Articles by larry

I’m not about to predict the imminent demise of cable TV and satellite services, but a couple of recent announcements are sure putting pressure on them by making it easier and, in some cases, more […]

Revenge porn, when someone shares an intimate image of another person without his or her permission, is an awful practice, which often causes significant emotional distress.  And that’s true even if the image was taken […]

At first glance, both of HP’s two new convertible laptops look a bit like the Spectre X360 convertible laptop that I wrote about when it came out last fall. But glances can be slightly deceiving Continue […]

Amazon is now accepting cash. No you don’t scan the cash with your phone’s camera. Instead you print or download a code that you take to a retailer who will scan it. You then hand […]

Fake news is in the news but it’s more a symptom of a common tendency to believe things that aren’t necessarily 100% true. And, as Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, executive director of the National Association of […]

It means those providers, including mobile phone carriers, can record what you’re doing on their networks and use or sell that information for commercial purposes. That includes the sites you’re visiting, the apps you’re using and even your network connected devices. […]

Amazon, the online e-tailing giant, is now aiming for in-car grocery deliveries. As the company’s promotional video demonstrates, the service — which is being tested in the Seattle area — will let you order groceries […]

CNET has done a good job summarizing the five best features in Apple’s new 10.3 version of iOS. It’s a major but interim upgrade to the iPhone and iPad operating system that’s due to get a […]

A couple of recent press stories about diversity caught my eye this week. First the good news. Google and Howard University are doing something about getting more African Americans into the tech world. Howard University and […]

A report from Skycure found that “71% of all Android users on the five major US carriers are running security patches that are at least 2 months old.” The report found that “Growth in malware and […]