What's Tech?

The What’s Tech series finale

What are Snapchat Spectacles, and do I have to be a teen to wear them?

How smartphone cameras took over the world

How HTTPS is slowly but surely making the internet safer

Why is everyone making GIFs of themselves?

How immersive haunted houses and participatory plays are making Halloween scarier

Why smartphone batteries explode, and why they may get worse

How Snapchat’s goofy faces made everyone comfortable with selfies

The good and bad news of the Earth-sized planet Proxima Centauri b

A few simple tech tips for living in a dorm or a New York apartment

A simple explanation of No Man’s Sky and its internet-fueled controversy

Hate going to the grocery store? Maybe it's time to try food-delivery services

Why Sony and Microsoft are already announcing and releasing new consoles

Is your neighborhood the next great social media app?

A podcast explains the power of podcasts

Why Pokémon Go is a hit, how it helped Nintendo, and when its moment could fizz out

The agony and the ecstasy of life as a webcomic artist

How The Bachelor became social media’s favorite sporting event

What you need to know about doxxing, the average internet user’s nightmare

What you should know about torrenting

How a computer the size of a credit card is changing education — and GameBoy emulators

How people play Nintendo games on a computer, and why that's probably illegal

What are graphics cards, and why do you want one?

Everything you wanted to know about Drake, but were too afraid to ask

Why movie theaters should and shouldn't be afraid of VOD

Why the future of video games may be free-to-play

What is a gadget blog, anyway?

Why bots are the new big thing, and what that means for ordering pizza

Why artificial intelligence is more important than ever and how it will change our lives

What is Slack, why is everybody using it, and will it destroy my work-life balance?

Wrestlemania: why you should watch, even if pro wrestling isn't your thing

Everything you need to know about the Hyperloop, a potential transportation game-changer

Dota 2: an explainer for newcomers and the confused family of addicts

Before the driverless car, there was the PRT

Encryption: what is it exactly, and who is right about it?

Reusable rockets could send you to space — eventually

It's time to give film cameras a second chance

The Super Bowl: how to sound like an expert

Spotify, Apple Music, and Tidal: which service is right for you?

What is Sundance?

What is Tumblr?

What is CES?

What is a hoverboard?

What is Windows 10?

What is an internet router?

What is Fallout?

What is an internet meme?

What is the quantified self?

What is alien life?

What is Minecraft?