Technology

Is Android creator's new phone essential?

Essential's phone is all screen on the front, and the back sports magnetic connectors for accessories, charging and data ...

What do you really need out of a smartphone? Developer Andy Rubin — the creator of Android — has tried to answer that question with a new phone aimed at delivering the basics of a high-end smartphone in a simple package.

Is China outsmarting the West in artificial intelligence?

Soren Schwertfeger, center, and his team of assistants work on an automated arm in Shanghai.

Soren Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany and seemed set to continue his work in Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to China.

I threw away $4.8 million in Bitcoin

Bitcoin has become extremely popular since 2011.

Five years ago, I threw away a hard drive. It had a data file containing 1400 Bitcoin on it. No big deal, at the time. Today, those few kilobytes are worth more than four million dollars.

New Pokemon game about Magikarp is surprisingly dark

Goodbye my child.

Magikarp Jump, a game about raising Pokemon's most useless monster, is out today for iOS and Android. It is just as much a game about training Magikarp as it is a game about losing your Magikarp in horrible ways.

Street Fighter II is back, yet again

Shooooooryuken!

Bringing the classic fighter to the Nintendo Switch, Ultra Street Fighter II is a Frankenstein's monster of a package that doesn't bring much new of value to the table but is still an excellent way to play the game.