Wayne Rash

The level of hype surrounding the iPhone X is enough to make anyone feel a little disappointed when the first see the device in the flesh, so I’ll set the stage up front. This phone does not have magical powers. It will not change your life. On the other hand, the iPhone X is a […]

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Apple plans to transfer some product features from the new iPhone X to the next iPad when it comes out next year. It’s a regular Apple practice to upgrade its professional tablet with major new features to entice buyers. In this case, the new features will be Face […]

There’s little reason to wonder why Qualcomm might be worth $105 billion to Broadcom. That’s because there is no doubt that your smartphone is using technology from Qualcomm. You’ve probably heard about the company’s Snapdragon processors that power most of the Android phones out there. But Qualcomm also makes the chips that handle the communications […]

Now that I’ve taken delivery of an iPhone X and I’ve spent a few hours getting it to work, there are some lessons that I’ll pass along to other new owners to save you some frustration. But first you need to do a few things to get ready to use your shiny new smartphone.First, make […]

On May 21, 2016, two groups with passionate opposing views on Islamic influence in the U.S. found themselves attending rallies at the same spot and at the same time in Houston, Texas. As you might expect trouble ensued, but it stopped short of rioting and bloodshed. That was not the intent of the organizers of […]

The testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism started out as a discussion of how foreign propagandists and terrorists use social networks to sow disinformation and hate. But later the discussion before the subcommittee, part of the Senate Judiciary Committee turned to news of an attack in Manhattan in which at least eight […]

The board of SoftBank, the Japanese internet and telecommunications company, surprised the industry by voting to abandon a proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile U.S. Sprint, which is the smaller company, had sought to be acquired by T-Mobile in a stock swap with Deutsche Telekom, the German telecom giant that owns T-Mobile. Sprint needed the […]

The phone call came at a time that seemed impossibly early, just after 3:00AM. “Mrphl,” I said. My brain’s language center was still booting up. Then I identified myself clearly, and the cheery voice on the other end reminded me that it was a T-Mobile representative, calling to make sure I got my pre-order for […]

With the long-awaited iPhone X going on sale Nov.3 and preorders starting at midnight on Oct. 27, Apple is denying a recent news report that suggests that the iPhone X’s facial recognition feature might not perform quite as well as the company originally stated. A report from Bloomberg is saying that the testing standards for […]

The devastation caused to Puerto Rico by September’s Hurricane Maria is so complete that much less than half of the island’s cell service is operational more than a month after the storm hit. Less than a third of the island’s power grid is running and that’s delaying the restoration of island’s infrastructure. The lack of […]

As many as 100 localities in North American have apparently met an Oct. 19 deadline to submit proposals to Amazon to become the chosen location for the company’s second headquarters ended on Oct.19. Months of waiting are ahead for all of the applicants until Amazon announces its selection and disappointment is certain for all but […]

The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update includes some flashy new features and some upgraded apps for things like image creation. There’s an augmented reality feature, new gaming features and some functions such as the Start Menu have become easier to deal with. But deep down inside where you can’t see them are new features that […]