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<!–> MirageC/Getty Images Panepistabomania isn’t yet listed in psychiatry’s comprehensive mental health classifications, the DSM-5 and ICD-11. Even so, many of us, including me – and if you’re reading this – probably you, suffer from it. Derived from the Greek “παν” (pan, meaning “all”), “επιστήμη” (epistēmē, meaning “knowledge”), “tab” (meaning, you know, tabs), and “μανία” […] More
<!–> Perez-Simons Media/Getty Images When you’re on the go, and you want to share your location with someone, you probably default to your mobile device, which is an easy method of doing so. But what if, for whatever reason, the only device you have at your disposal is a MacBook or iMac? It may sound […] More
<!–> Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Recently, the Wi-Fi Alliance gave Wi-Fi 7, officially known as 802.11be, its blessing, and our homes and offices will soon see speeds of – believe it or not – almost 5.8 Gigabits per second (Gbps). Actually, just between us, I don’t believe Intel when it states, “a typical Wi-Fi 7 laptop […] More
<!–> Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Singapore is looking to boost its national broadband network to better prepare for emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicles. The country will set aside up to SG$100 million ($74.2 million) to upgrade the current nationwide network to deliver speeds of up to 10Gbps, according to Infocomm Media […] More
It’s a great mesh network if you can afford it and you have the right gear to make the best of it. Steven Vaughan-Nichols/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Netgear Orbi 970<!–> is as good a mesh network as you can buy, but oh, that price! It’s faster than essentially anything you can buy today, and it […] More
<!–> chang/Getty Images It sounds more like science fiction than reality, but Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung reported that approximately three million smart toothbrushes were hijacked by hackers to launch a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. These innocuous bathroom gadgets – transformed into soldiers in a botnet army – allegedly knocked out a Swiss company for several […] More
<!–> NurPhoto/Contributor/Getty Images Those of you who ever viewed a cached version of a webpage during a Google search will have to wave goodbye to the feature. In an exchange on X, aka Twitter, Google search liaison Danny Sullivan acknowledged that the option has been retired, expressing sadness to see it go as it was […] More
AT&T/ZDNET Spam calls are a large part of why 73% of wireless customers don’t answer calls from unknown callers. And that’s why AT&T and TransUnion are announcing the introduction of a branded call display, which shows the name and brand logo on incoming calls. Participating businesses will be able to display their information to let […] More
