Aside from the hardware, Dell also wanted to showcase the type of software it can deliver on devices like this. Neither concepts were running Microsoft's Windows 10 X for such devices yet, since the software isn't available, so "we built some magic software to try and evaluate different experiences," Tosh said.One of these was a…

Bennett was awake by 3:30am on Sunday in Minneapolis. But by the afternoon he was set up with quesadillas and tortilla chips for a stream of meetings in the corner of Mexican restaurant Border Grill at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay.First, a product development team from Shenzhen -- shaved head, leather jacket and eyebrow piercing on…

The buttons themselves were responsive, clicky and had decent depth, but things like the quote mark weren't where you'd normally find them. And while I appreciate that Lenovo took care to include a trackpad below the space bar, this tiny surface isn't good for getting much precise navigation done.The Fold wirelessly charges the keyboard when…

The 2020 'Big O' puts a custom gaming PC and a single console -- a PlayStation 4 Pro or Xbox One S All-Digital Edition, depending on your preference -- inside a dual-chamber Corsair Crystal Series 280X case. (Yeah, we would have preferred an Xbox One X too.) The new machine uses original console hardware, though…

The Galaxy Chromebook looks so good it actually rivals some Windows laptops I've seen recently. In addition to the eye-grabbing screen, the laptop's 9.9mm profile and super thin 3.9mm bezels give it a clean, minimal aesthetic that you'll also find on Samsung's Galaxy Book S, Flex and Ion. I'm pleased that the company has been…

Monday, January 6, 2020. By Tom Chitty, with cartooncollections.com. Resolve to surf the web more securely in 2020: Switch to a privacy browser. Every weekday, WIRED publishes a new cartoon about the worlds of science and technology. Check back here for more laughs throughout the rest of the week. And if that's still not enough,…

In December 2018, Canada and France announced plans for a new international body to study and steer the effects of artificial intelligence on the world’s people and economies.Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said the International Panel on Artificial Intelligence would be established by the Group of Seven leading western economies and play a role in…

Forget everything you think you know about inbox zero: it's completely and utterly wrong.Wired UKThis story originally appeared on WIRED UK.Merlin Mann, the lifestyle "guru" who invented the concept of inbox zero in the early noughts, claims people took his idea far too literally. They advocated treating work emails like a never-ending task to be…

The Wildwoods is the collective name for a cluster of small shore towns spread across a five-mile-long barrier island in southern New Jersey. The area first developed into a major summer tourism destination in the 1950s when brothers Lou and Will Morey, inspired by a visit to Miami’s South Beach, started building motels on the…

Internet shutdowns are an increasingly popular tool for digital repression. It’s what many in wealthy, liberal democratic countries can’t ever imagine happening—authorities blocking access to social media or services like WhatsApp, or even cutting internet access altogether, in the wake of mass assemblies, protests, or unrest.These shutdowns have happened in Egypt, Zimbabwe, Iraq, and many…