The China Chip Advances—and May Compete with Intel Soon
The country's first homegrown microprocessor could be used in Internet servers and routers.
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Tom Simonite
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I’m MIT Technology Review’s IT editor for hardware and software and enjoy a diverse diet of algorithms, Internet, and human-computer interaction with chips on the side. Working in our San Francisco office, I cover new ideas about what computers can do for us, whether they spring from tech giants, new startups, or academic labs.
My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
Tom Simonite's Stories
Questions Surround Software that Adapts to Students
By carefully logging students’ every action online, a company called Knewton says, it can personalize questions and lessons to help people learn faster. Skeptics say that’s not proven.
Google’s Glass Gets a Competitor
A company already in the business of selling wearable displays will launch its own consumer gadget next year—but the format is still unproven.
Jail Looms for Man Who Revealed AT&T Leaked iPad User E-Mails
The case highlights a troubling disconnect between online life and the rule of the law.
Fabrication Trick Offers Fivefold Leap in Hard-Disk Capacity
Current hard-drive designs are reaching their limit in data storage, but a new manufacturing technique could allow drive capacities to keep expanding.
How Facebook Boosted Obama’s Vote Tally
Facebook's effort to increase voter turnout worked best with groups likely to have voted for the president.
Google Breathes New Intelligence into its TV
The Knowledge Graph previously used for Web search allows Google's TV software to take spoken commands
The U.S. Government's Growing Appetite for Google Users' Data
Government and law enforcement demands that Google share user data are growing 25 percent every six months
Five Things the Petraeus Affair Teaches Us About Online Surveillance
The FBI methods used to reveal the CIA director's affair are relevant to all Web users.
Cellular Data Network for Inanimate Objects Goes Live in France
A startup hopes to connect millions of low-power sensors worldwide to the Internet, making everything—from power grids to home appliances—smarter.
