Technology 
New 2D super-material could beat graphene to becoming the new silicon
A brand new 2D material combines graphene-like conductivity with silicon-like bandgap, which could have applications from computing to solar power.
Archt One all-in-one speaker review: Call it the anti-stereo
The Archt One (it’s pronounced “arc”) is something of an anomaly, and not just because this self-powered speaker is shaped like an artillery shell crowned with one of Saturn’s rings. The Archt One is the result of a Kickstarter campaign … Continue reading
Netgear announces its R6400 Wi-Fi router, marking its third year shipping 802.11ac hardware
It’s hard to believe that routers based on the IEEE 802.11ac standard have been with us for three years already. Netgear was one of the first with a router in this class, announcing its R6300 way back in May 2012. … Continue reading
With New Horizons, NASA continues a century of Pluto science
New Horizons is about to complete the first-ever close flyby of Pluto, and it could validate efforts dating back to the nineteenth century.
AMD Radeon R9 Fury review: Splitting Nvidia’s GTX 980 and 980 Ti in performance
AMD’s new Fury has launched. Does the new GPU have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the GTX 980?
Lutron Caseta Wireless Smart Bridge Pro review: More than just lighting control
Lutron is as much of a graybeard in the lighting-control industry as Insteon is in the connected-home space. The company’s invented one of the first wireless networked lighting-control systems, but until recently, it had only very high-end solutions to offer … Continue reading
Battle of the HomeKit hubs: Lutron Caseta versus Insteon
If you thought Apple would swoop in with its HomeKit platform and solve all the ills that bedevil the fledgling smart-home market, that it would show the rest of the industry just how simple it can be to enable consumers … Continue reading
Insteon Smart Hub Pro review: An old pro turns its attention to HomeKit
The Insteon Smart Hub Pro looks gargantuan compared to the diminutive Lutron Caseta Wireless Smart Bridge Pro. That’s partly because Insteon’s hub has an integrated power supply, and partly because the Insteon has two USB 2.0 ports (reserved for future … Continue reading
Apple reportedly fixes iTunes Match DRM problems with iTunes 12.2.1
After Apple Music launched a few weeks back, some users ran into a glitch that caused DRM-free iTunes Match songs to be mistakenly locked behind the Apple Music DRM.
That eight-core smartphone isn’t as fast as you think it is
A new report investigates the impact of octa-core SoCs on smartphone performance — and finds they hurt more often than they help.
