Personal Technology columnist and reporter

Troy Wolverton

Troy Wolverton writes the Tech Files column and covers consumer technology as the personal technology columnist for the Bay Area News Group. Previously, he covered Apple and the consumer electronics industry. Earlier, he reported on technology, business and financial issues for TheStreet.com and CNET News.com.

Thinfilm hopes to popularize a new kind of chipmaking and revolutionize the way consumers interact with products from whiskey bottles to shavers.

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San Jose gets new, potentially revolutionary chip fab

May 9, 2017 at 3:25 a.m.

Thinfilm hopes to popularize a new kind of chipmaking and revolutionize the way consumers interact with products from whiskey bottles to shavers.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has used misleading arguments to promote a new proposal that could completely eliminate net neutrality protections, Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton writes.

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Wolverton: FCC chairman misleads in effort to destroy net neutrality

May 2, 2017 at 3:23 a.m.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has used misleading arguments to promote a new proposal that could completely eliminate net neutrality protections, Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton writes.

Sonic CEO Dane Jasper spoke with this newspaper about broadband policy in this country, including his support for net neutrality, and about his company's build-out of its fiber network.

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Sonic CEO talks expansion, broadband policy

April 27, 2017 at 6:06 a.m.

Sonic CEO Dane Jasper spoke with this newspaper about broadband policy in this country, including his support for net neutrality, and about his company's build-out of its fiber network.

Though it's been around for years in various forms, augmented reality, or AR as it's commonly known, is starting to draw a lot of interest from the tech industry, Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton writes.

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Opinion: Augmented reality takes center stage in tech

April 21, 2017 at 1:44 p.m.

Though it's been around for years in various forms, augmented reality, or AR as it's commonly known, is starting to draw a lot of interest from the tech industry, Tech...

YouTube TV offers some cool features, but it feels half-baked, writes Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton.

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Wolverton: YouTube TV could use some more time in production

April 7, 2017 at 7:33 a.m.

YouTube TV offers some cool features, but it feels half-baked, writes Tech Files columnist Troy Wolverton.

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Apple to update Mac Pro

April 5, 2017 at 3:58 a.m.

CUPERTINO -- Good news, creative professionals: Apple is, at long last, going to update the Mac Pro. The bad news? You won't see a completely new model until next year....