecraft Marketplace, Currency
Microsoft’s Minecraft game is getting a new marketplace and its own currency. With the launch of the Minecraft Marketplace, businesses will—for the first time—be able to sell their original content to players within the game. Arriving this spring, the Marketplace will be packed with “amazing adventure maps, texture packs, mini games,” and other goodies available for purchase, all accessible across devices via Xbox Live.
1 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
What We Love Most This Month
MICROSOFT PROJECT SCORPIO Ready for the future of gaming? This new console—due to ship in Q4—looks to be the most powerful performer ever. Specs include a 6-tera flop GPU, which enables 4K and mixed-reality gaming. On the memory front, Project Scorpio will deliver a total bandwidth of 326GB/s, achieved by using 12 1GB GDDR5 memory chips running on a 384-bit bus.
1 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
Microsoft's Mixed-Reality Plans Go Far Beyond Hololens
When Microsoft made the surprise announcement of a new augmented reality (AR) product at a Windows 10 event in early 2015, the Microsoft HoloLens headset wasn’t the first thing the audience saw. Instead, as he unveiled the new technology to the world, Microsoft’s Alex Kipman — creator of both the Microsoft Kinect motion controller and the HoloLens — showed a logo for Windows Holographic, the Windows 10-aligned software platform underpinning Microsoft’s AR ambitions.
5 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
Your Next Cute Robot May be Korean
Pibo and Cubroid are friends. In a country where three giant conglomerates (LG, Samsung, and Hyundai) suck up most of the engineering talent, these two pint-sized little robots could be the future of Korean hardware innovation.
6 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
Spring Clean Your Gadgets
Spring is in the air, but gunk is in your gadgets: The smudges and crumbs you can see and the creepy-crawly bacteria that you can’t. Studies show that infection-causing E coli and Staphylococcus aureus, fecal matter (yep), and just plain dirt are hanging out on your tech.
4 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
IoT Botnet Mirai Now Forces Smart Appliances to Mine Bitcoin
Earlier this year, I declared the Internet of Things had officially hit peak stupid, courtesy of a new smart toaster being shown at CES. I should have known better. What’s even more useless than a smart toaster? A smart toaster that’s been hacked to mine Bitcoin.
2 min |
May 2017
PC Magazine
Lego Makes Learning Fun With Duplo Stories Alexa Skill
Lego has launched an Amazon Alexa skill that’s designed for children aged 2 to 5. The free skill, which is available via any Amazon Alexa-enabled device including the Echo and Echo Dot, offers fun stories that encourage your kids to participate using the Lego Duplo toys they already own. The stories are designed to spark your little one’s imagination while helping to teach them numbers, colors, and language skills.
1 min |
June 2018
PC Magazine
Fast Forward: Are Smartphones Hurting Our Kids?
Fast Forward is a series of conversations with tech leaders hosted by Dan Costa, PCMag’s Editor-in-Chief. Costa’s guest for this episode was Dr. Jean Twenge, who recently wrote a piece for The Atlantic called “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?”
4 min |
October 2017
PC Magazine
A.I Comes To Edge Computing
A long the coastline of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state hovers a fleet of drones, helping to keep the waters safe. Earlier this year, the drones helped lifeguards at the state’s Far North Coast rescue two teenagers who were struggling in heavy surf.
10+ min |
April 2018
PC Magazine
Razer's Terrible New Rewards Program Mines Cryptocurrency On Your PC
The internet can be a dangerous place, and if you’re not careful, you could end up unknowingly running crypto-miner malware.
2 min |
January 2019
PC Magazine
Rapoo 8900p Advanced Wireless Mouse And Keyboard Combo
Rapoo 8900p Advanced Wireless Mouse And Keyboard Combo
5 min |
December 2017
PC Magazine
Intel, AMD To Team Up On 8th Generation Mobile Chips
Intel, AMD To Team Up On 8th Generation Mobile Chips
6 min |
December 2017
PC Magazine
Apple IPhone X Sets The Stage For Full-Screen AR
Apple IPhone X Sets The Stage For Full-Screen AR
10+ min |
December 2017
PC Magazine
Samsung Demos Stretchable OLED Display
Samsung Demos Stretchable OLED Display
2 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
The Coolest Features in iOS 11
The Coolest Features in iOS 11
4 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
Six Top Smart Light Bulbs
Six Top Smart Light Bulbs
5 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
Origin Neuron
A Stellar Gaming Machine
6 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
Google's AI Rewrite
Building Machine Learning Into Everything
9 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
What To Do If Your Laptop Is Plugged In But Not Charging
What To Do If Your Laptop Is Plugged In But Not Charging
6 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
How To Sync Notifications Between Windows 10 And Your Phone
How To Sync Notifications Between Windows 10 And Your Phone
2 min |
July 2017
PC Magazine
Google's DeepMind Gives Robots A Scary-Accurate New Voice
Whatever you may think of the robotic voices foisted upon the world thanks to Google Voice Search and Siri, you’re unlikely to mistake them for human voices.
3 min |
October 2016
PC Magazine
Bowers & Wilkins Formation Wedge: Beautiful And Pricey
Much has changed since Bowers & Wilkins released the iconic Zeppelin Wireless speaker in 2015—most notably, the company has come under new ownership. With its new Formation line of wireless speakers, B&W is still on top of its game. At $899.99, the Formation Wedge is even more expensive than the $700 Zeppelin was at launch. But like the Zeppelin, it pushes boundaries in the style department while putting out powerful, room-filling audio with some serious bass presence and excellent high-frequency clarity. Whether it’s worth the sky-high price, however, depends on how much you’re willing to pay for innovative design.
4 min |