Electronics

Consumer electronics and gadgets that are simply too cool to be missed or are bound to be industry-changing.

Electronics Industry

Roku is dominating the US streaming market and it isn't even close

Roku's star is shining brighter than ever

By Shawn Knight, July 2, 2019, 3:26 PM 10 comments

Tech Culture Electronics

Sony's Walkman, the first truly affordable portable music player, turns 40

The Walkman defined a generation

By Shawn Knight, July 2, 2019, 9:21 AM 5 comments

Trivia Electronics

Old school: How many feet/meters of tape are found in a C60 compact audio cassette?

By TechSpot Trivia, July 1, 2019, 11:32 AM

Tech Culture Electronics

UAE powers on Noor Abu Dhabi, the world's largest solar project

Enough juice for 90,000 people with nearly 1.2 gigawatts of electricity

By Humza Aamir, July 1, 2019, 7:51 AM 14 comments

Electronics

Harvard's Robobee can now fly untethered

Thanks to tiny solar cells

By Rob Thubron, June 28, 2019, 5:20 AM

Electronics

Philips Hue launches Bluetooth bulbs that work without a hub

As affordable as $15 a bulb

By Shawn Knight, June 27, 2019, 10:57 AM 5 comments

Mobile Electronics

Pre-order the Sony Xperia 1 and get the $350 WH-1000XM3 headphones for free

The best noise-canceling cans available

By Rob Thubron, June 27, 2019, 8:20 AM 7 comments

Electronics Hardware

DisplayPort 2.0 officially revealed, supports 16K resolutions at 60Hz

And three 4K displays

By Rob Thubron, June 27, 2019, 6:57 AM 19 comments

Electronics The Web

A Raspberry Pi 4 cluster is powering the tiny board's launch website

18 single-board computers might just be enough to host a busy website

By Adrian Potoroaca, June 25, 2019, 1:43 PM

Microsoft Electronics

Windows Mixed Reality headsets are disappearing from Microsoft's store

A result of poor sales or component shortages?

By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2019, 8:47 AM

Security Electronics

Raspberry Pi used to steal 500MB of mission data from NASA lab

Audit report reveals the Jet Propulsion Lab's internal network was compromised

By Humza Aamir, June 25, 2019, 7:49 AM

The Best Gaming Monitors 2019

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, June 25, 2019, 1:35 AM TechSpot Electronics

PC gamers can enjoy today's competitive pricing in CPUs, graphics cards and memory, and build a highly capable gaming machine without having to overpay or spend a ton of money (unless you want to). We're glad to report this PC builder's friendly environment extends to gaming monitors as well, with dozens of great options at record-low prices for the kind of technology that you get.

Microsoft Electronics

Microsoft's dual-screen Surface rumored to run Android apps

It'll reportedly be powered by Intel's Lakefield SoC

By Shawn Knight, June 24, 2019, 2:45 PM

Electronics

Samsung wants to turn your house into a smart home with these new SmartThings offerings

Convert your dwelling into a smart home with this entry-level gear

By Shawn Knight, June 24, 2019, 10:33 AM 11 comments

Electronics Hardware

New Raspberry Pi 4 arrives with slew of upgrades, starts at $35

A challenger to entry-level PCs?

By Rob Thubron, June 24, 2019, 7:37 AM 12 comments

Aiming for Atoms: The Art of Making Chips Smaller

FEATURE By Nick Evanson, June 24, 2019, 6:10 AM TechSpot Hardware

In the world of computer chips, bigger numbers are often better. More cores, higher GHz, greater FLOPs, all desired by engineers and users alike. But there is one measure that's hot news right now and the smaller it is, the better. Let's take a journey into the world of process nodes, to find out more.