Much has been made about the recent Huawei ban by the Trump administration. It is mostly the headlines that are making their way to people with very little in the form of the reasons behind them. Because of the size of Huawei, the ban's consequences come from different news sources. For example, you may hear "Huawei Android phones banned", or "Huawei 5G banned in the US", or "Huawei Matepro laptop banned". As a reader what are you to think? First, the ban is not against Huawei products. It...

One of the most anticipated phones of the year arrived recently from OnePlus; the low-priced, high-specs, alternative to premium phones. The latest phone from OnePlus, the OnePlus 7 Pro is the first phone to market to feature the latest storage standard, UFS 3.0, which promises storage performance that is twice as fast as its predecessor. The phone also features a high refresh rate display, rated at 90hz (most phones are rated at 60hz). With a higher refresh rate, animations, like swiping, playing games, and general use of the...

For most people, in the days of a consistent stream of shares and updates to social media, anonymity is the exception, rather than the rule. Way back, when the internet first became popular in the US, think early 90s, anonymity was the norm. In fact, that's one of the reasons it took so long for e-commerce to take off, the internet was too anonymous. Fast-forward 20 years and everyone is on the internet. Anonymity has vanished. Big companies know who we are either through cookies, logins or other...

Google released the premium version of their Pixel line up late last year, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. The phones were well received, but considered to be expensive. In fact, since the Pixel line began, the price of a Pixel has been on the premium side of things. This is in contrast to the previous line of Google phones, the Nexus, which most people considered the perfect balance between premium features and price. And while Pixel phones are well liked, at a starting price of $799...

Have you ever wondered how powerful magnets and magnetic fields can be? There are various types of magnets; permanent magnets (like fridge magnets), temporary magnets (magnetized paperclips), and electromagnets (speakers). I'm sure you have played with one, or all three. But I bet you never realized how precisely you could magnetize something to the point that you could control it remotely. A magnet is the result of particles in an object which are arranged in a north/south orientation and emit a magnetic field. What the scientists have done...

For the last couple of months, listening to podcasts has turned into a headache. The problem was a constant, and unpredictable pause of my shows. While listening on Bluetooth to an episode, all would be going well and suddenly it would stop. I did the normal troubleshooting, like make sure: The app as not “battery optimized”It could run in the backgroundUninstall/ReinstallTry a new appRestart the phoneTry different Bluetooth headphonesEtc, etc Nothing worked. Restarting the phone, or reinstalling the app helped to extend the frequency of the pauses, but...