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Top high-tech running shoes
Fitness bands and trackers, health apps and calorie counters - are all fine and dandy, but to receive any of the health benefits, you actually have to put in the roadwork. And that means the most important fitness technology you'll buy is what you put on your feet. Over the years
Windows 10 may share your Wi-Fi password with Facebook
If you're taking up Microsoft on its offer of a free upgrade to Windows 10, you should know that the new operating system has a feature, called Wi-Fi...
Tech Q&A: Safe online banking, phone police scanners, slow Internet and more
Q. I like to do work using the free Wi-Fi at a local coffee shop. Can anyone there get my bank account number and password? A. Yes, public Wi-Fi leave...
The Robot Rodeo where bots battle bombs
Media is ablaze with warnings against a future where robots with AI threaten a human future. But are all robots bad? Recent movies from “Terminator Genysis” to “Chappie” and “Ex Machina” all consider a future where robots take on bigger roles. In the U.S., there is an annual batt
Skip these for a flat belly and no stomach complaints
Earlier this year I was feeling as inflated as a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon. I know, belly complaints are pretty common—research shows nea...
Xiaomi says it's building a patent 'war chest' as part of US launch prep
There's been increasing speculation about whether Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has any real intention of entering the U.S. smartphone market. As ti...
US wins another soccer World Cup, this time with humanoid robots
Just days after defeating Japan in the World Cup women's soccer final, the U.S. has scored a similar victory at RoboCup, otherwise known as the Robot...
The Surface is the surprise success in Microsoft's latest earning report
I'm not a fan of Microsoft's Surface line. My review of the original declared "it fails to solve any problem for any user," and frankly, my view hasn't changed much since then. Yet it clearly has fans, as evident from the comments received whenever I trot out my opinion. Surface
Instagram apologizes to user for handing his account to soccer star with same name
Instagram was left red-faced Monday after it was forced to apologize for shutting down the account of a user and handing it to a famous soccer player with the same name. Taking to his blog to explain the bizarre episode, the not-famous Andrés Iniesta wrote, "My name is Andrés Ini
Top tech to cool your AC bill
Temperatures are rising, and so are our electric bills. Summer air-conditioning can double your utility bill, and, frustratingly, AC units are remarkably stupid appliances. Sure, a window AC has a thermostat to regulate itself, but it doesn't recognize when no one is at home, so
Scientists say there are 4 kinds of drunks
If you can "drink hells any amount of whiskey without getting drunk," you're an Ernest Hemingway drunk—and you're in the majority. That's the finding...
Latest iPod Touch packs more power inside
Apple's $199 iPod touch just got a tune-up, bringing some of the features of its music player in line with the iPhone 6 and giving it a processor that...
5 YouTube secrets you should try
Want to know how popular YouTube is? Think how many conversations you've had lately that included the phrase, "I saw this great video on YouTube ..."...
iPhone 6s: The 6 most exciting new features hitting Apple’s next iPhone
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus are set to be released later this year. While the handsets are expected to look very similar to their predecessors, we all know that Apple’s “S” updates are all about huge internal upgrades and big performance improvements. Whi
If you don’t want to give your photos to Google anymore, it’ll steal them
Google’s new Google Photos app has a bunch of new features users may appreciate, including automatic categorization and unlimited storage and backup, but the service is far from perfect. On top of the odd software issues you may encounter with face recognition or upload limits, t
Apple Watch review: A new convert
I thought the Apple Watch was pointless. I was wrong. Though I’ve been writing about the Apple Watch for some time and have tested it repeatedly at the Apple Store since its April release, I had always thought the wearable device was a gimmick. That is, I thought it was redundant
Why the OPM hack is an ongoing cyber headache
Microsoft is not a force in phones and never has been. The software giant’s $7.6 billion write-off of its phone business makes it even less likely now that consumers will opt for its phones. The Windows Phone platform is projected to have about 3 percent of the global phone marke
Is the Apple Watch a bust? Depends who you ask
Apple Watch sales started with a bang but are in a freefall, according to sales data compiled by a market researcher. Not everyone agrees with the data, however. Data released this week by Slice Intelligence shows Apple Watch sales in the U.S. dropping off to a trickle. For examp
Tech Q&A: Smartphone viruses, scannerless scanning, Facebook 'oversharers' and more
Does your smartphone have a virus? Q. My smartphone is acting a little funny. Could it be a virus? A. The only way for smartphones to get viruses right now is through malicious apps. If you haven't downloaded any apps recently, then it's probably something else, like a glitchy OS
Will Apple Music eat through your data cap?
To stream Apple Music over cellular data or not to stream Apple Music over cellular data… that is the question. iPhone users who are on unlimited data plans, or don’t really care about data overages, might not be interested in how much data Apple Music consumes on a 3G or 4G conn