Tech Talk

Solid-state batteries promise to be safer, more powerful, and last longer. Sign me up.

Tech Talk AI takes a ton of memory. High demand and short supply mean prices go up!

Tech Talk You can never trust a computer to think like a human.

Tech Talk So your phone has a macro lens. What the heck does that really mean?

Tech Talk A website built for a giant 40-inch monitor would be useless on your phone's screen. How does a website know what to show you and how to show it?

Tech Talk Everyone knows that gadget batteries can swell and should not be used until they are repaired. What causes this, and how dangerous is it really?

Tech Talk You probably have heard that the battery in your phone can be dangerous. Why? It's just a battery, right?

Tech Talk Computers have been able to translate speech for a long time. Now they're getting good at it.

Tech Talk The parts that make a good phone aren't quite the same as what you need for AI. Let's look at the differences.

APV Qualcomm's newest Snapdragon Elite chip brings Advanced Professional Video (APV) support to smartphones. Is this important, and if so, why?

Lossless Spotify now joins players like Amazon Music and Apple Music and will offer "lossless" quality audio if you have the right gear and the bandwidth for it. What does that even mean?

Tech Talk If you use headphones or earbuds, there's a good chance you're using ANC. But what is it? Here's an explainer.

Tech Talk Wearables can utilize light to detect the amount of oxygen in your blood, measure your heart rate, and more. But how?

Tech Talk USB Debugging is a developer setting that may be worth the risk of enabling. It could save your bacon!

Tech Talk Google introduced C2PA Content Credentials to the Pixel 10's camera app to help you keep track of what's real and what's not.

Tech Talk An embedded SIM card (eSIM) will become the norm for future phones, but what exactly is it, and why is it changing?

Tech Talk Your camera sees more than your eyes ever could. With a little software magic, it seems to be able to see in the dark!

Tech Talk Google owns Android, but there's a distinction between what belongs to everyone and what Google keeps close.

Say Cheese It usually has plastic lenses, no real shutter, no focal length, and a teeny tiny sensor. But your phone's camera is the only one most of us will ever need.

Tech Talk NFC: the magic transmission protocol that seems to work without power.