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Julia Alexander on the increasing list of woes for Google. YouTube facing investigation from federal government over inability to protect children Does it not make more sense to build YouTube for children in a way that does not attract such attention? The investigation is reported ... Read More »

I doubt if anyone knows more about internet trends than Mary Meeker. Check out her 333-page slidshow. A few items: 51% of the world -- or 3.8 billion people -- were internet users last year, up from 49% (3.6 billion) in 2017 and only 24% in 2009. Growth slowed to about 6% in 2018. The percentage ... Read More »

Just in case you wanted to know and nobody ever told you. Daniel Kolitz: What do slugs, unsightly thigh boils, and disease-ridden swamps all have in common? They are all, of course, slimy. Daniel found out. Read it and you'll know. ... Read More »

Excellent perspective on Apple's recent changes from Barbara Marie Brannan: Whatever is going on, Apple’s executives are talking more than ever– except perhaps Marketing Veep Phil Schiller– and that newfound public persona speaks well of a company that wants to listen so it can keep its ... Read More »

Andy Meek on GM and Michelin's plans for an airless tire: GM and Michelin are working on a prototype tire design they unveiled this week which will start being tested on Chevy Bolts later this year — and, more importantly, is intended to eliminate the prospect of blowouts and flat tires once ... Read More »

First, Jon Fingas on how robocalls may disappear: The FCC's quest to kill robocalls is moving forward. The regulator has voted for a ruling that explicitly lets phone carriers block robocalls by default. They'll have to use "reasonable" call data to make the decision, inform customers of the practice ... Read More »

Not only is Mozilla's Firefox the fastest, most private, and most secure of major browsers, it's about to get a new look. Stephen Shankland: Mozilla creative director Tim Murray announced a rebranding plan to accommodate Mozilla's growing suite of software and services beyond the Firefox browser. ... Read More »

Apple Watch seems to bridge the gaps between fashion statement, communication device, and health. Robbie Gonzalez explains: Beginning this fall, Apple Watch will track your activity trends over time, help protect your hearing by alerting you to harmful levels of ambient noise, and allow users ... Read More »

Jeff John Roberts explains what is happening to the internet: Russia, for instance, approved an “Internet sovereignty” law in May that gives the government broad power to dictate what its citizens can see online. And China is not just perfecting its “Great Firewall,” which blocks such ... Read More »

Tit for tat rules in politics and commercse. Catalin Cimpanu on Chinese fears of U.S. hacking: Amidst an escalating trade war and political tensions with the US, Beijing officials have decided to develop a custom operating system that will replace the Windows OS on computers used by the Chinese ... Read More »

There is no list of which apps are tracking iPhone users, but the premise is scary nonetheless. Geoffrey A. Fowler in The Washington Post: iPhone apps I discovered tracking me by passing information to third parties — just while I was asleep — include Microsoft OneDrive, Intuit’s Mint, Nike, ... Read More »

Shane McGlaun on fake wood that keeps its cool similar to real wood: Testing on a hot and sunny day in Arizona shows that the cooling wood stayed 5-6 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the ambient air temperature, even in the hottest part of the day. It also stayed 12-degrees colder than natural wood. Stronger ... Read More »

Great story from Federico Viticci on using the iPad as a Mac. For the past seven years, I've considered the iPad my main computer. Not my only one, and not the most powerful one I own, but the computer which I use and enjoy using the most. The secret? More than one computer, but one of them has ... Read More »

New Mac notebooks, new keyboards. Roman Loyola: Apple announced that the company will now fix any problems with the MacBook keyboard at no cost to the owner. And, new MacBook Pro models: With the latest Intel Core processors, MacBook Pro reaches new heights in compute performance. ... Read More »

Julian Chokkattu on how fast 5G can be: As a reference, 4G LTE download speeds tend to peak between 150Mbps and 300Mbps, though you’ll usually see around 15Mbps on average. That difference is a variable that won't change much with 5G. The internet itself is not much faster than 25Mbps. When ... Read More »

Dave Smith has the details on the new Meizu Zero: Meizu, one of the largest smartphone makers in the world, claims its new phone the Meizu Zero is the first "true non-porous wireless smartphone," which means the phone has no ports, holes, or wires. No microphone? No speakers? Yep. The display ... Read More »

Remember all that noise about how Apple's iPhone was a big fail in India? Dennis Sellers: Samsung surpassed Apple for the leadership position in the premium ($500+) segment with an overall share of 36.0% in the quarter due to its newly launched Galaxy S10 flagship series that was supported ... Read More »

Famous sushi chef Masaharu Morimoto's five rules: Eat sushi in a single bite Don't mix wasabi in soy sauce Never dunk sushi rice-side down It's OK to use your hands Ginger is a palette cleanser I never knew. ... Read More »

Pavrithra Mohan on what it means to be middle class. The title: We make $325,000 a year and feel like we live paycheck to paycheck It's difficult to gather up much sympathy. Being middle class has been defined as a household gross income anywhere from $37,000 to $147,000, it may be more ... Read More »