Melissa RiofrioExecutive Editor, PCWorld
Melissa Riofrio spent her formative journalistic years reviewing some of the biggest iron at PCWorld--desktops, laptops, storage, printers--and she continued to focus on hardware testing during stints at Computer Currents and CNET. Currently, in addition to leading PCWorld’s content direction, she covers productivity laptops and Chromebooks.
Tesla’s $35,000 Model 3 won’t ship until late 2017, yet it still makes other EVs nervous
Folks lined up the night before to preorder the Model 3 for its 215 miles of EV range and sterling pedigree. But they won't get their car until late 2017. Probably.
2016 Chevy Volt review: The cult hero of plug-in hybrids reaches for mainstream fame
The Volt's category-leading 53 miles of EV range automatically sells the car to green-car nerds, but Chevrolet wants more. We drive it seven days and 700 miles to see how it plays out.
Panasonic's Nubo is a security camera you can take pretty much anywhere
The highly-portable Nubo lets you stake out remote corners of your backyard, or monitor your campsite—and its surveillance and convenience features help it stand out from other security cameras.
Elliptic Labs' ultrasound tech lets you control your devices with a friendly wave
The company can use a device's existing microphone and speaker to respond to your gesture.
SanDisk's Extreme 510 Portable SSD is small, fast and tough
This $249 portable SSD is built to withstand hard drops and raindrops alike.
Intel’s Brian Krzanich says 5G networking will let millions of drones roam the earth
We're not talking "Terminator" (we hope), but we are talking connected everything from toasters to trains, all enabled by the big push for faster, stronger 5G wireless networks.
The $499 Lenovo Yoga 710 brings 360-degree versatility to budget users
The Yoga 710 is portable and productive, and it can rotate 360 degrees on its hinge. Not bad for an affordable small laptop.
Lenovo's Tab3 10 for Business brings out the serious side of Android
Starting at $199, this tablet shows that Android has arrived in the corporate world. The Tab3 10 for Business is built to take a full day at the office, with sturdy construction and the enhanced security and manageability of Android for Work.
Lenovo's ideapad Miix 310 is a "Surface lite" that's much more affordable
It's a basic Windows tablet, but the detachable keyboard lets you be productive at will.
With the Flex 4, Lenovo unites Intel core i7 and AMD graphics in a 360-degree laptop
The Lenovo Flex 4's 14-inch and 15-inch versions will both offer high-end options on everything from processors to connectivity. Battery life promises to be good, too,
Lenovo's Tab3 7 and Tab3 8: Cheap Android tablets that are safer for kids
Android Marshmallow's support for multiple user accounts lets Lenovo set up a kids mode with parental controls. You can monitor what children do and where they go on a tablet, and for how long.
HP’s Elite x3 is a flagship sailing into a dangerous Windows phone wasteland
HP thinks its Elite x3 Windows phone can escape doom by focusing on corporate customers. It's a reasonable plan facing incredible odds.
The Surface Pro shares the Denver Broncos' moment of triumph at Super Bowl 50
Denver Bronco cornerback Aqib Talib used the Surface Pro's handwriting tools to help celebrate his team's victory, a nice comeback for the Surfacegate-plagued device.
How Ford's autonomous test vehicles make 3D LiDAR maps of the world around them
As Ford triples its autonomous research fleet, it's also getting new toys, including a LiDAR small enough to build into a sideview mirror. That moves LiDAR from geeky experiment to something any car could use.
Best frenemies: How Ford SYNC 3 works with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
Google and Apple's products are rivals to SYNC 3, but Ford still went to the effort to make it seamless to use them with other SYNC features.