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Apr 06, 2020
Right now, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic is out of control. In the U.S. we don't know who has it, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed with patients, and the only method we currently have to control the spread is to keep everyone home as much as possible for an indefinite period of time. When society does reopen, how will we trace and isolate new cases so that we don't have to shut everything down again?
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Apr 05, 2020
An economist and expert on big data penned an op-ed in the New York Times Sunday that said Google search terms may help health officials determine the next coronavirus hot spot.
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Apr 05, 2020
Each week, I receive tons of questions from my listeners about tech concerns, new products, and all things digital.
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Apr 05, 2020
Each week, I receive tons of questions from my listeners about tech concerns, new products, and all things digital.
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Apr 04, 2020
Cell towers in the U.K. have reportedly been set on fire in the wake of a bizarre conspiracy theory that links 5G communications technology to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apr 04, 2020
Teachers in city schools in New York City have been told not to use the Zoom video conferencing technology for distance learning amid security and privacy concerns, according to media reports.
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Apr 04, 2020
Imagine if this pandemic had happened 10 or 15 years ago when the internet, along with our population, wasn't as adept as it is today. Thankfully, we have tremendous tools at our fingertips that allow us to continue working, learning, and thriving. But with the good comes the bad.
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Apr 03, 2020
Since the coronavirus pandemic swept across the globe this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has become the target of an array of cybersecurity attacks - but recent efforts to hack into the system have some cybersecurity experts especially concerned.
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Apr 03, 2020
Google location data released Friday presents a stark picture of how the coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of more than 3.9 billion people -- half the world's population -- who are under some form of lockdown, causing massive shifts in human behavior.
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Apr 03, 2020
With more Americans working from home, it's critical to make your home office secure.
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Apr 03, 2020
An Amazon exec tried to denigrate a former employee at its Staten Island fulfillment center after the worker was fired, according to a report.
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Apr 03, 2020
Criminals are hard at work taking advantage of the population's mounting fears stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, warned computer security expert Alexander García-Tobar.
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Apr 03, 2020
U.S. Army scientists and engineers have been working with Harvard University to design, prototype and evaluate new nasal swabs needed to test for COVID 19 -- as a way to address the current crisis with available coronavirus test kits and assess possibilities for large-scale production of new swab configurations.
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Apr 02, 2020
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Thursday that he plans to donate $100 million to food banks across America, which is currently facing a severe and steep economic downturn because of the coronavirus epidemic.
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Apr 02, 2020
Google will begin to lift its ban on coronavirus-related advertising this week in the wake of criticism from some Democrats that the company was helping the Trump administration spread false information about the pandemic.
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Apr 02, 2020
Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has reportedly banned the use of Zoom video conferencing technology amid security and privacy concerns.
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Apr 02, 2020
Now that most states have issued stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus outbreak, many of us are scrambling to find the right office products.
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Apr 02, 2020
Credit card skimming is on the rise as online shopping explodes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apr 02, 2020
Amazon said it is taking increased safety measures, including checking temperatures of its associates, as the company is under fire from politicians and its own workers for allegedly lax working conditions amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apr 02, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has upended every facet of daily life and people are looking to keep themselves entertained in ways other than watching "The Office" for the eighth time. Enter video games.
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Apr 01, 2020
Carriers will have until June of 2021 to implement strict new protocols protecting consumers from robocalls and scammers, the Federal Communications Commission announced.
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Apr 01, 2020
The Pentagon is moving quickly on a "mass modification" of existing defense contracts to expedite support for COVID-19 response efforts and support economic growth for businesses.
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Apr 01, 2020
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who has been increasingly vocal about America's response to the coronavirus pandemic, laid out three major steps the country must take to bring the virus to heel.
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Apr 01, 2020
Zoom Video Communications, which is enjoying a boom in use as people flock to its service amid the coronavirus outbreak, is attracting attention over its R&D presence in China.
