Cellular carriers around the world have increasingly let us bring our phone number with us when we travel outside our home country without paying truly exorbitant rates—sometimes they even include more than minimal levels of voice, texting, and data in our basic service plans or for a small fee. But if you’re traveling beyond the …
In the smart lighting space, vintage-style filaments are fully on trend for 2020, and just about every vendor seems to be releasing bulbs with visible, elongated LEDs that approximate the look of an old-time Edison bulb. TP-Link is the latest to the party with its matched pair of Kasa Smart Vintage LED Filament Bulbs, both …
Cybersecurity researchers have spotted a new variant of the Snatch ransomware that first reboots infected Windows computers into Safe Mode and only then encrypts victims’ files to avoid antivirus detection. Unlike traditional malware, the new Snatch ransomware chooses to run in Safe Mode because in the diagnostic mode Windows operating system starts with a minimal …
Anyone who uses a smartphone knows the importance of carrying a backup battery pack. But given the large number of options on Amazon, you might feel overwhelmed, understandably. Besides the various charging specs, ports, and even cables you have to consider, there are a ton of competing brands. But how do you know which ones …
This is the new Mac Pro. Samuel Axon And here’s a rear view. Samuel Axon Let’s zoom in to see some of the ports in this configuration. Samuel Axon There’s more to see at the bottom. Samuel Axon On top, you’ll notice a couple more ports, a power button, and this handle. When you grab …
Enlarge / You want receipts? I got receipts. Jim Salter As of this morning, Linux network stack maintainer David Miller has committed the WireGuard VPN project into the Linux “net-next” source tree. Miller maintains both net and net-next—the source trees governing the current implementation of the Linux kernel networking stack and the implementation of the next Linux …
When the Pixel phone landed in 2016, the promise was that the handset would be continuously updated, not just with regular Android security and version updates, but with new features like Apple does with the iPhone. Over the years, Google has obliged by regularly bringing newer Pixel features to older phones, but it’s stopped short …
The new OnePlus midranger. It has a hole punch for the front camera. There are a lot of sensors on the back here. I spy two cameras, an LED flash, and three sensors in the main camera assembly, and then a block for a few more sensors on the right. There’s no headphone jack, but …
Apple may be one the newest players when it comes to the streaming world, but that’s not stopping it from picking up some major recognition. The Golden Globes announced its 2020 nominations Monday morning, and Apple picked up three huge nominations in its first try. All three nominations are for The Morning Show, and they’re …
Apple products pop up so often in some Apple TV+ productions that we wouldn’t advise playing a drinking game based on spotting them. Truth Be Told, though, may be the first show to pair those cameos with a heavily implied PSA: Folks, please secure your iPhones with a passcode. If only a character had locked …