Mobile & Wireless

According to Cloudflare Radar, TikTok has surpassed Google as the world's most popular domain. Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple round out the top five. Continue Reading →

An FCC win in the U.S. Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Wi-Fi 6E, a next-generation Wi-Fi standard. Continue Reading →

It is my pleasure to invite you to the 2022 Shelly Palmer Innovation Series Summit, streaming on YouTube Live, Jan. 5 at 11 a.m. ET. Continue Reading →

I like to say that technology is neither good nor bad; that distinction is for people. AirTags, Apple's tracking device, are an awesome solution for things you want to keep tabs on. Continue Reading →

Google has started forced enrollment in its two-factor authentication program (2FA). Google actually calls it "two-step verification" (2SV). I don't know why. 2SV requires users to input the correct password plus one other form of identification, which can be a code that appears on your smartphone, a USB stick or other physical security key, or an associated code you find in Google's Authenticator app and enter in a timely manner. Continue Reading →

We can use our phones to bank, shop, and even validate our vaccine status on our phones... so why can't we vote with our phones? Shelly Palmer talks with Bianca Peters and Dan Bowens about the benefits of letting people vote by phone -- and the perceived drawbacks. Continue Reading →

Apple has been awarded a patent for inventing a way to use AR or VR headsets (glasses) to project images directly onto your retina. Continue Reading →

Like all social media platforms, Snap has had its share of mishaps with privacy and security. However, during an interview at WSJ Tech Live, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said, “We haven’t announced the name of this product yet, but we basically have a family center so that young people and their parents can use Snapchat together.” Continue Reading →

Apple just took the wraps off its new MacBook Pros (powered by its M1 Pro and M1 Max processors) and much more. Here’s everything you need to know from Monday's Apple "Unleashed" event. Continue Reading →

The interviewer asked, "Is that image real"? There's no way to tell. "What about this video?" It's hard to say. "You can't tell if that's real or fake either." No. Not without analyzing it. "Well, what about the prose? Did a human write this sentence?" It's possible, but it would not surprise me to learn that it was machine generated. "What about the voice in the video?" It's sonically perfect. I'd say 60/40 it's a machine, but I'd need to hear a few more sentences to be sure. "So, what you're saying is that I can't trust my eyes or my ears?" Yes. That's what I'm saying. "Is this the end of truth?" Continue Reading →