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Apr 01, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic upending everyday life, the Dept. of Health and Human Services has made the extraordinary announcement to allow video chat apps such as Apple's FaceTime and Zoom for medical consultations.
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Apr 01, 2020
Pictures of a completely empty London have gone viral as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the globe.
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Apr 01, 2020
After Amazon announced it fired a worker at its Staten Island, N.Y., warehouse after he helped organize a walkout over its coronavirus responses, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an investigation into the Jeff Bezos-led tech giant.
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Mar 31, 2020
A tech company is monitoring smartphone data and grading American counties on a "Social Distancing Scoreboard" as authorities across the United States urge residents to socially isolate and slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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Mar 31, 2020
Stratolaunch has announced a new use for the world's largest airplane.
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Mar 31, 2020
The FBI on Monday warned of a nationwide rise in so-called "Zoom-bombing," or video hacking, as more people have turned to video-teleconferencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mar 31, 2020
The FBI on Monday warned of a nationwide rise in so-called "Zoom-bombing," or video hacking, as more people have turned to video-teleconferencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mar 31, 2020
Facebook and Twitter have deleted social media posts from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that they deemed to be spreading misinformation regarding COVID-19.
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Mar 31, 2020
As Americans turn to technology to get them through coronavirus-induced lockdowns, 93 percent say that any interruption to internet or cell phone service would be a problem in their daily life.
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Mar 31, 2020
The Pentagon has modified four existing contracts with defense industry partners to acquire and deliver 8,000 ventilators to various hard-hit locations around the country struggling to treat coronavirus patients.
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Mar 31, 2020
Police in the U.K. have stopped a man playing "Pokémon GO" outdoors amid the country's coronavirus lockdown.
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Mar 31, 2020
Amazon has fired a worker at its Staten Island, N.Y. warehouse after he helped organize a walkout over the company's coronavirus responses, alleging he put others at risk.
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Mar 30, 2020
Amazon is trying to entice its own warehouse workers to pick and pack Whole Foods groceries with higher pay amid increased demand for food, an internal document reveals.
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Mar 30, 2020
For millions of Americans working from home - and students trying to learn - "janky" internet is causing big problems.
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Mar 30, 2020
Emerging radar and signal processing technology is enabling Navy surface ships to achieve a ground-breaking measure of radar-detection range and precisionall --all while enabling ship defense systems to track and "take out" multiple threats at one time.
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Mar 30, 2020
Google is committing over $800 million to support health organizations and workers, small- and medium-sized businesses, and governments, to battle the global coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 30, 2020
3D-printing is being used to quickly produce in-demand items to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, including nasal swabs.
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Mar 29, 2020
New York State and in particular, New York City, have been the hardest-hit regions in the U.S. as the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic. But recent data suggests that the area might be starting to see a turn that infections are slowing.
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Mar 29, 2020
With the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the globe, nearly all live events have understandably been postponed or canceled, as countries attempt to "flatten the curve" and slow the spread of COVID-19. But thanks to technology, the Rotterdam Philarmonic Orchestra has gone viral and bucked the trend.
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Mar 28, 2020
Suddenly without much preparation, Americans were told to stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19. Remote working was no longer an option just for adventurous millennials. And parents were also asked to be full-time teachers.
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Mar 27, 2020
Think back just a month. It may have seemed obsessive-compulsive to wash your hands after every interaction. Now we know it's one of the best ways you can protect yourself.
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Mar 27, 2020
Apple on Friday announced a new COVID-19 app and website to help people stay informed and stay healthy amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 27, 2020
Heat maps that show cellphone location data in the U.S. paint a disturbing picture of the potential spread of coronavirus as the country grapples with lockdown meaures and tries to stem the virus' tide.
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Mar 27, 2020
The tech giant, which had relied on human moderators and artificial intelligence to remove fake news, is giving its more than 2 billion users around the world tips on what to look for.
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Mar 27, 2020
The enforcement of mandatory work-from-home policies has opened new doors for hackers, according to experts.
