Articles by Melissa Riofrio
The Acer Aspire Vero laptop takes recycled plastic seriously
The Acer Aspire Vero laptop is packed with PCR (post-consumer recycled) plastic, in a bid to make environmental impact a selling point for PCs.
Owlcam 5.0 is a premium dash cam with AI, voice control and more
Owlcam 5.0 is a premium dash cam that offers voice control, AI, and an LTE connection for uploading videos to the cloud.
5 alarming facts in honor of World Password Day
May 2 is World Password Day, and software company Avira has released a report showing how data breaches are getting worse, and people's security habits aren't getting much better. Here are the most alarming facts from the study:
Star Wars gift guide: Top picks for fans who are tech geeks
PCWorld's Star Wars gift guide, is for people who are (or are shopping for) Star Wars fans who are also tech geeks. Our top picks range from droids to drones, from LEGOs to ugly sweaters, and even snow globes.
Google Home gets hands-free calling and 6 other cool new features
Google's A.I. speaker gets hands-free calling, proactive assistance, and HBONow support, among other interesting tricks.DJI’s rugged Matrice 200 series drones go where no drone has gone before
DJI's M200 series drones are built to handle tougher conditions than most drones can. Here's how they survive.
Hands-on: Running Android apps on a Chromebook could be the best of both worlds
Running Android apps on a Chromebook once seemed crazy, but it's happening. We take the concept for a spin on Samsung's new Chromebook Pro.
Hyundai’s wearable robots could make you superhuman
Hyundai's experimental wearable robots show three ways machines could help humans, such as lifting heavier loads or running farther without getting tired.PCWorld founder David Bunnell remembered: The mutiny, the magazines, the Mao suit
He was a pioneer and a bit of a prankster, as longtime colleagues recall.Roborace’s DevBot is the autonomous racecar only a few lucky developers will drive
DevBot is the test car for Roborace's Robocar, the autonomous, electric racecar being developed to run in the Formula E championship. Developers will be able to ride or drive DevBot as they test their software.Ford will mass-produce self-driving cars by 2021—but for sharing, not buying
Ford took an aggressive stance toward self-driving cars, announcing it plans to develop ride-sharing and ride-hailing businesses to go with the autonomous cars it will build.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.12 technologies that died in 2015
Some tech died quickly. Some faded away. For better or worse, we look back at what we lost in 2015.Microsoft promises its $3K HoloLens dev kit for Q1 2016
Scary robots help demo the spatial awareness capabilities in HoloLens, which developers will be able to play with soon.Dell’s Chromebook 13 is the first built for business, starting at $399
Clad in carbon fiber, aluminum and magnesium, and priced up to $899, the Chromebook 13 is offering quality and choices we haven't seen before in the Chromebook space.Hands on: The $149 Hisense Chromebook succeeds at being incredibly affordable
It would be easy to ding this device for what it doesn't have, but this Chromebook isn't about flashy features. It's about making a PC pretty much anyone could own.
Meet the Asus Chromebook Flip, a $249 Chrome OS tablet with a 360-degree hinge
Google will be updating Chrome OS to make it easy to use this convertible Chromebook in clamshell or tablet mode, or in between.Hands on: Google’s new $999 Chromebook Pixel makes big changes under the hood
Google refreshes its flagship Chromebook with better CPUs, battery life, and other improvements, all squeezed into essentially the same case. Read all about it here.