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Lyft Is Ready to Shuttle You Around Vegas in a Self-Driving Car
During CES in January, around 400 people—including PCMag's Editor-in-Chief Dan Costa—got to ride around Las Vegas in a self-driving BMW 5 Series, courtesy of Lyft and its partner Aptiv. Now, even more people will have the chance to hitch a ride around Sin City in a...
Has The Internet Been Good For Society? Fewer Saying Yes
Most US adults say the internet has had a mostly positive impact on their lives. But, a growing number are questioning the internet's impact on society overall, according to new survey data from the Pew Research Center. Of the US adults polled by Pew in January 2018,...
Google Assistant Now Compatible With 5K Smart Home Devices
Watch out, Amazon Alexa. Google today announced that "every major device brand" now works with its own voice-activated personal assistant in the US. The Google Assistant can connect now with more than 5,000 smart home devices—everything...
Apple Responds to Personal Data Request with 9MB File
Privacy and personal data are in the spotlight right now due to the Cambridge Analytica debacle and Facebook's complete failure to protect user data. Jefferson Graham, a technology columnist for USA Today, decided to investigate further and see how Apple compares to...
Chrome Now Blocks Autoplay Based on Your Browsing History
Google Chrome is about to make your online life a little more peaceful: the desktop version of Chrome now blocks noisy autoplay videos based on your browsing history. Here's how it works: If you're new to the browser, it will allow autoplay on more than 1,000 sites...
Want to Watch it Again? Don’t Try Using Your MoviePass
Lame news, MoviePass subscribers: If you want to see the same movie more than once, you'll have to buy a full-price ticket the second time around. In a support note, MoviePass – the subscription service that made a name for itself by letting users watch up to one new...
Square to Acquire Website Builder Weebly
Twitter cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey's other business – the mobile payments company Square – has announced plans to acquire fellow San Francisco-based firm Weebly for approximately $365 million in cash and stock. Weebly, for the uninitiated, offers tools that make it...
You Can Now Turn Any Doc Into a Dropbox Paper Template
If you use Dropbox's Google Docs competitor Paper to frequently create the same type of documents, a handy new template feature might help save you some time, get colleagues on the same page, and streamline your workflow. Instead of having to track down a document,...
Intel Delays its 10nm Chips Again
Intel is really struggling to make the shift from a 14nm to 10nm process for chip production. We originally expected 10nm Intel chips back in 2016, but here we are in 2018 and they still haven't arrived. Instead we've seen three refinements of the 14nm process, with...