Computers

Bill Clinton’s 1999 Internet Town Hall Was the First Presidential AMA

Back in 1999 President Bill Clinton held an “internet town hall” hosted by a company called Excite@Home. Clinton answered questions submitted from the 50,000 people watching along. And despite the fact that Clinton admitted he was “technologically impaired,” it was essentially the first presidential Ask Me Anything (AMA). On November 8, 1999 Clinton sat at…

Tech News Matt Novak

Has Donald Trump Ever Used a Computer?

The personal computer revolutionized the American home in the 1980s and 90s. And by the mid-90s mainstream America was getting online. But with Donald Trump now the presumptive nominee of the Republican party, there’s an interesting question that must be asked: Has Trump ever used a computer? We already know that Donald Trump doesn’t tweet.…

Tech News Matt Novak

The Raspberry Pi Is Finally Getting Wi-Fi

The Raspberry Pi is a fantastic, cheap, and surprisingly powerful little computer, but it’s rather lacking in the connectivity department. With the Pi 3, that’s all changing FCC filings show an upgraded Raspberry Pi 3 has been submitted to the FCC for certification. On previous Pis, you could add Bluetooth or Wi-Fi by using a…

Tech News Chris Mills

Hospital Pays $17,000 Ransom to Reclaim Its Files

Ransomware is one of the nastiest forms of malware around: once it’s downloaded onto a computer network, it runs around encrypting all your files, before charging a Bitcoin ransom to give up the encryption key: bad if it’s your holiday photos at stake, disastrous for hospitals and patient data. The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has…

Privacy & Security Chris Mills

Vaio Is Planning to Merge With Toshiba and Fujitsu to Create a ‘PC Giant’

The Sony spin-off Vaio has announced that it plans to merge with the computer divisions of its rivals Toshiba and Fujitsu as early as next month to form a Japanese “PC giant.” With the PC market in decline, Hidemi Moue—the chief executive officer of Japan Industrial Partners which controls Vaio—has announced that it expects to…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Rest In Hell, Java Plug-In

Good news from the world of online security: Oracle, developer of the Java plugin that has been making browsers insecure since 1995, has finally announced that it’s sending it six feet under. The Java plugin isn’t dead immediately: it will be deprecated in the next release of the Java Developer Kit, which is a fancier…

Tech News Chris Mills

This Woman Was a Bored Button-Pusher Before Jane Jetson Was Even Born

Today Cory Doctorow tweeted out a fascinating image showing an RCA computer room in 1959. I can’t stop staring at it. There’s a peculiar artifice to the clearly-staged promotional photo that’s so striking—not only for its incredibly rich colors, but for the expressions on the computer operators’ faces. Especially the woman pushing a button with…

Tech News Matt Novak

Autonomous Drones Can Land on Moving Cars Now

Self-driving cars might be all the rage these days, but what about the poor computer-piloted drones? Well, while no-one’s been looking, they’ve been perfecting the aerial version of the patented Italian Job getaway. A team of researchers at the German Aerospace Center were looking for a way to lighten the payload of a solar-powered UAV,…

Gadgets Chris Mills

Your Next Tricked-Out Gaming PC Deserves a Luxury Yacht-Shaped Case

If people pouring tens of thousands of dollars into upgrading a Honda leaves you scratching your head, elaborate PC builds should baffle you even more. Some people take great pride in their sick computers, though, and what better way to show off than with a luxury yacht-shaped case? Lian Li’s new PC-Y6 Odyssey case looks…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Scientists Made a Battery That Could Keep Hoverboards From Exploding

Hoverboards won’t stop exploding lately, perhaps due to overheating batteries. But what if the battery could shut off before all hot and flamey? That’s the idea behind recent research at Stanford, and the benefits go far beyond gimmicky gadgets looking to avoid recalls. Today, Stanford researchers say they’ve made the first lithium-ion battery that shuts…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

MesoGlue Hopes To Eliminate Electronics Soldering

Soldering has been around for thousands of years: it’s an essential component to electronics around the world. But, there’s some limitations: high temperatures can damage delicate components. Now, some researchers think that they’ve come up with a solution: a room temperature, conductive glue. Writing in the January issue of Advanced Materials and Processes, scientists from…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Remix OS for PC Puts Android on Virtually Any Old Computer for Free

Got an ageing computer taking up space in a closet? Well, from mid-January you’ll be able to give it a new lease of life with Remix OS for PC, which will let you run a version of Android right there on a computer, gratis. The new OS is a forked version of Android Lollipop made…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Go Sell Your Kidneys, Dell Has a 4K 30-Inch OLED Display

