Connectivity How Your Apple Wireless Earbuds Could Double as Hearing Aids This app that pairs with AirPods promises to help people with hearing loss. by Rachel Metz 2017-08-14T16:15:00-04:00
Connectivity The Sacramento Kings’ New Stadium Is Wired for Virtual Reality The wireless Internet at the NBA team’s new arena is designed to let fans watch virtual reality replays from any seat in the house. by Tom Simonite 2016-06-20T12:39:00-04:00
Connectivity 5 Things You Need to Know about Facebook’s Next 10 Years At Facebook’s annual developer conference this week, CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined audacious goals for the social network’s next decade. by Rachel Metz and Tom Simonite 2016-04-15T13:43:00-04:00
Connectivity How Hackable Is Your Wireless Keyboard and Mouse? An Internet-of-things security startup says a flaw with some non-Bluetooth wireless keyboards and mouses makes it simple to hack into your computer. by Rachel Metz 2016-02-23T09:30:00-05:00
Connectivity Pause Your Tunes by Taking Out Your Earbuds Researchers look at how the speakers and microphones already built into gadgets can be used for wireless sensing. by Rachel Metz 2016-02-03T18:20:12-05:00
Intelligent Machines Startup’s Lightbulbs Also Stream Music Astro banks on a lightbulb with a built-in speaker as the way to connect more renters and apartment dwellers to the Internet of things. by Rachel Metz 2015-06-24T12:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Mobile Call Quality Gets a Long-Overdue Upgrade Wireless companies and a few ambitious startups are racing to make your cell-phone calls better. by Rachel Metz 2015-05-25T00:00:00-04:00
Connectivity Peer-to-Peer Wireless Is Increasing Competition Worldwide Beyond the U.S., many ISPs have less of a grip on their communications markets. by Lucas Laursen 2015-03-05T13:45:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Simple Circuit Could Double Cell-Phone Data Speeds A circuit that lets a radio send and receive data simultaneously over the same frequency could supercharge wireless data transfer. by Tom Simonite 2014-11-24T00:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Laser-Radio Links Upgrade the Internet Wireless links formed partly by lasers may offer a faster, cheaper way to improve mobile Internet. by Tom Simonite 2014-11-17T00:00:00-05:00