This month there were: WordPress vulnerabilities, Google discontinues the Pixel 3a, a Mac virus is discovered, 15 billion credentials exposed, and more.
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While I usually fill this space with some technology news (or something depressing in the realm of security and privacy), this past week I’ve gotten a little sidetracked. It started when I started reading this article on the favorite Ars Technica video games from 1998-2008. That article led to lots […]
So I Got Sidetracked…
6 One of the potential downsides to the newest two Nexus phone models, the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P, as well as the new Google Pixel C (among all its other downsides) and the Chromebook Pixel is that they both switch out the usual microUSB ports that are the standard […]
Google Engineer is Sherlock Holmes for USB Type C Cables
When Google announced the Pixel C – a combination tablet/laptop similar to a Windows Surface or Apple iPad Pro, but running Android and not ChromeOS – it seemed like a bit of an odd announcement. The “Pixel” name is used for high-end Google-designed hardware devices. It has recently been used for the […]
The Google Pixel C – What’s Up With That?
1 If you have (and constantly use) a smartphone, you’re probably familiar with the feeling of “battery anxiety”. The constant need to plug in your phone wherever you can to make sure you don’t run out (or run low) of juice seems to be one of the bigger stressors of smartphone ownership (along […]
External Battery – You (Probably) Need One!
1 Although I’ve used T-Mobile happily for years, I was very much looking forward to their implementation of 700 Mhz Band 12. This new frequency was supposed to give much better building penetration for T-Mobile’s high-speed LTE network, which not only would have meant better reception, but also potential improvements in […]