2016 might be the year of VR headsets and all, but some people still enjoy looking at regular screens. And the 30-inch, pro-level 4K OLED display Dell just announced looks like one hell of an upgrade. The Ultrasharp 30 is a big deal because it brings together two already-wonderful display technologies: eyewatering 4K 3840-by-2160 resolution,…

Gadgets Chris Mills

It Looks Like Intel Made a PC-on-a-Stick That Doesn’t Suck

One year ago, Intel’s $150 Windows PC dongle launched amid much happiness and optimism about easy living-room computing. Then, we tried it, and it sucked. But with new years come new processors, and possibly a gadget you might want to buy. A quick recap: Intel’s Compute Stick is a HDMI dongle that packs all the…

Tech News Chris Mills

Samsung’s Chromebook 3 Goes 11 Hours on a Charge and Shrugs Off Drops

Samsung has quietly announced its new Chromebook 3, bumping the specs compared to its predecessors while also providing it with longer battery life and a metal body that can shrug off drops. After announcing its impressive Notebook 9 laptops with some fanfare, Samsung didn’t make much fuss over the new Chromebook. But for those after…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe

Nvidia’s Autonomous Car Computer Makes 24 Trillion AI Operations a Second

Nvidia has announced its first in-car artificial intelligence supercomputer at CES. It sounds like it should turn any vehicle into a computational powerhouse, capable of performing 24 trillion deep-learning operations every single second. The new computer, called Drive PX 2, is said to be ‘the size of a lunchbox and with the computing capability of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Lenovo’s Windows Tablet Has a Module For Every Need

Full-fat Windows tablets are taking their sweet time catching on with the general public, but if you’re not pulling the trigger because they aren’t quite versatile enough, Lenovo’s master-of-all-trades Thinkpad X1 could be the ticket. At heart, the $900 Thinkpad X1 Tablet is a 12-inch Windows 10 tablet, powered by a Intel Core M processor,…

Tech News Chris Mills

Why 30-Year-Old Computer Hacking Methods Still Work

A system is only as secure as the end user, as any grey-haired sysadmin will happily tell you. As a result, all the alphanumeric passwords in the world can’t protect a system if a user is tricked into running malware, something against which there’s very little defense—or so people think. Tom Scott has an interesting…

Tech News Chris Mills

Watching Computer Scientists Recall Their First Computer Is So Adorable

Your first computer is (kind of) like your first kiss: exciting at the time, deeply memorable later in life, and yet still potentially embarrassing when recounted in public. For those reasons, watching dozens of computer scientists recall their first (computer) in this video is oddly compelling. Computerphile has been asking every single interviewee it’s spoken…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

There’s a 12-Inch Keyboard Inside This 8-Inch Laptop

The problem with technology shrinking is that our hands aren’t getting smaller, creating usability issues. Apple’s 12-inch MacBook is about as small as you can make a laptop with a full-size keyboard, but Japan’s King Jim has found a clever way to make its Portabook XMC10 even smaller. The ultra-compact laptop—which powers Windows 10 with…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Bill Clinton’s 1999 Internet Town Hall Was the First Presidential AMA

Has Donald Trump Ever Used a Computer?

The Raspberry Pi Is Finally Getting Wi-Fi

Hospital Pays $17,000 Ransom to Reclaim Its Files

Vaio Is Planning to Merge With Toshiba and Fujitsu to Create a ‘PC Giant’

Rest In Hell, Java Plug-In

This Woman Was a Bored Button-Pusher Before Jane Jetson Was Even Born

Autonomous Drones Can Land on Moving Cars Now

Your Next Tricked-Out Gaming PC Deserves a Luxury Yacht-Shaped Case

Scientists Made a Battery That Could Keep Hoverboards From Exploding

MesoGlue Hopes To Eliminate Electronics Soldering

Remix OS for PC Puts Android on Virtually Any Old Computer for Free

Go Sell Your Kidneys, Dell Has a 4K 30-Inch OLED Display

It Looks Like Intel Made a PC-on-a-Stick That Doesn’t Suck

Samsung’s Chromebook 3 Goes 11 Hours on a Charge and Shrugs Off Drops

Nvidia’s Autonomous Car Computer Makes 24 Trillion AI Operations a Second

Lenovo’s Windows Tablet Has a Module For Every Need

Why 30-Year-Old Computer Hacking Methods Still Work

Watching Computer Scientists Recall Their First Computer Is So Adorable

There’s a 12-Inch Keyboard Inside This 8-Inch Laptop

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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