Tech Releases

Cortana pivots away from home automation to focus on productivity

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip review—Foldables aren’t forever doomed to failure

The Raspberry Pi 4 gets a RAM upgrade: The 2GB version is now $35

HTTPS for all: Let’s Encrypt reaches one billion certificates issued

LG V60 ThinQ has a Snapdragon 865, second screen attachment

Intel promises Full Memory Encryption in upcoming CPUs

Ars takes the new Opera R2020 browser for a spin

Lenovo refreshes its ThinkPad lineup with AMD Ryzen Pro 4000

Thanks, Qualcomm: Mandatory 5G means phones now ship with disabled 5G modems

Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs

Apple Maps expands its Street View competitor to Boston, DC, Philadelphia

New Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone looks handsome, costs a ridiculous $1,300

Open source licenses: What, which, and why

Ten rules for dating my teenage daughter placing your Wi-Fi access points

Google cracks down on location-tracking Android apps

Apple is considering letting users change default email, browser, music apps in iOS

Android 11 Preview hands-on—Notification changes, dark mode options, and more

Guidemaster: The best portable SSDs you can buy right now

Microsoft releases new all-in-one Office app for iOS and Android

Google launches the Android 11 Developer Preview today

Google parent pulls the plug on power-generating kite project

Apple’s new iPad Pro could be delayed due to the coronavirus, report claims

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X60 promises smaller 5G modems in 2021

Samsung’s 2020 TV lineup forces high-end buyers to go 8K whether they want it or not

Got small kids? Now’s a good time to buy a Fire Kids Edition tablet

Samsung’s “Ultra Thin Glass” doesn’t seem much stronger than plastic

Linux distro review: Intel’s own Clear Linux OS

Gmail for iOS will soon allow attachments from Files or Dropbox

A new spin on 3D printing can produce an object in seconds

February’s flexible flip-phone fight: The Galaxy Z Flip vs the Moto Razr

ZFS on Linux should get a persistent SSD read cache feature soon

Samsung Galaxy S20 vs. iPhone 11 Pro: A deeper division lurks beneath the spec sheets

Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS released Wednesday—here’s what’s new

Andy Rubin’s smartphone startup, Essential, is dead

AMD Threadripper 3990x is here: 64 cores, 128 threads, $3,990

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip is the first foldable with a flexible glass cover

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 is official, with bigger screens, higher prices

Office365 Pro Plus won’t hijack your search engine after all

Logitech debuts $169 StreamCam: A streamer-focused, USB-C webcam

Sony, LG, others back out of year’s biggest mobile tech event amidst coronavirus fears

Microsoft’s first-ever Android Phone, the Surface Duo, spotted in the wild

ViacomCBS plan would unify all of Star Trek (and more) in one new streaming service