Information Technology
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Porsche's electric Taycan is its most important car of 2019
Jan 05, 2019 5:00 am - The year 2018 was very good for the car industry. According to Cox Automotive, U.S. auto sales are expected to total 17.2 million units in the year, which is more than 2...
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How technology baffled an elderly Congress in 2018
Jan 05, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - If you're trying to recall what your members of Congress accomplished in 2018, the answer is: They grew older. The 115th Congress was already one of the old...
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Snacks on wheels: PepsiCo tests self-driving robot delivery
Jan 03, 2019 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Forget vending machines, PepsiCo is testing a way to bring snacks directly to college students. The chip and beverage maker says it will start making del...
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Tech predictions for 2019: It gets worse before it gets better
Dec 29, 2018 5:14 am - 2018 is a year the tech industry wishes it could forget. But 2018's problems aren't going anywhere. It was the year we came to grips with how little we can trust Faceboo...
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'Tech addicts' seek solace in 12 steps and rehab
Dec 29, 2018 5:11 am - BELLEVUE, Wash. - We like to say we're addicted to our phones or an app or some new show on a streaming video service. But for some people, tech gets in the way of daily...
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2018 was the year of 5G hype. The 5G reality is yet to come.
Dec 29, 2018 5:10 am - When T-Mobile's chief executive went before Senate lawmakers this year to make the case for his company's merger with Sprint, he argued that the deal could help preserve...
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Essay: In the how-much-screen-time debate, all parents are just trying to figure it out
Dec 29, 2018 5:03 am - "Is it true that Silicon Valley tech executives don't let their kids use screens?" I was on the East Coast speaking with parents and once again was asked the question I ...
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Despite U.S. crackdown, Huawei ships a record 200M smartphones
Dec 29, 2018 5:00 am - The world's largest supplier of telecommunications gear has shipped more smartphones than it ever has, announcing that its 2018 shipments exceeded 200 million devices, d...
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What on earth was that Instagram update?
Dec 27, 2018 12:00 am - Instagram introduced an update Thursday morning that forced users to tap or swipe horizontally to view their feeds. But it was apparently a false alarm! After swift back...
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The four big stories that defined cybersecurity in 2018
Dec 22, 2018 5:09 am - Cybersecurity played a role in most major conflicts of 2018, from U.S. efforts to hold Russia accountable for its attempts to undermine the 2016 election to U.S.-China c...