Tech: Repair, reuse, recycle
Most people upgrade tech more often than they need to, partly due to "gotta have the new one" and because the battery is worn out.
Consumer products: The lack of user replaceable batteries
Tons of tech products today are literally disposable - from Bluetooth headphones to cell phones to notebook PCs - because they lack replaceable batteries.
Wireless: What does “Wi-Fi” mean?
It does not stand for "Wireless Fidelity", although it is understandable why some think that.
Tech: The H-1B temporary worker visa will die off
The H-1B visa is likely over with. It's been in effect since 1990, and was used to import temporary tech workers for 3 years, eventually made renewable to 6.
Tech: U.S. may ban TPLink home WiFi routers
U.S. may ban TPLink routers.
Broadband: Broadband Internet now defined as 100 Mbps down/20 Mbps up
The new definition of broadband is 100 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up, minimum.
Vint Cerf receives 2023 IEEE Medal of Honor
Vint Cerf is an awesome individual: For the past five decades, Cerf, now 79, has been perfecting, extending, and evangelizing the Internet. It is for this—his contributions in cocreating the…
Good: Government sues HobbyKing over sale of illegal RC transmitters
The U.S. government Thursday filed a civil action in federal court in Portland against drone distributor HobbyKing to collect a $2.8 million fine for selling and marketing unauthorized communication devices…
Low code: The end of software engineering for apps?
Application development tools haven been improving for decades and are to the point where many applications no longer require the skills of a highly trained software engineer: When I was…
What the pandemic has taught us about science | Climate Etc.
How should the public begin to make sense of the flurry of sometimes contradictory scientific views generated by the Covid-19 crisis? The only way to be absolutely sure that one…
Tech companies are going big on remote workforces … but this may be bad for future American workers
Companies switching to remote workforces will probably hire more staff overseas, outside the U.S. Source: Twitter, Apple, Google and Facebook employee work changing amid Covid This puts offshoring on steroids…
Communications: California loses cell phone service in power cut offs
Up to 1,000 cell sites dropped off line during PG&E's power shut offs in California, cutting off entire communities in an era when 80% of 911 calls are cellular/wireless based.…
Zigbee low power wireless for the Internet of Things #IoT
Most everyone is familiar with Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 standards) and most are likely also familiar with Bluetooth wireless. Far fewer are familiar with some of the standard wireless technologies used…