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Mar 27, 2020
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the e-commerce giant is working directly with the World Health Organization (WHO) in a number of different capacities as the world attempts to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 26, 2020
Italian engineers create a new design to help coronavirus patients breathe, using snorkel masks.
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Mar 26, 2020
As healthcare workers across the country confront a shortage of personal protective equipment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one central New York couple has found a solution: print them.
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Mar 26, 2020
How would the U.S. Navy stop a massive, coordinated, multi-pronged weapons attack?
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Mar 26, 2020
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, new data shows how the behavior of Americans has shifted dramatically in some states.
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Mar 26, 2020
Hackers have been trying to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis, as a new report reveals a 350 percent increase in phishing websites over the last three months.
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Mar 26, 2020
As the world struggles to contain the coronavirus outbreak, experts are harnessing 3-D printing technology in an effort to make in-demand items, such as components for masks and face shields.
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Mar 26, 2020
Dyson, famous for its high-end vacuum cleaners and other domestic appliances, is applying its expertise to build ventilators for coronavirus patients.
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Mar 26, 2020
With Amazon under fire for allegedly unsafe conditions in its distribution centers and warehouses in the U.S. and Europe, another worker at the Jeff Bezos-led company has tested positive for coronavirus.
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Mar 26, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen around the globe and the need for ventilators intensifies, Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk said his companies "will do anything in our power" to help New Yorkers.
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Mar 25, 2020
As nations around the world scramble to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, straining medical resources and overburdening doctors, governments are turning to technology to help fight the pandemic.
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Mar 25, 2020
Physical social distancing is one way to fight the coronavirus pandemic. But a large group of volunteers is battling the virus in a different way.
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Mar 25, 2020
A tech startup has launched an online resource for travelers, expats and their loved ones to centralize information about how the coronavirus is spreading and what each impacted country is doing to mitigate the pandemic.
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Mar 25, 2020
In an effort to ensure that sufficient bandwidth is available amid the coronavirus outbreak, YouTube has announced that it is temporarily shifting video quality to standard definition on its platform.
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Mar 25, 2020
After Tesla CEO Elon Musk made good on his promise to deliver ventilators to California to aid with the coronavirus pandemic, New York is now asking the tech titan to pitch in.
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Mar 24, 2020
They exploded Saddam's Scud missiles right out of the sky, intercepting what would have been destructive explosions on U.S. forces. They surprised global observers and saved U.S. lives during the Gulf War in the early 90s … Patriot Missiles. The Patriot, seen as an emerging and highly impactful war technology at the time, first fired in war about 30-years ago
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Mar 24, 2020
A global "internet pressure" map reveals that the coronavirus pandemic is putting a strain on the internet as tens of millions of people log on while under mandatory work-from-home orders.
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Mar 24, 2020
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that America missed its chance to avoid mandatory shutdowns because it didn't act fast enough in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 24, 2020
British researchers have developed an app to track the spread of coronavirus and figure out who is most at risk as a way to mitigate the disease's spread.
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Mar 24, 2020
Researchers at Ohio State University have harnessed satellite images and sophisticated artificial intelligence technology to search for unexploded bombs from the Vietnam War.
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Mar 24, 2020
A paralyzed pup gets a new leash on life.
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Mar 24, 2020
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made good on his promise to deliver ventilators to aid in the coronavirus pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday.
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Mar 23, 2020
Multiple European countries are considering tracking track users' phone data to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, prompting worries from privacy advocates who say such digital surveillance could curtail civil liberties.
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Mar 23, 2020
The U.S. Census Beauru on Monday squashed rumors that information collected from the questionnaire will be transmitted to the federal government for them to send a stimulus check providing relief from the coronavirus pandemic, which has left millions of Americans out of a job.
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Mar 23, 2020
Maneuvering cruise missiles, fast-moving stealthy fighter jets, armed drones, long-range helicopter-fired air-to-ground weapons and hypersonic rounds traveling at 5-times the speed of sound are all modern methods of air-attack able to destroy Army ground war units -- potentially even rendering them inoperable or, even worse, making them vulnerable to complete destruction.
