PCs, tablets, smartphones—even coffee makers—can wirelessly connect to the internet at the push of a button. Devices buzz with emails, notifications, and status updates at all hours of the day, making it hard to concentrate. Fortunately, you can avoi

Alexa isn’t the only one you can talk to on your Echo. You can place a voice call to someone with an Echo device or the Alexa app, and you can receive such calls as well. The Alexa app supports Alexa-to-Alexa calling on an iPhone with iOS 9.0 or high

A tree is growing in the middle of a shopping mall. Apples, red and ripe, hang on its branches. Tentatively, you reach out and take one, before dropping it in a basket sitting by your feet. Or rather, where your feet would be: As you look down, your

When you think of Atari, you think of the classic video-game company. But when you think of blockchain, you think of the hyper-contemporary crypto technology of secure linked hashes—or you don’t think of anything at all, because you’re so confused. A

In December, the latest in a long string of Facebook privacy scandals came to light: According to a report in The New York Times, the company skirted its own privacy rules to give more than 150 companies, including Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, and Spo

Geeni Spot Smart Wi-Fi Plug $19.99 4/5 Stars PROS Affordable. Small footprint. Voice command support. Works with other Geeni devices. CONS Lacks energy usage reporting. Doesn’t interact with third-party devices. No HomeKit or IFTTT support. The

The most futuristic vehicle at CES (aside from the Hyundai Elevate and its robotic legs) was the trippy BMW Vision iNext concept car. The SUV-sized vehicle has a shimmering blue carpet, wooden floors, and a coffee table in the center console. The sl

LG gram 14 2-in-1 $1,499.00 4/5 Stars PROS Extra light for a convertible PC. Snappy performance. Great-looking IPS display. Excellent battery life. Includes Wacom pen. CONS No Thunderbolt 3 ports. Weak speakers. Available in only one configuratio

Microneedle patches, handheld diagnostic machines, and better sensing capabilities, as well as 3D bioprinting, are just a few of the technologies coming to a doctor’s office near you—or maybe even into your home—in the next decade.

Which messaging app would you choose for absolute security? Every developer will say they responsibly consider the security and privacy of their users. But with so many different choices, it can be hard to tell which messaging platforms you can trust

Amazon Echo Wall Clock $29.99 4/5 Stars PROS Inexpensive. Attractive design. Visually shows Alexa timers. CONS Flimsy build. Doesn’t work with Echos in multi-room groups. The Amazon Echo Wall Clock is part of a new line of products called Alexa

Not so long ago, the venerable Windows Defender got a new name—Microsoft Windows Defender Security Center—and made a leap in functionality. In addition to antivirus, it manages Windows Firewall, SmartScreen Filter, and Microsoft’s parental control sy

Brother MFC-J6945DW INKvestment Tank Color Inkjet All-In-One Printer $349.99 4.5/5 Stars PROS Low running costs. Good print quality. Prints, scans, copies, and faxes tabloid-size pages. Single-pass duplexing ADF. Three paper input sources. CONS S

Smartphone camera technology continues to improve in amazing ways. Low-light performance, portrait modes, and exposure that takes the type of scene into account are now standard on Androids and iPhones. The better smartphone cameras these days do a l

Dell XPS 13 (9380) Starts at $899.99, $2,449.99 as tested 5/5 Stars PROS Compact and classy. Beautiful rose-gold-and-white color scheme. 4K touch screen. Two Thunderbolt 3 ports plus USB-C. CONS No HDMI or USB Type-A ports. 4K display isn’t the b

ASRock Z390 Taichi $239.99 4/5 Stars PROS Uncluttered layout. Spiffy mechanical-gear motif. Steel-wrapped PCI Express x16 slots. Three M.2 connectors. Slick LED glow and support for RGB and addressable-RGB LED strips. CONS Priced more like a boar

CES is 52 years old and shows no signs of slowing down. The show has certainly changed over time, though. The major smartphone announcements we were seeing 10 years ago are all but gone, being held for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. I

Installing a password manager and loading it with all your passwords is a good and noble beginning, but the job doesn’t stop there. You’re not fully protected until you replace every weak and reused password with a unique password that nobody could g

JBL Charge 4 $149.95 4/5 Stars PROS Powerful audio performance with rich bass and crisp, clear highs. Gets quite loud for its size. Waterproof. CONS No speakerphone function. Mono audio output. JBL knows how to deliver the goods when it comes to

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai testified before Congress in December on a range of topics, from data privacy to Google’s controversial plans to build a censored search engine for China. Pichai characterized Project Dragonfly as more of an exploratory in

The ethical dilemma swirling around facial-recognition technology has prompted Google to hit pause on selling its own system to the public. In mid-December, the company announced that its Cloud business would hold off on offering a facial-recognition

For the first issue of the PCMag Digital Edition in 2019, we’re fast-forwarding to envision what technology—and our tech-driven society—will look like in 2039. We wanted to explore the myriad ways in which tech will be more intertwined with our lives

In 2017, a Palestinian construction worker in the West Bank settlement of Beiter Illit, Jerusalem, posted a picture of himself on Facebook in which he was leaning against a bulldozer. Shortly after, Israeli police arrested him on suspicion that he wa