Data, crystal balls, looking glasses, and boiling frogs: Reviewing 2018, predicting 2019
Data gets flexible. Machine learning reigns supreme and transforms everything, including software and hardware. Regulation, governance and licensing interplay with the brave new data world. The years of the graph are only getting started. And frogs are boiling. These are the trends shaping the software, hardware, data, machine learning and AI landscape Read More
Does anyone really care about those monthly ‘market share’ numbers?
Opinion: Every month, a handful of obscure web analytics companies are able to drive a 24-hour news cycle based on some vague and statistically shaky numbers. Don’t be taken in. You’re better off checking your horoscope. Read More
Mozilla: Open-source Thunderbird getting new look, better Gmail support, encryption
Thunderbird developers promise to make the neglected open-source email client easier to use. Read More
Samsung to supply 8-nanometre V9 chips for Audi cars
Samsung Electronics’ Auto Exynos V9 has eight A76 cores and will power Audi’s next-generation in-vehicle infotainment system. Read More
Apple’s Q1 revenue miss: Here are the 5 takeaways you need to know
Apple doesn’t do small. A lengthy first quarter preannouncement gave Apple fans and critics a lot of fodder to consider. Read More
Hey Apple: Forget AirPower. Get your accessories act together
The failure to launch AirPower in 2018 was a rare miss for Cupertino. But there are other accessories issues for its mobile products that it needs to address. Read More
Top Google Chrome extensions (2019 edition)
Google Chrome users can give their productivity and performance a boost by equipping their browser with the right extensions. (Updated January 2019) Read More
DIY-IT: Exciting maker projects and gear coming to ZDNet in 2019
Roll up your sleeves. 2019 is going to be chock-full of fascinating projects and cool technology. Read More
Windows 10 is now most popular PC OS as Windows 7 wanes
Windows 10 overtakes Windows 7 amid very slow adoption of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update. Read More
Apple’s biggest embarrassment of 2018
It’s rare for Apple to fall foul of its ego, but hardware can be hard, and it seems like the Cupertino giant bit off more than it could chew back in 2017. Read More