The Federal Trade Commission has set a price on children’s privacy online and the going rate is $170 million. That’s how much Google will have to pay under the terms…

At any distance, this city-centric bicycle looks fantastic. I love the dark gray finish and the shape of the frame, which consists almost entirely of straight, angular lines. It's an undeniable head turner that should appeal to fixie-riding hipsters and office folk alike. The battery is always visible and, curiously, has a slightly darker finish…

The apparent leak provided a few extra tidbits about the design. You could expect a Galaxy Note 10-style hole punch selfie camera as well as two cameras that face the rear when the phone is open. The sources believed Samsung is testing Ultra Thin Glass for the inside folding display, although it's unsurprisingly keen to…

The 8K trend has arrived in force this year, with manufacturers racing to create TVs with a resolution of 7680 x 4320 pixels and support for newer standards like HDMI 2.1. LG's panel has 33 million pixels, which is 16 times as many as a 1080p TV and four times as many as a 4K…

ESA experts calculated there was a 1 in 1,000 chance of a collision between the two satellites occurring, as reported by Forbes. That's a slim chance, but it was enough for the ESA to decide to intervene."We informed SpaceX, who replied and said that they do not plan to take action," Holger Krag, head of…

Google has just released the final version of its new operating system for Android phones. Though it’s been available as a beta release under the name Android Q, the new version is named … well, it has nothing to do with the letter “Q.” It’s just Android 10, which makes it the first time in…

In 1978 my wife and I, with our two sons, then aged 2 and 4, were traveling home after a year in Connecticut. We had eight suitcases plus carry-on bags, and were flying from Hartford to New York on TWA, connecting to a flight to Toronto on Air Canada. There we planned to stay for…

When the hashtag #metoo re-trended in 2017, it exposed and expelled numerous powerful business titans, media moguls, and politicians for harmful behavior. Hearing these reports gave us hope for meaningful change.Two years later, though, we’ve entered a new phase: the contrition tour. Harassers and cheaters are resurfacing in an attempt to continue where they left…

Eric Schmidt, former CEO and chairman of Google, has donated money to Stanford University, and taught at its business school. But a group of current and former Google employees, academics, and human rights activists wants the university to cancel a talk he is scheduled to give next month at a conference on ethics and artificial…

Our in-house Know-It-Alls answer questions about your interactions with technology.Q: Wouldn’t it be great if people could vote on the blockchain?A: From Moscow to Denver, election officials and startups have embraced the idea of voting on the blockchain as a way to make mobile voting safer. Perhaps soon the whole US will jump on board!…