Distributors increased orders for ultra-low-end Android smartphones from lesser-known China made smartphones like Unimax and Wiko to match the tight consumer budgets and limited spending power of the Americans after…
What To Do When Your Computer Is Attacked
Moran Zavdi is the founder of Nucleon Cyber, which provides actionable, proactive cyber threat intelligence for organizations. Getty I bet you can see the scene before you now: The hair on…
Digital investigations: New online course teaches journalists how to follow the digital trail of people and entities
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering the free online course, “Digital investigations for journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities,” to help…
The Golden Age of computer user groups
Enlarge / Programmer power, indeed. (Here’s a Tufts computer group sometime in the mid to late 1970. Getty caption explicitly states, “Note equipment and 1970s fashions.”) Spencer Grant/Getty Images The…
How to Shop for a Used Computer
When it comes to buying used PCs, it’s best to avoid sites like Craigslist, eBay, or Reddit—it’s possible to find good deals there, but if you don’t know exactly what…
For My Kid’s First Computer, I Couldn’t Beat an Old Desktop
My son has been asking my husband and me for a Nintendo Switch for the past three years. But three months into quarantine and a week before his ninth birthday,…
All 2020 OnePlus Smartphones Become Android Enterprise Recommended
All smartphones that OnePlus announced in 2020 are now ‘Android Enterprise Recommended’. This is a goal OnePlus set for itself earlier this year, and now all of its 2020 devices…
Why Are There Roaches Inside My Computer?
Illustration: Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock) Giz AsksGiz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything and get answers from a variety of experts. There are some things that belong…