Apple has released macOS 10.15.5 with a new feature that should help maximize the lifespan of MacBook batteries. Like all lithium-ion batteries, the batteries in Apple’s notebooks age and gradually deteriorate over time. The older a battery is, the less…
The makers of Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC) have discovered a serious issue in the latest version of macOS that affects the creation of bootable backups. According to CCC’s Mike Bombich, Apple changed something in the chflags() system call. As a…
A major security vulnerability left Qatari citizens open to having highly sensitive, personal information stolen. Qatar is one of the many countries that has rolled out a contact tracing app. Contact tracing is widely considered to be one of the…
Verizon has announced it has activated uploads on its Ultra Wideband 5G network. San Diego is the 35th city where Verizon has rolled out Ultra Wideband 5G. Ultra Wideband uses mmWave spectrum, the fastest flavor of 5G. mmWave provides speeds…
The next generation of SD Express memory cards are about to smoke the current generation, providing roughly quadruple the speed. Current SD cards, based on the SD 7.0 or 7.1 specification, have a maximum transfer speed of 985 megabytes per…
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed ProxEmo, an “end-to-end emotion prediction algorithm for socially aware robot navigation among pedestrians.” ProxEmo is designed to help robots interpret human feeling, based on their gait. This enables a robot equipped with…
Verizon is downplaying 5G, when compared to 4G, saying customers will only see “some improvements” initially. Verizon and T-Mobile have been locked in a battle over 5G, with the two carriers taking swipes at the other’s speed and coverage. T-Mobile…
Samsung is the latest tech giant to announce plans to offer its own branded debit card. The banking and financial markets are quickly shaping up to be the next frontier for tech giants. Moving into the space helps keep the…
Samsung is the latest tech giant to announce plans to offer its own branded debit card. The banking and financial markets are quickly shaping up to be the next frontier for tech giants. Moving into the space helps keep the…
Facebook claims to have created an artificial intelligence chatbot that can display empathy, personality and knowledge. AI and chatbots don’t always go together in a positive way. Microsoft famously created “Tay,” a chatbot that used Twitter to interact with people.…
