Dwight Silverman

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Dwight Silverman

Comcast and other cable internet providers started talking up the next generation of cable modem technology in 2022, technology that would bring their internet access offerings up to speed - pun intended - with purveyors of fiber optic internet. That standard so far has been mostly MIA. DOCSIS 4.0, as it's called, has remained just over the horizon. "By the end of this year" became "by the end of next year." And as the calendar rolled over, that cycle would repeat.

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Dwight Silverman

Apple has gotten a lot of grief over Apple Intelligence, the company's drive to catch up to competitors in the AI category. On Monday, it released what was supposed to be the final layer of that cake with a series of updates to its operating systems. The centerpiece is iOS and iPadOS 18.4, along with macOS 15.4, watchOS 11.04 and tvOS 18.4.The biggest disappointment, as I wrote last month, was the company's failure to deliver on a beefed up version of Siri.

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Dwight Silverman

It's been more than four years since Apple released its first computers built around processors it designed in-house. Apple Silicon has dramatically changed the Mac lineup, and not just because it walked away from Intel's inefficient and often overheated platform. Its M-series chips are similar to those that power iPhones and iPads, and that has given the company's complete lineup capabilities its competitors can only dream of.

4 weeks ago | spacecityweather.com | Dwight Silverman

Welcome to the March SCW Q&A, where we tackle your questions about the weather, climate and how things work around here. You can submit your questions via the Contact link on the blog home page, or by leaving a question in the comments below. Let’s get to it!Q: Can you settle a bet for me? My friend and I have been arguing about whether it has been getting warmer sooner in Houston. He’s lived here 30 years, I’ve been here 20 years, so we both think we know what we’re talking about.

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Dwight Silverman

Longtime users of Instagram, the photo- and video-focused first cousin to Meta's Facebook, know it isn't what it used to be. What began as a simple, fun way to share pictures with friends has turned into a Frankenstein's monster of features lifted from competing platforms, sandwiched between incessant and often intrusive ads. But just as changes at Twitter, now owned by Elon Musk and called X, triggered an exodus there, the same thing is happening at Instagram.