Wayne Rash

The first thing I noticed when I picked up the new iPhone 13 Pro was the weight. This phone is a half-ounce heftier than its predecessor, and it’s slightly thicker. The added size and weight is there to overcome user concerns about battery life by installing a bigger battery. Turn the iPhone 13 Pro around […]

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit the US District Court for the District of Columbia, charging that Facebook is an illegal monopoly. The latest antitrust suit is a refile of a suit that was filed last year, but which was dismissed in June. In that case, the judge ruled that the FTC had not […]

Sometime late this year or early in 2022, you’ll be able to get Windows 11, but you’ll need a computer to run it on. Each of the laptops we review below are listed as Windows 11 compatible. One of the things I discovered when Microsoft announced Windows 11 is that my three-year-old Lenovo T-Series laptop […]

Apple released an important patch to iOS, iPadOS and MacOS in mid-July that did its usual job of removing bugs, cleaning up security and adding a couple of features. It was the usual Apple update, and most users applied it. Then, a few days later, another update came out with little fanfare from Apple. Fortunately, […]

The U.S. Senate advanced a bill that would allocate slightly over a trillion dollars to improve infrastructure in the US. In that bill would be about $65 billion for broadband, according to a fact sheet released by the White House. There are, of course, other parts of the bill, including money for roads and bridges, […]

When Microsoft announced its plans for Windows 11, it was clear that it wasn’t just another Windows Update exercise. The new version of Windows will require levels of hardware security support beyond anything that’s been required until now. For many companies, meeting those security requirements will be painful. But in the long run, they’re necessary. […]

New product announcements from Microsoft are starting to look a like what you expect from Apple. Sleek new virtual backgrounds, a strident tone, the use of the word “beautiful” every few seconds, but few specific details. If you watch Microsoft’s product announcement, you’ll see how the new windows in Windows now have a softer look […]

Have you ever walked up to someone at a cocktail party (remember those?) you thought you knew, started talking, only to realize that wasn’t who you thought it was? Chances are you have. And that alone illustrates a major challenge to a burgeoning field of artificial intelligence, facial recognition. On one hand, lots of people […]

A purple iPhone. That’s what seemed to get the most attention at this week’s product announcement from Apple. The only difference between this week’s iPhone and any other is the color. More substantive announcements included a new iMac, a much upgraded iPad Pro, an upgraded Apple TV and an AirTag. The most significant announcements were […]

The idea behind Fauna is both radical and obvious. Your applications shouldn’t care where your data is physically located, just that it’s available when needed. If you could do without the complexity of a traditional database, along with all of its data management and its servers, and simply deliver the data when an API sends […]