The batteries in our phones and headphones only last a few years. NPR's Daniel Estrin asks The Washington Post's tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler about the life span of today's gadgets and why they die.

Some medieval gadgets still kick modern tech’s butt, thanks to ingenious design and crazy-tough materials. You’re looking at implements refined between the 5th and 15th centuries—the OG era of ...

In today's connected world, technology is transforming how we live, work, and interact with our homes. Modern living gadgets are designed to make daily routines more convenient, enhance home security, ...

We have all these cool gadgets and accessories that help us keep our homes nice and clean but what about the outdoors areas? Have you ever wondered if there’s an easier way to remove all those weeds ...

The best gadget I bought this year was a $50 piece of metal whose sole job is to prop up another piece of metal (my laptop). Actually, no, it was definitely a computer monitor. Scratch that, it was an ...

Vintage kitchen gadgets, Pokemon cards and almost anything midcentury modern are some of the hot items flying out of area antiques and collectibles stores. They are part of the wave of ...

Amazon Web Services and Apple have partnered to bring modern cloud-provisioning capabilities to the macOS platform with Tuesday morning’s launch of the new mac1.metal ECS instance type. In something ...

During the Consumer Electronics Show this week, research firm IDC released a report on worldwide traditional PC sales in 2020, and it tells a rosier story than we've been used to in recent years. In ...