Philips Smart Hub Embraces Siri, HomeKit
Philips on Monday unveiled Hue Bridge 2.0., which integrates the company’s smart home products and iOS’s HomeKit, giving users the ability to dictate to smart...
Adobe Lays Out a Feast at Its MAX Picnic
Adobe on Monday raised the curtain on two mobile apps and a basket of product upgrades at its MAX conference in Los Angeles. Both new...
Facebook, Eutelsat to Use Satellites to Spread Net Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Facebook and Eutelsat Communications on Monday announced a partnership to leverage satellite technology to provide Internet access to remote parts of sub-Saharan Africa. The initiative,...
TiVo Bolt Zaps Ads
TiVo on Wednesday urged users to give commercials the finger with its Bolt set-top box, which allows ad-skipping on some shows. The Bolt is available...
Found on Mars: Cool, Clear Water?
Dark, narrow streaks going downhill at four locations on Mars are evidence of water flowing on the planet, NASA confirmed Monday. Called “recurring slope lineae,”...
Pebble Goes Round, VR Hits Movies, and Smart Locks Lose Keypads
Welcome, friends, to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that wraps up its belongings in a burlap sack and trots along the path to the...
Amazon Fans Fire’s Flames
Amazon last week confirmed and detailed the bare-bones Fire tablet (pictured above), which will sell for just $49 — and it announced five other Fire...
Fresh Fires, Tablet Touches, and Underwater Drones
Welcome to Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, the column that gazes wistfully across the landscape at a sea of changing leaves and wonders what new gadgets...
Hackers Home in on Health, Education, Government Sectors
A New York healthcare provider, California’s higher education system and the U.S. Department of Energy have become the latest targets of data bandits. The latest...
New Apple TV Goes All-In for Apps
Apple on Wednesday held a mammoth two-hour event to introduce a long-awaited new Apple TV set-top box, a 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and the expected iPhone...