Wayne Rash is a content writer and editor with a 35-year history covering technology. He’s a frequent speaker on business, technology issues and enterprise computing. He is the author of five books, including his most recent, "Politics on the Nets." Rash is a former Executive Editor of eWEEK and a former analyst in the eWEEK Test Center. He was also an analyst in the InfoWorld Test Center and editor of InternetWeek. He's a retired naval officer, a former principal at American Management Systems and a long-time columnist for Byte Magazine.
Swedish car maker Volvo Car Group has agreed to supply Uber with cars for use in the company’s planned autonomous car ride-hailing service. According to Volvo’s Nov. 20 announcement, the car company will sell tens of thousands of autonomous driving compatible base vehicles from 2019 to 2021. The two companies have been working together in […]
By now you’ve seen the warnings, or if you haven’t your CISO has. US-CERT and the FBI have issued warnings that the government of North Korea has been attempting a series of largely successful cyber-attacks against interests in the United States and elsewhere in the world. These attacks have the ultimate goal of sowing chaos […]
It’s no secret that North Korea has a cyber army working in the shadows to attack western interests. The cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014 made it clear that the nation had developed its cyber warfare capabilities much more than had been realized until then. But now it appears that North Korea has set […]
A prominent industry analyst with a strong track record in discerning Apple’s iPhone production plans says that the company will introduce two new versions of the full-screen iPhones. According to a note to his clients that’s currently being circulated to the media, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities is predicting that Apple will introduce a […]
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 […]