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Mar 23, 2020
Silicon Valley giants like Facebook and Apple are pledging to help in the worldwide battle against coronavirus by donating millions of masks so that healthcare workers can remain protected.
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Mar 23, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a new bot over the weekend that it says can analyze COVID-19 symptoms and recommend a course of action in an attempt to aid an overwhelmed healthcare system.
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Mar 23, 2020
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote an open letter to his employees over the weekend, thanking them for their hard work amid the coronavirus pandemic, while acknowledging the crisis is likely to get worse before it gets better.
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Mar 23, 2020
California police plan to use drones to enforce a coronavirus lockdown and to monitor the homeless population, according to a report on Friday.
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Mar 22, 2020
Each week, I receive tons of questions from my listeners about tech concerns, new products and all things digital.
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Mar 21, 2020
I can't stop thinking that I am in the middle of a thriller about a sinister virus that causes a global pandemic. But this is no made-for-Hollywood screenplay. It's a real catastrophe.
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Mar 20, 2020
The Army, Navy and Pentagon fired off a new Hypersonic Glide Body engineered to travel more than five times the speed of sound and destroy enemy targets thousands of miles away in a matter of minutes, a Pentagon report said.
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Mar 20, 2020
Although Amazon has taken steps to ban countless scam products that claim to cure or treat coronavirus, the retailer is still flooded with third-party sellers using fake reviews and other manipulative methods to sell fake N95 masks to panicked people.
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Mar 20, 2020
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his companies are working on building ventilators for the coronavirus pandemic, but added he thinks "they won't be needed."
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Mar 20, 2020
The surge in myths, hoaxes and scams surrounding COVID-19 shows no sign of abating.
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Mar 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has increased the risk of cyberattack, the World Economic Forum has warned.
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Mar 20, 2020
The government in Taiwan-- in an effort to suppress the spread of the coronavirus-- has employed a so-called "electronic fence" that uses location tracking on mobile phones to alert authorities if someone under quarantine is on the move or turns off their phones.
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Mar 19, 2020
Hospitals in Thailand have begun using "ninja robots" to ease the burden on medical workers and doctors fighting to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Mar 19, 2020
Overwhelming enemy fleets with surveillance and weapons, finding weak spots along an enemy coastline to pinpoint areas for breakthrough attacks and bringing a new networked group of Unmanned Surface Vehicles into hostile areas -- are all anticipated missions for the Navy's emerging fleet of drone boats.
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Mar 19, 2020
Telemedicine has gained newfound relevance with the coronavirus outbreak. So what is it?
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Mar 19, 2020
Researchers have discovered "wonderchicken," a 67-million-year-old fossilized bird they believe is the first "modern bird."
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Mar 19, 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, a worker at an Amazon warehouse in Queens, N.Y. has tested positive for the disease known as COVID-19.
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Mar 19, 2020
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said his companies would help make ventilators "if there is a shortage" amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe.
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Mar 19, 2020
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said a potential shutdown of a country could last between 6 and 10 weeks if all goes well, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 18, 2020
Facebook is giving every one of its employees a $1,000 bonus to assist them during the ongiong coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 18, 2020
Apple announced a bevy of new products on Wednesday, including a cheaper MacBook Air and a new iPad Pro that has the capability of scanning real-world objects.
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Mar 17, 2020
The United States is in talks with Facebook, Google and other tech companies and public health experts about ways they could use smartphone location data to battle the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
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Mar 17, 2020
When a precision-guided artillery projectile exploded an enemy target from 64km (39.8 miles) away in the Arizona desert during a recent live-fire exercise, the Army took a new step toward redefining land-attack tactics and paving the way toward a new warfare era in long-range fires.
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Mar 17, 2020
Ever have a feeling that someone -- next to you on the train or behind you in line at the grocery store -- is snooping on your smartphone screen?
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