Technology news, reviews and columns for September 4

September 04 September 04     FOLLOW US      NEWS SPORTS LIFE MONEY TECH TRAVEL OPINION WEATHER USATODAY.COM   TECH   columnist   Apple Watch faces smartwatch competition from Fitbit, Garmin and Samsung at IFA     Garmin, Samsung and Fitbit look to challenge Apple with new smartwatches launched at the IFA trade show in Berlin, says columnist Rob Pegoraro.     Read Story     columnist           Prepare for disaster: How your smartphone can help in an emergency If your life is on your smartphone, make sure it is ready for extraordinary circumstances.     talkingtech           What we learned from the Roku IPO filing: It needs ads Device manufacturer files for IPO late Friday     talkingtech           Hurricane Harvey: Technology, how we need you Hurricane Harvey showed the power of technology — and just how much we suffer when it lets us down.   Advertisement   talkingtech           Siri's got a new boss The personal voice assistant has been engaged in a turf war with Amazon's Alexa and Google Assistant.     news           Daily Stormer neo-Nazi website owner once registered to vote at fake address The owner of a neo-Nazi website that attacked a Charlottesville victim once registered to vote at a fake Ohio address.     tech           Michael Dell donates $36M for Harvey. 'I used to ride my bike there,' says Houston native The goal of the foundation is to raise $100 million by Tuesday. The Dell Foundation will initially contribute $18 million and match another $18 million as donations come in.     tech           Most TV computer scientists are still white men. Google wants to change that. New study commissioned by the Internet giant shows that over three-quarters of computer science characters are men and over two-thirds are white.     reviewedcom           Here are all the iPhone 8 rumors we know about, including the crazy ones We're separating the wheat from the chaff at the iPhone rumor mill.     columnist           Is virtual reality the next 3D TV? Like VR, it was hyped, pricey and consumers didn't care Will virtual reality go the way of 3D TV, namely nowhere? The parallels with an earlier, hyped technology are disconcerting.     The Day In Pictures Gallery Cara Crawford, turns around after trying to ride her bike through high water to get to Sunday services at a nearby church, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey in Vidor, Texas on Sept. 3, 2017.     Popular Stories Reports: Trump to end DACA, give Congress six months to act Man dead after running into flames at Burning Man during torching of giant effigy Hurricane Irma's path toward U.S. still uncertain   To forward this e-mail to a friend, click here You are currently subscribed to this newsletter with the address: reed791.worldnews@blogger.com. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please click here. Manage Subscriptions | Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108