Category: ELECTRONICS

What digital lifestyle questions do you have? Call Kim’s national radio show and tap or click here to find it on your local radio station. You can listen to or watch The Kim Komando Show on your phone, tablet, television or computer. Or tap or click here for Kim’s free podcasts. Kim Komando will show you the five tricks that tech pros use all the time. The truth is, you can sell or give away your printer without any real loss. Printers usually do not store too much information, and most…

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“There’s a lot of anger out there, and now, it’s being directed at the architects of the system,” said Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (N.C.), the panel’s top GOP member. “And maybe it’s not about Libra. It’s not just about some housing ads. And maybe it’s not even really about Facebook at all.” Zuckerberg‘s testimony comes amid a brutal month for Facebook. The company learned this week that it faces an antitrust investigation by Democratic and Republican attorneys general in 47 states, territories and the District of Columbia, far more than…

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Suffolk County residents and local elected officials from Hempstead and Port Jefferson attended a Hempstead Town board meeting on Monday in support of $25 million in funding that would fund grants for manufacturing green, electronic devices for home learning. This device would assist students with basic academic skills like reading and math, as well as culture, language and history skills, that are just starting to develop in students in kindergarten and first grade, said David Calvert, a Hempstead resident. Hempstead taxpayers are sacrificing roughly $40 million a year in security…

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Kerala State Police arrested 41 people, including Indian Information Technology professionals, allegedly involved in the trade of child pornography. According to Indian Express, the police recovered an estimate of 2.5 lakh Indian rupees (about $40,000) worth of child pornography, as well as 512 videos. India has seen a rise in child porn use and trafficking, due in part to the ease with which those involved could access the material from the Internet. For example, using some of the latest software, even a hacker can get one up and running without…

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Amazon did us a favor a few weeks ago by announcing the top-selling electronics devices of 2018. It now appears that an already-rapidly aging set of gadgets, including, of course, the Amazon Echo, is passing the hill. Now it’s time to revise the list. An updated version of the list was released today. Here are four items we’d like to see listed again: A great standalone project whose commercial status may be waning Remember those big old-school boxes that came with your television when you got your first set? They…

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A week before Privacy Policy changes that would have allowed Apple users to use their Apple ID on third-party services was set to go into effect June 5, it was pulled from the App Store. According to a message on the Apple Apps page, the change has been delayed. The app store message stated: “Apple has reviewed this app, and we will not be accepting it into the App Store.” Developer Shilpa Shah told TechCrunch that the changes would have made it possible for Apple ID users to surf the…

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The idea of electric cars always seemed too good to be true, and some people have tried to challenge the idea of zero emissions and all things that go with electric mobility by designing dangerous, unstable, and, in some instances, dangerous to a person’s health concept cars. We’ve seen video after video of fairly deadly off-road electric cars, and one of the biggest criticisms that Tesla has faced from many critics is that it’s been too slow to make its cars safer. What if Tesla could shake up this whole…

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We run tests on everything. Sometimes, we have technical difficulties, and we can’t bring it up as scheduled. Sometimes, there is a physical problem, or in some cases, we don’t have enough test material. It’s an unexpected big test, where you have to find your way to the airport right now! But then there are other times where we just don’t have enough to test on. How do we make it through? Sometimes, we have to prepare our test materials ahead of time to make the process a little faster.…

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Fortnite creators Epic Games today announced Marvel’s Nexus War, a single-player, six-on-six online mode featuring Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet. The Battle Royale arena has replaced the circular course track in previous Marvel Badlands instances. The mode will be available only for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC this week. Nexus War is the first title to be released for Epic Games’ Cloud Realms game-building tech since May’s Star Wars-inspired Battle of Jakku. Players who already own Rise of Iron, Star Wars: Galactic Assault, Infinite Warfare, COD Black Ops…

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