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The new Apple AirTag is not the first smart tracker, but it's so good at what it does that it could actually be a privacy nightmare, an even greater concern after a security researcher has shown it's possible to "jailbreak" one.

Eight months on, the semiconductor shortage seems likely to stretch into 2022. Increasing chip production is a slow and difficult business.

The PlayStation 5 could remain difficult to find at retail well into 2022, according to remarks a Sony executive made at a closed briefing.

NASA's Mars helicopter has started a new phase of its mission. Late last week, Ingenuity lifted off from Wright Brothers Field, but unlike all its previous flights, this fifth one didn't end in the same place.

Apple is calling a Microsoft exec's testimony into question unless additional documents are entered into evidence, but Microsoft may balk at releasing sensitive data to a long-time competitor.

Microsoft's difficulty launching a lightweight Windows variant is all the reason Apple needs to keep the iOS and macOS ecosystems distinct and separate.

The FTC has spent the past two years investigating the rights of Americans to repair their own products. It's not happy with the state of things.

Nintendo sold nearly 30 million Switches last year — so many, that it's warning investors it won't be able to maintain the present rate of sale.

According to a report from Petri.com, Microsoft has shelved its slimmed-down Windows 10X operating system. Instead, it will focus on an upcoming redesign for Windows 10.

If you want a free copy of Windows 10, you can still get it, if you've got a legal copy of Windows 7 or 8.

Sony may ship a "redesigned" PS5 by next year, but it's probably more about reducing its production costs and possibly increasing supply than it is about faster performance.

Apple's iOS walled garden is facing its most serious assault yet in the ongoing Epic Games v. Apple trial, in part thanks to something Microsoft did accidentally.