Technology

Eduardo Hilario / El Observador With June already here, one of the biggest gaming events is around the corner, E3, the Electronics Entertainment Expo. Gaming companies, big and small, converge in LA to show off their latest games, consoles, and new tech for the future of the gaming experience. Speculation...

BPT Cash, new wheels, dream travel, gift cards – what will you be giving the graduates in your life this year? Chances are good, what they really want is a laptop; 51 percent of high school grads and 43 percent of college graduates said a new laptop was the...

StatePoint The way we communicate and relate to one another is rapidly evolving, and new platforms and applications are constantly feeding that change. At the center of it all is the ability for individuals to create their own video, photo and written content that allows them to express opinions...

Shelly Palmer I love Alexa, the Natural Language Processing (NLP) system in my Amazon Echo. She wakes me up every morning, she knows my schedule, she can control many of my z-wave and Zigbee compatible devices (switches, outlets, etc.), she can tell me the temperature and weather forecast, she...

Arturo Hilario/El Observador As we approach the summer months I am reminded of barbecues, river rafting, hating the sun for brief moments, and the yearly visual stimulation and excitement that can be found at the AC-extravaganza that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which is operated by Electronic Software Association...

Shelly Palmer  Generally speaking, there are two kinds of companies in the world: data rich and data poor. The richest of the data rich are easy to name: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple. But you don’t need to be at the top of this list to use data to create...

    Sam Liccardo/Mayor of San Jose Facebook’s recent announcement of the development of “Terragraph” — launching a project in San Jose to distribute free, publicly-accessible, gigabit-speed outdoor wireless internet access — captured the attention of national media. To us in San Jose, though, it’s about more than a...

Shelly Palmer How soon will TV transform from wall-mounted 4K flat-screens to a 99-cent app in a VR/AR App Store? That’s a question few will ponder this week as the National Association of Broadcasters gathers in Las Vegas for the NAB Show 2016. TV has both defined and enlarged...

Shelly Palmer  Elon Musk recently announced the Tesla Model 3, a sub-$40k, 5-seat plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) with a ~200-mile range that is well positioned to change the world. It should be available sometime in late 2017. Don’t count on the ship date; Tesla has never shipped any product...