Dwight Silverman

This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Space City Weather app, and the 2026 version speeds things up, fixes some bugs and gives us future capabilities.

From expanded power stations to satellite texting, here’s how Houston residents are modernizing hurricane preparation.

Apple’s CEO transition to John Ternus could expand Houston’s role in tech manufacturing and AI development.

Houston joins Texas cities with Waymo robotaxis as riders test the tech’s safety, cost and reliability.

Houston's Barrels of Fun is back with a second pinball game, based on the Oscar-winning "Dune" movies.

Comcast has started a quiet rollout of faster DOCSIS 4.0 internet access technology in the Houston area.

The speed of free airport WiFi, a critical amenity for travelers — both pleasure and business — keeps getting faster, except at Houston's two major airports.

Podcast: AI tools continue to pop up in search results, on social media platforms, all over the place. And they're increasingly becoming a big part of new smartphones. But is that what we want? Also: HEB comes closer to offering Apple Pay!

SmartTechCheck podcast with tech journalists Dwight Silverman, , Rob Pegoraro and John Quain take on HEB finally embracing Apple Pay, new Google Pixel smartphones, new from the recent BlackHat security conference and the "premature" death of the des

Beloved Texas grocer H-E-B is finally testing tap-to-pay technologies - including the equally beloved Apple Pay - but only at one store in Dallas. Houston, I made the drive so you don't have to.

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Beryl’s destructive and deadly roll over the Houston area, residents, businesses and responders got busy gearing up a long and painful recovery. But in the early hours, and even at this writing, efforts were…

In brief: We’re happy to have Dwight Silverman, a longtime Houston tech journalist who is working with us behind the scenes, contribute this post on how to find hyper-local forecast information from the powerful computer in your pocket. Dwight…

AT&T Internet, the mid-2000s-era online service originally called U-verse Internet, is slowly going away as the company continues to roll out its faster, more modern fiber-optic service. AT&T hasn’t been talking much about the change, but I learned…

Tim Hood is standing inside a building he calls the Vault, giving me a tour on a warm spring day in Houston, when there’s a knock at the door. He isn’t expecting anyone, and as a man and woman step inside, they’re also taken by surprise. “Is this the…

As is the case with too many Houston residents — maybe even you — I didn’t have many choices when it came to modern, high-speed internet. In 2018 we moved into a condo community and to get connected, we could either sign up for Comcast’s Xfinity…

Unless there’s a congressional miracle, the federal program that provides subsidized, high-speed internet access to low-income households dies at the end of April. In some cases, the monthly price tag for broadband or mobile internet service could…

When most folks think of Comcast's internet service, they think cable. Since the company started offering online access, it has been over the same copper wires as cable-based TV. But that's changing. Comcast and other cable providers are increasingly…

Cyber Monday is today, meaning several online retailers are offering promotions, discounts, and sales on many of the hottest products available, including many of the latest tech products. With so many deals, and so many different products to choose…

In a previous life, James Austin was a Porsche-racing electrical engineer who worked on classified military projects and, in retirement, settled down to become a pinball and video game technician. While his job at the Game Preserve, a retro arcade in…

It wasn’t too long ago that folks looking for home broadband internet in Houston usually had two choices, if that: Comcast’s cable offering and AT&T’s fiber or phone-line service. But the landscape has changed dramatically in the past five years. The…