Benchmarking Latency Across Common Wireless Links For MCUs

Although factors like bandwidth, power usage, and the number of (kilo)meters reach are important considerations with wireless communication for microcontrollers, latency should be another important…

Opinion | The Maps That Steer Us Wrong

Misleading maps are leading us astray.

In Race for 5G, Alarm and Security Services Get Stuck in the Middle

Covid-19 shutdowns and chip shortages have made it more difficult to upgrade devices and meet a deadline set by AT&T.

In Race for 5G, Alarm and Security Services Get Stuck in the Middle

Covid-19 shutdowns and chip shortages have made it more difficult to upgrade devices and meet a deadline set by AT&T.

How Not to Let Your Phone Ruin Your Vacation (Published 2018)

Strategies for traveling without letting your phone keep you from enjoying your trip.

Will Hearing Aids Ever Be Hip?

A new generation of more affordable and stylish hearing aids could help preserve mind, life and limb for millions.

How the Taliban Turned Social Media Into a Tool for Control

In the 1990s, they banned the internet. Now they use it to threaten and cajole the Afghan people, in a sign of how they might use technology to build power.

T-Mobile Says Hack Exposed Personal Data of 40 Million People

The company said that stolen files included the personal information of 7.8 million current customers and 40 million people who had applied for credit.

R.V. Life Means Never Having to Leave Home (or the Office)

Ownership of recreational vehicles is on the rise and with improved technology, an attractive lure for those who can hit the road to travel, or work, wherever they choose.

Can You Hear Me Now, in the Hamptons?

An influx of residents during the pandemic has strained cellphone and internet signals, making a booster the new must-have accessory.

Scientists Drove Mice to Bond by Zapping Their Brains With Light

The study, a tour de force in bioengineering, comes after two decades of research on brain-to-brain synchrony in people.