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You’re being unconsciously manipulated to do so, a trick Apple mastered years ago.

Samsung released the Galaxy S8 and S8+ coming off a tough year, but the newest flagship smartphones might just erase the bad memories of the Galaxy Note 7.

RootMetrics testing shows that Verizon still offers more speed and reliability than its three major rivals.

The biggest risk any industry faces is its inability to change. In the automobile industry, if things don’t change, columnist Rob Enderele writes, there are likely to be fewer car companies left, especially U.S. car companies.

What’s a poor café owner to do when the laptop crowd sucks up free Wi-Fi day all and spends almost nothing?

iPhone may have the retina display, but Google's phone is Pixel perfect.

Patriots coach Bill Belicheck has had it with tech and is going back to hard copy. Columnist Rob Enderle writes that there’s a lesson to learn from this.

Automation is nice, but it doesn't mean you should hand over responsibility to the machines.

Apple may have engaged in a shocking act of mouse sexism by giving the Minnie Mouse watch face many more color options than the Mickey Mouse watch face.

The Apple Music service and mobile app leave a lot to be desired, but these four simple modifications would go a long way toward fixing the company's busted music service.

The expectations of big data and artificial intelligence disrupting the medical industry has been less then impressive to date. Why is that?

Toyota is not only looking to the future of cars, but to a future of robotic cars. Columnist Rob Enderle writes that Toyota is working on two models of autonomous vehicles so you can be safe when you are driving or when the computer is driving.

Google's Project Fi is now publicly available, and it offers wireless service that's significantly cheaper than the major carriers' offerings. However, it has a few notable shortcomings.

Do you ever wonder why U.S. cable companies aren't more heavily regulated? One possible reason: Comcast and other telcos spent $88 million on lobbying last year, or more than the aerospace and real estate industries, according to Open Secrets.

The U.S. government made it clear this week that it's solidly behind autonomous cars, but Google's safety record show some real challenges that must be addressed before self-driving cars hit the roads en masse.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims Google collects information when school kids use Chromebooks and Google apps, and the potentially sensitive data could eventually make its way into the hands of third-party advertisers.

IoT-enabled devices can improve efficiency, reduce costs and often solve real-life issues. On the eve of CES, the chief economist of the Consumer Technology Association writes that we are entering an important phase of experimentation for the Internet and Internet-enabled objects. We need to give IoT time to thrive, identify the markets for it that make sense listen to consumers.

Microsoft pushed out yet another problematic Windows 10 update, and it erases customizations made to the 'normal' template in Word 2016. The company confirmed the issue, and though it hasn't released an official fix, it offered a way to recover lost tweaks.

Why continue to pay for cable or satellite TV options you never use? This eight-step strategy can help you significantly reduce your TV bill without giving up the services you really want.

Apple's new iPad Pro excels in some very specific ways and disappoints in others, but pros and cons aside, it's just not accurate to compare the tablet to a traditional laptop, or suggest it should be a viable replacement.