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Martyn Williams
Martyn Williams produces technology news and product reviews in text and video for PC World, Macworld, and TechHive from his home outside Washington D.C.. He previously worked for IDG News Service as a correspondent in San Francisco and Tokyo and has reported on technology news from across Asia and Europe.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S9 debuts with big changes to DeX
Samsung's new DeX Pad makes significant changes to the original DeX dock, which allows you to use your phone as a desktop computer. The makeover coincides with the launch of the Galaxy S9 and S9+.
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Amazon Alexa branches out, appearing in the Lenovo Tab 4 with Home Assistant
Lenovo Tab users can get full Amazon Alexa functionality if they pair the tablet with the Home Assistant speaker dock.
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Xbox One X vs PlayStation 4 Pro: The console wars level up with powerful new hardware
With the E3 2017 announcement of Microsoft's Xbox One X, the console wars are revving up again.
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How a motherboard is made: Inside the Gigabyte factory in Taiwan
Gigabyte is one of the biggest motherboard makers in the world, and we visited the company's Taiwan factory to see how they're manufactured.
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Why Microsoft’s ARM-based Windows 10 laptops still have a lot to prove
Asus, HP, and Lenovo plan to bring Windows 10 to devices running on ARM Snapdragon processors. But the future devices have a lot to prove.
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Intel’s modular Compute Card puts a PC in your pocket
Intel is making good on a CES promise to launch a computer that is small enough to fit inside your wallet or purse.rnAt Computex on Tuesday, it showed off the first Compute Card systems.
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HTC’s wireless Vive VR headset will replace cumbersome cables with WiGig
HTC will launch a wireless version of the Vive virtual reality headset in early 2018.
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In Win’s Winbot is a wild, bubble-like PC built to take robotic selfies
In Win's Winbot PC case mod is robotically controlled by your movements and designed for one thing: to take better selfies.
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The Asus ZenBook Flip S is the world’s thinnest laptop
Asus takes the record for thinnest laptop ever with its 10.9mm ZenBook Flip S. The company announced it at Computex in Taipei.
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Nerd alert! Inside Taipei’s PC and gadget shopping paradise
Six floors of PCs, components and gadgets await nerds inside Guanghua 3C mall, a central Taipei shopping wonderland.
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The next 5 years in AI will be frenetic, says Intel’s new AI chief
Research into artificial intelligence is going gangbusters, and the frenetic pace won't let up for about five years, the head of Intel's new AI division predicts.
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How to protect your Google and Facebook accounts with a security key
Security keys offer a more secure alternative to code-based two-factor authentication.
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Sony’s clever image sensor helps autonomous cars see better
Sony has developed a CCD image sensor that can help autonomous cars make sense of electronic road signs and see better when transitioning between dark tunnels and daylight.
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BlackBerry KeyOne hands-on: A physical keyboard makes Android more productive
For the first time the iconic BlackBerry hardware keyboard has been married with Android in the BlackBerry KeyOne.
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BlackBerry’s keyboard-equipped KeyOne Android phone will launch in May
The BlackBerry KeyOne, an Android-based smartphone with a hardware keyboard, will be available in the U.S. and Canada from May 31, the phone's maker said Thursday.
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Google becomes first foreign internet company to launch service in Cuba
Google servers inside Cuba are now live on the Internet, marking a major milestone in the country's communications evolution and promising faster access to Google's services for Cuban users.
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Palantir to pay $1.7 million to settle racial hiring bias claim
Data analytics company Palantir will pay $1.7 million in back pay and stock options to settle charges that it routinely discriminated against Asian job applicants. In addition, it must also hire eight people from among those it allegedly discriminated against.
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Fake heads and robot probes: testing smartphones prior to launch
On the shelves of a laboratory near San Francisco sit tanks and tanks of mysterious looking liquids. It's the Silicon Valley offices of UL, a product testing organization previously known as Underwriters Laboratory, and these liquids play an important part in smartphone safety.
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