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Mike Murphy

Emerging Tech

5G Is Actually Going To Become a Thing in 2019

It’s totally just around the corner.

Emerging Tech

Microsoft Is On Its Way to Bringing Internet to 3 Million People in Rural America by 2022

The software company is expanding its work into 10 more U.S. states.

Cybersecurity

Tim Cook Publicly Denies Apple Was Hacked by China’s Military

Cook doubles down.

Cybersecurity

If You’re Worried About Online Privacy, You No Longer Have An Excuse

Just about every web service that isn’t selling you something is selling you to someone else.

Emerging Tech

There’s Finally a Perfect Use for Drone Delivery

Burgers and beers take flight.

Emerging Tech

Windows 95 Is Now an App You Can Download on Any Computer

The entire operating system file is only 129 MB.

Emerging Tech

The Future of Transport is Massive Warehouses Filled With Robot Minivans

This is Waymo’s vision of the future.

Digital Government

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

... and tracking where you're going.

Emerging Tech

Your Next Computer Screen Could Be Holographic

No clunky headset needed.

Emerging Tech

It’s Looking Increasingly Like There Will Be Three Follow-ups to The iPhone X

Traditionally, Apple unveils its latest phones at an event in September.

Digital Government

Microsoft Is Putting Slack On Notice

The company's new product appears positioned to directly compete with Slack’s free offering.

Emerging Tech

It Looks Like the Next iPhone Will Have a New Type of Charging Cable

It can send and receive far more power and data than a traditional USB cables.

Emerging Tech

The Best Part of iMessage Is Coming to Android Phones

Android will now support the ability to continue text conversations on the web.

Emerging Tech

There’s About to Be A Lot More Creepy Boston Dynamics Robots in the World

The company may soon begin to turn its decades-long robotics research into an actual business.

Emerging Tech

Privacy Is a Luxury, Just Like a $1,000 iPhone

If Apple is the company that will protect you from the tendrils of the internet, that service doesn’t come cheap.

Emerging Tech

Here’s How to Check If Facebook Accidentally Set All Your Posts to Public in May

The glitch affected 14 million people.

Emerging Tech

Microsoft Has Agreed to Buy GitHub for $7.5 billion

The acquisition of GitHub will likely strengthen Microsoft’s cloud services offerings.

Emerging Tech

Boston Dynamics Is Going to Start Selling its Creepy Robots in 2019

The company will build about 100 robots over the next year.

Artificial Intelligence

Here’s How to Make Alexa the Default Assistant on an Android Phone

Talk to your preferred digital assistant on the go.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Exploring a Subscription Fee

The company has looked into offering a service like this before.