Technology
Do tech features help or hinder car and truck resale values?
5-year-old 2016 cars with lots o’ tech compete better with the 2021 models at trade-in time. Just don’t expect to see the average 46.6% retained value for older technology.
‘Gene drive’ breakthrough creates weaponized mosquito extinction strain
Humanity now has the power to intentionally snuff out a whole species, quickly and selectively, through genetic technology. But should we use it?
Record-breaking Kickstarter darling Coolest Cooler asks backers for more money
We’ve seen a number of Kickstarter projects go off the rails, but the latest debacle from the viral crowd-funding hit Coolest Cooler is an interesting tale of crowd-funding woe. Nearly two years ago, Coolest made headlines after raising more than $13 … Continue reading
ET deals: Dell Latitude 14 3000 14-inch laptop for $649
Looking for a small laptop that can handle a big workload? Check out the 14-inch Latitude 14 3000 from Dell. Not only does it offer a new Skylake CPU and a discrete graphics card, but it’ll only cost you $649 … Continue reading
New Meizu Android phone packs 10 ARM CPU cores you don’t need
The latest phone from Meizu offers a deca-core CPU, but at least a few of those cores are there for marketing purposes.
Hands on with Lenovo’s IdeaPad Miix 700: Proof that Microsoft’s Surface strategy is working
The best news for consumers looking to take the plunge into buying a hybrid Windows tablet-laptop is that there are now plenty of options. The new Lenovo Miix 700 has a lot to offer for those looking for something between … Continue reading
NASA is designing a massive solar sail to reach interstellar space
NASA wants to reach the edge of the solar system faster, so it’s designing a solar sail that could do it in just 10 years.
Dark Souls 3 on PC has a game-breaking bug — here’s how to fix it
If you’re having trouble with Dark Souls 3 and desktop crashes, there are some workarounds already available for the problem — and thankfully, nothing more serious appears to be compromising PC play.
Verizon refuses to repair copper infrastructure, still set on forcing fiber conversion
Leaked documents point to Verizon’s deliberate campaign to shove home customers off copper networks and into fiber deployments, whether they’re interested in using those services or not.
Coax-based home networks to pick up speed
The newest version of the MoCA standard for home networks based on the coaxial cabling used for cable-TV installations supports speeds of up to 2.5 gigabits per second—that’s more than double the maximum 1.0Gbps maximum throughput of MoCA 2.0. The … Continue reading