Latest articles by Phil Baker


I’m not calling it “fake news,” because that term has been hijacked by Donald Trump to refer to news he disagrees with.


In 1991, Mossberg created a much different approach to tech reviews that not only made it easier to assess a new product but also changed how they would be designed.


Now that we have a new head of the FCC, let’s see if he can fix this once and for all.


Chromebooks accounted for 58 percent of the 12.6 million mobile computing devices shipped to primary and secondary schools in the U.S. in 2016 — up from 50 percent in 2015.


Sometimes it is too good to be true: Magic Leap and Theranos are the latest tech truth-stretchers to be found out.

Imagine a factory building 100,000 units a day, and you can see how a small error can have huge consequences.


Car companies are throwing caution aside and expecting to put thousands of cars on the streets before there has been sufficient testing.


What does a company that’s steeped in hardware innovation do when its major product line has reached a state of maturity?


Cupertino has two choices: Get more aggressive in improving its own software or, better yet, be more aggressive in acquiring companies that have already proven what they can do.


Imagine if Apple or Samsung did an over-the-air battery upgrade with their phones.