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Adam Rowe

Adam has written at Tech.co for ten years, currently as Fleet & Logistics Editor. He also worked at logistics newletter Inside Lane and was a Forbes Contributor on the publishing industry, for which he was named a Digital Book World 2018 award finalist. His work has appeared in publications including Popular Mechanics and IDG Connect, and his art history book on 1970s sci-fi, ‘Worlds Beyond Time,’ was a 2024 Locus Awards finalist. When not working on his next art collection (out September 2027), he’s tracking the latest news on dash cams, fuel cards, and the future of fleet.

  • Apple AirPods Pro
    Apple Announces the Noise-Cancelling $250 AirPods Pro Apple's AirPods Pro will be noise-cancelling and water-resistant. They'll cost $249 for a pair, and will be on sale this Wednesday, Oct 30. Here are the specs to know.
    Adam Rowe
  • Facebook News deal
    Facebook Agrees to Deal for Washington Post News Stories Facebook has closed a deal with the Washington Post that will let it populate its soon-to-be-launched news section with headlines from the major media outlet. Other publications in the news section include Business Insider, Buzzfeed News and News Corp media properties.
    Adam Rowe
  • google photos iphone
    Google to Stop Offering iPhone Users Unlimited Backups Google's just-revealed Pixel 4 and 4 XL phones won't let users upload an unlimited amount of original quality photos to their account for free. But thanks to a quirk of fate, iPhone users currently still can. Google has termed this iPhone ability a "bug" and vowed to fix it.
    Adam Rowe
  • mobile apps
    Twitter Plans to Neuter Rule-Breaking Tweets From World Leaders Twitter aims to restrict its users from liking, replying to, or retweeting any tweets from world leaders that are found to break Twitter's rules. Find our more about Twitter's slow-moving fight to clean up its platform.
    Adam Rowe
  • Facebook's Libra sees stuggles
    More Bad News for Facebook’s Libra Mastercard and Visa officially pulled their involvement with Facebook's Libra currency over the weekend, along with eBay and online payment platforms Mercado Pago and Stripe. Paypal already left a week prior. Plus, a new G7 report warns against digital currencies.
    Adam Rowe
  • Facebook Horizon VR
    Dating and Horizon: The Next Big Facebook Flops? With new ventures including virtual reality worlds and a dating platform, can Facebook's latest endeavours have more success than busts of the past, such as the Facebook phone, Paper, and it's upcoming currency, which has already been banned in some countries. We find out.
    Adam Rowe
  • New OnePlus 7T
    The New OnePlus 7T vs. the OnePlus 7 OnePlus has a new device out, the OnePlus 7T, available October 18 and priced at $599. Here's how it stacks up to the OnePlus 7. Spoilers: It wins.
    Adam Rowe
  • Amazon Echo devices
    Amazon Unveils New Echo Products: Echo Buds, Frames, Loop, and More Amazon has just debuted a ton of new Alexa-enabled devices, from Echo Buds to the Echo Loop smart ring, as well as updates to its Echo speakers and even a Smart Oven. Here's everything to know about their specs, prices, and release dates
    Adam Rowe
  • Facebook charity donations
    Facebook Birthday Charity Raises $1 Billion More than $1 billion in donations have flowed through Facebook's birthday fundraisers alone over the past few years, thanks to the over 45 million Facebook users who have donated or created a fundraiser through the massive social platform.
    Adam Rowe
  • Zao deepfake app
    Viral Chinese Deepfake App Zao Sparks Privacy Concerns The just-launched app Zao lets users slap their own faces onto movie clips, letting them cosplay as Leonard DiCaprio or Wolverine within seconds. It's only available in China, where it's a massive viral hit. Zao's success has spurred plenty of concerns about privacy violations.
    Adam Rowe
  • Youtube Union
    YouTube Won’t Meet the YouTubers Union YouTube won't negotiate with the YouTubers Union, a group pushing for creator-friendly changes. The decision highlights the tech industry's rocky relationship with unions.
    Adam Rowe
  • Google Play malware
    A Malware-Ridden Google Play App Had Over 100 Million Downloads A malicious app has been downloaded more than 100 million times directly from the Google Play app store. The app, called CamScanner, allowed mobile devices to create PDFs. Here's how that app slipped through, and what it means for the cyber-safety of app downloaders everywhere.
    Adam Rowe