USB-C Is a Mess—How to Navigate It
USB Type-C, or simply USB-C, sounds fine in theory—a single port to handle charging, data transfer, video output, and…
The Battle Between Wireless Charging Standards Comes to a Merciful End
Wireless charging has been held back by poor tech for many years, but now we’re seeing major manufacturers integrate…
What the Coming USB 3.2 Standard Means for You
Just when you thought you could chitchat with authority about USB standards at your next dinner party, a new one comes…
This Is How Different 'One Drink' Is in Countries All Over the World
You can order the same drink at bars all over the world, but how much booze each order is really going to get you…
The Next Version of DisplayPort Will Drive 8K Monitors With HDR Video
You probably take the DisplayPort on your laptop for granted, but the folks that develop the standard have been working…
What Is HTTP/2?
Have you heard? HTTP/2 is finally finished. That means that pretty soon webpages will load faster; connections will…
New Video Standard Will Allow 8K Laptop Screens
If you think your 4K laptop drips with graphical power, remember that all things are relative—and a new video standard…
Nest and Friends Are Giving the Internet of Things a Fresh Start
A consortium of companies just announced a new wireless networking protocol for the home called Thread. It's designed…
Why We Can't All Just Settle on One Stupid Standard
Standards, formats, protocols. There are thousands of them! Probably! I've never counted, I've always been too buys…
What Is Thunderbolt?
Along with snappy Sandy Bridge processors and beefy GPUs, Apple's new MacBook Pros have a superfast, versatile new I/O…
The Future of the Internet Has a (Kickass) Logo
To help prod along our slow, inexorable march towards the HTML5 web standard, and because everything today needs brandin…
iPads and iPhones To Get MIDI Support With iOS 4.2
What a pleasant surprise! The fellows over at Create Digital Music have discovered that iOS 4.2 will allow iPads,…
Apple Foregoing USB 3.0 For Light Peak in Early 2011?
CNET reports that Intel's Light Peak, a high-speed connection standard capable of transferring data at 10 gigabits per…
Researchers Claim They've Created the Perfect 3D Human Ear Model
Researchers at the National Physics Laboratory in the U.K. have modeled what they believe to be the perfect human ear.…
It's Time To Make Standardized Ratings For Gadgets
Earlier today, the Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration showed off…
H.264 Will Be Royalty Free For Internet Video Forever, Kinda, Mozilla Still Doesn't Care
MPEG LA, the group that licenses the h.264 video codec, has extended its royalty-free use (for free internet video) from…
WiMAX 2 Standard Scheduled for Final Approval This November
WiMAX isn't even remotely ubiquitous in these United States, but that hasn't stopped progress on its successor, the…
Qi Wireless Charging Standard Finalized
The Wireless Power Consortium has finalized the Qi standard, meant for low power devices. It's good for gadgets up to 5…
Opera Finds Flash Unappetizing For Web Video
Speaking to TechRadar, Opera product analyst Phillip Grønvold conceded that Flash is essential to today's web and will…
Giz Explains: Why HTML5 Isn't Going to Save the Internet
The beardier parts of the web-o-sphere have been abuzz about HTML5, the next version of the language that powers our…