In their unyielding efforts to catch eyeballs, websites often resort to aggressive tactics to engage you, the fickle, easily-distracted web reader. Many sites insist on starting a video without asking in the hopes you’ll become transfixed by the moving images and sounds and stay on the page longer. Others ask pretty please can we send …

Comcast Xfinity in September acquired Stringify, a cloud-based internet-of-things service provider with more than 500 products compatible with its app. Comcast Xfinity announced Wednesday here at CES that the company is bringing the technology behind Stringify to the Xfinity line of services including X1 TV and voice remote, xFi Wi-Fi, Xfinity Home, and Xfinity Mobile. If you’re an Xfinity customer …

Facebook is trying to help users learn more about what’s going on in their own communities.  The social network said Wednesday it’s testing a new section of its app dedicated to events and news stories from local publishers and organizations. The new section is called “Today In,” and it’s being tested in just five cities right now: New Orleans; Little …

A top-ranking US politician wants more transparency from Apple about why the tech giant purposely slowed down the processing performance of older iPhones. Republican Sen. John Thune, who chairs the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, asked Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday if the company had offered customers an opportunity to decline a version of its operating system that throttles …

After yesterday’s deluge, clear skies returned to Las Vegas on Wednesday as CES rolled into its second day. Power, however, was another issue as a two-hour blackout plunged the Las Vegas convention into darkness. Though the halls were largely evacuated, some attendees still visited exhibitor booths while others took a break in the sun or searched in vain for a …

Anyone with a phone invariably has accessories — battery packs and wireless headphones, to start. And your average family kitchen has become a charging nexus, with everyone fighting over those one or two free outlets. But the default design for most chargers is still just a single USB-A port. It just doesn’t make sense. That’s where iOttie’s newest chargers are …

Apple Watch screens aren’t as scratch-resistant as they probably should be, which is why a lot of people are interested in buying screen protectors for them. The problem is there aren’t a whole lot of good ones out there that seamlessly blend into the Watch, preserving its sleek aesthetic. Thanks to its curved black border, Belkin’s Screenforce Ultracurve proectors are …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The secret code for happiness? / Getty Images There is no perfect job. For joy at work, some merely look for employers who appreciate them, investors who will give them money freely or co-workers who will do most of the work without taking credit.  Yet …

On display in a glass case at Beyerdynamic’s booth here at CES 2018, is the company’s Amiron Wireless, a new wireless headphone that’s among the best Bluetooth headphones yet. Scheduled to ship this spring, the around-the-ear Amiron Wireless doesn’t have a price yet, but it’s expected to cost more than $500 and less than $1,000, according to Beyerdynamic reps I …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A committed Samsung fan. Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images Apple is renowned by some people for its ability to sell what they see as well-designed but technically inferior products. It’s what many used to call, in the Steve Jobs days, Apple’s reality distortion field. There are those, …