Superfast 5G wireless isn’t exactly spreading across the US at superfast speeds. The White House and Defense Department on Monday announced a plan to accelerate the process by making a crucial new chunk of spectrum available to the wireless industry. The spectrum, which telecom companies will share with the Pentagon, aims to help wireless carriers…
Google’s newest smartphone, the Pixel 4a ( 9/10, WIRED Recommends), is the best it has ever made and it only costs $350. But it lacks some of the extras you can get on pricier phones, like wireless charging, waterproofing, and a screen with a wonderfully smooth 90-Hz refresh rate. If you want these features then…
Internet connectivity and cellular service in Belarus have been down since Sunday evening, after sporadic outages early that morning and throughout the day. The connectivity blackout, which also includes landline phones, appears to be a government-imposed outage that comes amid widespread protests and increasing social unrest over Belarus’ presidential election Sunday. The ongoing shutdown has…
A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, researchers reported this week. ARS TECHNICAThis story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. Ars is owned by…
Apple has released public betas for the next big Apple Watch and Mac software updates. On the Mac, Big Sur (as the OS is called) has a ton of visual differences that I think will grow on you — they make macOS look just a little more like iOS. It also does a weird new…
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Chrome OS users also get a reprieve, as support for apps on that platform will end in June 2022 instead of June 2021. Google is suggesting that Chrome extensions are another alternative for developers who want to offer features within the Chrome browser. In any case, all support for standalone Chrome apps will end in…
Hackers working on behalf of the Russian government have attacked a wide variety of American citizens and institutions. Targets have included the Democratic National Committee, the Republican National Committee, prominent Democratic and Republican officials, and university and academic research programs. These attacks started years back but have continued after the election. They have hit government…
People who say they stand up to bullying and harassment in videogames are also more likely to support the Black Lives Matter movement.That’s according to a joint survey conducted by WIRED and Michigan State University media and information professor Dr. Rabindra Ratan earlier this year. We asked 940 people who play online games about their…
If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more.Like many sliding uncontrollably down the barrel of 2020, I’ve found it genuinely hard to stay creative.I make lists of things to practice on guitar, buy myself music books, listen to inspiring records, and then collapse into Netflix under the…
