New MacBooks get new brains with their first Apple-designed processors WATCH
The new Macs, the first to run on Apple’s M1 chip, promise improved battery life and speed (in some circumstances). Here's what consumers need to...
How does Google’s monopoly hurt you? Try these searches.
Without us even realizing it, the internet's most-used website has been getting worse, says tech writer Geoffrey A. Fowler. On too many queries, Google is...
Google’s new phone pares back features, price for pandemic times WATCH
Google's latest Pixel phones have added 5G but dropped a few features for a lower price, showing the company is aiming directly at buyers who...
The 5G lie: The network of the future is still slow | Tech Review
5G may hold promise for the years ahead -- but across most of America in 2020, a 5G phone does diddly squat, tech reviewer Geoffrey...
I downloaded America’s first coronavirus exposure app. You should too.
Bluetooth exposure-notification apps like Virginia’s Covidwise aren’t much of a privacy risk. But we won’t know if they’re useful until many more people try them,...
Back-to-school laptop guide: Pandemic survival edition
Here are the questions to ask — and mistakes to avoid — for a year when school happens on a laptop.
Is it time to delete TikTok? A guide to the rumors and the real privacy risks.
Tech writer Geoffrey Fowler looked under the hood at what data the TikTok app gathers about you — and where it sends it.
New from Apple at WWDC: Hand washing alerts, iPhone widgets and privacy ‘nutrition labels’ WATCH
Apple unveiling updates to the software of the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch . . . and maybe a few product surprises, too.