Consumer Tech

Report: Trump’s Latest Tariffs Will Stunt Cloud Market, Federal Adoption

A 25 percent tariff will lead to higher costs for agencies and might slow U.S. cloud adoption, analysts say.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Hey Tech Support Scams, Google Is On To You

The tech giant is taking action against this common scheme.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The Next Stop on Amazon’s Journey Toward World Domination is Your Car

Alexa, will you turn up the air conditioning?

  • By Simone Stolzoff, Quartz

Microsoft Threatened to Stop Hosting the Alt-Right’s Favorite Social Network

The company didn't want to host language that could incite violence.

  • By Simone Stolzoff, Quartz
A Flyer personal aircraft cruises above a body of water. A Flyer personal aircraft cruises above a body of water.

Google’s Larry Page Thinks We’ll Soon Be Soaring Over Traffic in These Cute Flying Cars He’s Building

For now, the Flyer is clearly a novelty, meant to appeal to the ambitions and pocketbooks of wealthy hobbyists.

  • By Erik Olsen, Quartz

Here’s How to Stop Your iPhone from Listening to You

... and tracking where you're going.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz

Google Chrome Will Soon Stop Videos from Autoplaying

Making your web-browsing experience a little less annoying, one step at a time.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The 5 Best Ways to Clean Up Your Tech

It's time for spring cleaning.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Here's How Many Bad Ads Google Purged From The Web Last Year

It's in the billions.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Microsoft Still Fixing Spectre and Meltdown Flaws

These complex vulnerabilities can't be patched overnight.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Passengers stand in line as they wait to pass through a TSA security checkpoint at JFK International Airport Friday, March 2, 2018, in New York. Passengers stand in line as they wait to pass through a TSA security checkpoint at JFK International Airport Friday, March 2, 2018, in New York.

TSA Sued Over Electronic Devices Screenings

The American Civil Liberties Union wants to know the agency's intentions behind searching domestic travelers' devices

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Google Will Soon Let You Easily Download All of Your Chrome Passwords

Get your password game right.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Could This Alliance Finally Improve In-Flight Internet?

The friendly skies could get friendlier—at least for your devices.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

This Smartphone Has a Cryptocurrency Wallet

It also claims to be hackproof.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild