The Web Security "MyTerms" draft standard wants to fix what Do Not Track couldn't A new IEEE standard proposes machine-readable contracts for digital consent By Alfonso Maruccia, March 25, 2025, 2:36 PM 8 comments
The Web Industry WiFi 8 promises the same fast speeds of WiFi 7 with more reliable connections and signal routing Be patient: WiFi 7 still isn't ratified and WiFi 8 won't arrive until 2028 at the earliest By Cal Jeffrey, November 14, 2024, 3:13 PM 16 comments
Security The Web NIST standards proposal looks to retire outdated requirements like mandatory password resets Rules regarding the use or limitation of specific characters are also on the chopping block By Cal Jeffrey, September 27, 2024, 3:48 PM
Hardware Electronics PCIe 6.0 and 7.0 deployment encounters delays 0.5 draft specifications for PCIe 7.0 are now available By Daniel Sims, June 14, 2024, 8:58 PM 8 comments
The Web Electronics Ultra Ethernet gains momentum as tech giants join for AI and HPC network innovation Newcomers to the group include IBM, Nokia, Dell, Baidu, Huawei, Lenovo, Supermicro, and Tencent By Erika Morphy, March 23, 2024, 3:11 PM
The Web Industry A new internet standard called L4S aims to lower latency, bring more speed to the web Low latency, low loss, and scalable throughput By David Matthews, December 12, 2023, 7:41 AM
Electronics Industry New Qi2 wireless charging spec fixes alignment and speed charging issues Specification seems to be a morphing of Apple's MagSafe into a more platform-agnostic standard By Cal Jeffrey, November 15, 2023, 6:29 PM
Tech Culture Electronics Software engineers and timekeepers rejoice as the world votes to end the leap second The rule begins in 2035 and remains in effect for 100 years By Cal Jeffrey, November 21, 2022, 4:26 PM 11 comments
Electronics Hardware USB4 Version 2.0 standard delivers data rates up to 80 Gbps Seriously, who came up with the naming scheme? By Tudor Cibean, September 1, 2022, 3:51 PM 20 comments
Hardware Electronics VESA's new ClearMR standard grades display motion clarity and might replace monitor response time specs No more LCDs with advertised 0.1ms response times? By Tudor Cibean, August 23, 2022, 5:17 PM
Industry Hardware USB Type-C is getting new logos in an attempt to solve cable confusion Logos, more logos for everyone, get yours while supplies last By Adrian Potoroaca, October 1, 2021, 9:24 AM 14 comments
Industry Mobile Opinion: 5G complexity to test standards The first versions of 5G will sit on top of existing 4G LTE standards By Bob O'Donnell, July 24, 2018, 1:30 PM
Industry Mobile 5G wireless communication standard is finalized and ready for announcement The race to implement 5G is on By Greg Synek, May 29, 2018, 9:51 AM 11 comments
Security The Web Browsers begin to support new web standard for password-free authentication Now available in Firefox, arriving in Chrome and Edge later this year By Greg Synek, April 10, 2018, 9:14 AM 11 comments
Industry Hardware VESA announces DisplayPort 1.4 standard with support for 8K displays By Shawn Knight, March 2, 2016, 3:00 PM 10 comments
Industry Standards group wants one charger for all laptops By Tim Schiesser, December 18, 2013, 7:00 PM 21 comments
Industry Hardware USB 3.0 SuperSpeed update to eliminate need for chargers By Rick Burgess, April 22, 2013, 4:00 PM 37 comments
Industry Hardware VESA updates DisplayPort Dual-Mode, pushes 4K UHD over HDMI By Rick Burgess, February 1, 2013, 4:30 PM 10 comments
Industry Hardware 7Gbps wireless on the way, WiGig (802.11ad) adopted by IEEE By Rick Burgess, January 15, 2013, 4:00 PM 8 comments
Industry Apple Optical Thunderbolt cables on the way, prices expected to drop By Rick Burgess, January 3, 2013, 3:00 PM 8 comments
The Web Congress passes resolution condemning U.N. Internet "takeover" By Rick Burgess, December 6, 2012, 4:00 PM 16 comments
Industry Mobile MetroPCS launches Joyn, iMessage and Facetime rival By Rick Burgess, November 1, 2012, 10:30 AM
Industry Mobile A4WP approves wireless power spec, promises "spatial freedom" By Rick Burgess, October 30, 2012, 5:00 PM 9 comments
The Web Science "Leap second" bug, Amazon EC2 outage brought down major websites By Rick Burgess, July 2, 2012, 5:00 PM
Industry Science FCC plans to re-evaluate cell phone radiation safety standards By Rick Burgess, June 15, 2012, 6:00 PM 9 comments