Opinion: Blocking the Disabled on the Web Means Blocking Innovation
Without the inspiration and innovation of two disabled individuals, the digital world likely wouldn’t be what it is today. Yet that same world so summarily...
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere to step down
After more than seven years on the job, T-Mobile CEO John Legere is stepping down. The enigmatic executive will give way to current company president...
You Should Make Mufasa Your Lock Screen
He sees you checking Instagram.Screenshot: Walt Disney Pictures When he’s spent too much time in his underwear playing video games—or watching other people play video...
Researchers develop artificial skin so your devices can feel you
We’re all too happy to scroll aimlessly on our phones for hours on end, but have you ever once stopped to think and ask that...
Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL: Price, Specs, Release Date
Pixel devotees will also notice that the back of the phone is missing something: the fingerprint sensor. Google has ditched this in favor of a...
Everything Google Announced Today: Pixel 4, Pixelbook Go, Nest Home Mini
The first generation of Google’s Airpod-contenders sounded fine, if you could get past the many frustrations of getting them to work properly. Pairing was a...
Reduce Distractions With a Customized ‘Do Not Disturb’ Response
Fun fact: you don’t have to be driving to take advantage of your smartphone’s Do Not Disturb While Driving feature. You can activate it whenever...
Essential Debuts Project Gem Phone With Elongated Design
Here’s something to raise your eyebrows. Essential, the company founded in 2015 by disgraced former Google exec Andy Rubin, released images of its Project Gem...
How to Make Your Old Phone Feel Like New
Photo: Shutterstock Phones age like bananas, or relationships. Our culture pressures us to spend money on the latest and greatest (phone, not banana). But there’s...
Keep Your Friends Off Their Phones With This Game
Photo: Getty Images When hanging out, especially over drinks, it’s become a normal habit to simply pull your phone out and check it while someone...
FTC, FCC Squabbled About Who Is Responsible for Cracking Down on VoIP Robocalls
Photo: John Raoux (AP) As automated Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems fueled a national robocall epidemic estimated at tens of billions of bogus calls...
Inside the Hidden World of Elevator Phone Phreaking
The first time I called into an elevator, I picked up my iPhone and dialed the number—labeled on my list as the Crown Plaza Hotel...
Hackers Could Decrypt Your GSM Phone Calls
Most mobile calls around the world are made over the Global System for Mobile Communications standard; in the US, GSM underpins any call made over...
How a 10-Year-Old Desk Phone Bug Came Back From the Dead
You probably know by now about rampant insecurity in Internet of Things devices. You’ve likely even heard about vulnerabilities in desk phones specifically. Security research...
Google’s New Gesture Controls Aren’t Just for the Pixel
When Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone in 2007, its most spellbinding feature—the one that set it apart from BlackBerrys and Nokias, and the one...