8 Must-Know Electronics Hacks
Water-damaged phone? Frayed charger cord? Get some useful tips for your trusty electronic devices to save you both money and headaches. More Battery Juice You’ve just realized your cell phone...
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How to Find the Right Person to Repair Your Computer
Have you ever run into a problem on your computer that you couldn’t fix yourself? Sometimes, electronics break. And it can be very frustrating. Here’s how to find someone to fix your compute...
What Is Bluetooth?
This week, a listener named Tina wrote in to ask me, “What exactly is bluetooth?” I thought this was a great question, and I couldn’t believe I hadn’t already answered it on my...
5G Wireless Will Redraw the Wireless Industry Map: Who Stands to Lose?
5G wireless was supposed to cement wireless carriers’ grip and threaten traditional broadband providers—but what if it does the opposite? Super-fast 5G wireless was supposed to cement the gr...
“Nightmare Bacteria” Widespread in U.S. Hospitals
Such pathogens are resistant to nearly every drug The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detected more than 220 cases last year of a rare breed of “nightmare bacteria” that are virtu...
Resisting Technology, Appalachian Style
Are people in Appalachia deprived of the benefits of technology, or are they protecting themselves from harmful effects of its misuse? The following essay is reprinted with permission from The ...
Can You Lose Weight by Eating More Often?
Is six meals a day the secret to losing weight? A lot of people believe that eating more frequently boosts your metabolism. I debunked this in the first year of the Nutrition Diva podcast, wh...
Google Employees Are Livid About Company’s ‘Evil’ Military Partnership
There’s a motto at Google: “Don’t be evil.” Today, more than 3,000 Google employees fear their company is on the verge of breaching that code by helping the U.S. militar...
Google rejects military funding for its advanced humanoid robot
The tech giant wants to distance itself from the military research lab DARPA, and the feeling is mutual Once upon a time, if you wanted money to build humanoid robots, you basically had to get i...
Google employees demand the company pull out of Pentagon AI project
‘Google should not be in the business of war.’ Last month, it was revealed that Google was offering its resources to the US Department of Defense for Project Maven, a research initiative t...