From The Verge: Microsoft shipped its first video game in 1981, appropriately named Microsoft Adventure. It was an MS-DOS game that booted directly from a floppy disk, and set the stage for Microsoft’s adventures in gaming. A lot has changed over the past 37 years, and when you think of Microsoft’s...

From PC Mag: It's quite difficult to stand out from the crowd when it comes to computer accessories. Be it a mouse, keyboard, or speakers, beyond the stats they all end up looking quite similar. Logitech has found a new way to make us take notice of its latest speakers, though: reactive lighting...

From CNET: In the list of big security flaws that could let hackers compromise phones, there's one name that comes up a lot: Android.

In 2015, we learned that Google's operating system for phones was vulnerable to the StageFright bug, which hackers could exploit just by sending a text message. In...

From PC Mag: When the first Raspberry Pi single-board computer arrived in early 2012, it triggered a revolution in how small and cheap computers could be. Since then we've had many challengers to the Raspberry Pi, and it's fair to say on performance the Pi is falling behind. However, the little...

From PC World: Researchers say they’ve discovered serious potential vulnerabilities within AMD’s Ryzen and Epyc chip architectures. AMD said it’s taking the reports seriously, though it wasn’t provided sufficient time to investigate or confirm them before their disclosure.

CTS-Labs, a security...

From CNET: Broadcom, which makes chips for everything from TV set-top boxes to servers, has withdrawn its $117 billion bid to acquire Qualcomm, the world's largest maker of chips for smartphones, according to Reuters. The move comes two days after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order...

From CNET: Fitbit Versa is the company's third attempt at a full-on smartwatch, and the company may have finally nailed a good design at a really good price. It's fully compatible with all of the apps designed for its more expensive predecessor, the Fitbit Ionic, which debuted just five months ago...

From PC Mag: The Trump administration on Monday blocked Broadcom's bid to acquire Qualcomm, citing national security threats.

"There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that Broadcom...through exercising control of Qualcomm...might take action that threatens to impair the national...

From The Verge: Apple is buying a digital magazine subscription service known as the “Netflix of magazines,” which lets readers access over 200 magazines for a monthly fee. The acquisition of the service Texture, owned by Next Issue Media, comes at a time when news publishing as an industry is being...

From The Verge: WhatsApp has quietly changed the way its message deletion feature works. Originally introduced in October, the WhatsApp “delete for everyone” used to only allow you to delete messages up to seven minutes after you sent them. WABetaInfo has noticed that the latest version of WhatsApp...