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Attendees wait for the start of the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 5, 2017 in San Jose, California.

You Probably Missed Apple's Biggest News Last Week

It's a huge deal for the future of iPhones — and tech in general

Why You Should Take Your Kids To a Maker Faire

They'll get a fun introduction to science and math

An attendee uses a Vive virtual reality (VR) headset, manufactured by HTC Corp., on the opening day of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017. A theme this year at the industry's annual get-together, which runs through March 2, is the Internet of Things. Photographer: Pau Barrena/Bloomberg via Getty Images

I Love Virtual Reality, But I'm Also Afraid of It

It's an incredible technology, but we need to be careful

Facundo Diaz, co-founder and chief executive officer of Vrtify Inc., wears a pair of Microsoft Corp, HoloLens glasses as he speaks at the 2017 South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The SXSW Interactive Festival features a variety of tracks that allow attendees to explore what's next in the worlds of entertainment, culture, and technology. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Why This Futuristic Tech Will Be The Future of Computing

You're probably already using it without even realizing

Will Smartphones Ever Be Obsolete?

New technologies could replace the phone in your pocket

Customers visit the Apple store of the Grand Central Terminal in New York, the United States, March 1, 2016. On Feb. 29, 2016, a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York adjudged that All Writs Act wasn't sufficient to order Apple to help the FBI unlock the phone of a convicted drug dealer.

Learning This 1 Thing Helped Me Understand Apple's Strategy

The company is actually pretty predictable

A woman takes a picture with a mobile phone as Hungary's supporters walk to the Velodrome stadium of Marseille, southern France, ahead of the Euro 2016 group F football match between Iceland and Hungary, on June 18, 2016.

How Your Smartphone's Camera Will Change the World

Technological breakthroughs will remain a significant driver of so many fut...

Technological breakthroughs will remain a significant driver of so many future experiences, meaning the smartphone will keep disrupting all sorts of industries. Forget text messaging and email: We live in a visual world