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Once something only for those obsessed with fitness, health trackers of all types are becoming commonplace and are a key part of the ongoing revolution in digital health technology. We take a look at how they work, and how accurate they really are.

Everyone agrees with the ultimate goal of improving user privacy, but there can be drawbacks to locking down popular services. Users of IFTTT (If This, Then That) are in for a rude awakening next week.

The rumors have bounced back and forth between a more powerful Switch and a budget model. Now, a report from the Wall Street Journal claims that both devices are coming later this year.

The sketchy code didn't get on those machines via a hacked website or malicious browser extension. No, Asus itself pushed the malware to at hundreds of thousands of machines after attackers gained control of the company's update servers.

Nvidia's Jetson family of embeddable GPU solutions is now more affordable than ever, with the Nano — a $99 diminutive developer kit with a surprisingly powerful GPU and decent Ubuntu-friendly CPU.

Verizon's 5G fixed wireless service might never make money according to an analyst firm. The short range and small cell requirements are challenging to deal with.

Google's Stadia will be powered by Intel CPUs, not AMD, when it comes to market.

In 2018, humanity created 33 zettabytes (that's 33 billion petabytes), and that number will rise to about 175 zettabytes by 2025. Some computer scientists are worried that our ability to create data will eventually outstrip our ability to store it, so Microsoft is looking at ways to store that data in DNA.

An investigation by ad analysis firm Protected Media and Buzzfeed News has found that a popular ad network was exploited by fraudsters to push hidden video ads in apps, which subsequently drained batteries on the phones displaying them.

AT&T has been betting on its misleading "5G E" network branding to give it an edge over Verizon and T-Mobile. The only problem is, its fake 5G network is slower than both.

The coronal mass ejection will hit Earth on March 23 and may push the northern lights far south, lighting up skies in the northern United States and southern Canada.

SpaceX is on target to get its Dragon II capsule ready for crewed flights this summer, but Boeing has fallen behind with its CST-100 Starliner. According to a new report, it may be looking at another multi-month delay.