Allison interviews Arun Karamcheti from Diamond Dog about their screen protectors for mobile phones. Diamond Dog utilizes a diamond-like carbon coating that has been used to protect hard drives for the past 25 years. Diamond Dog supplies protectors tailored to the screens of popular Apple, Google, and Samsung mobile phones. With each screen protector, they […]
Continue readingCategory: Blog Posts
CES 2020: Satechi Keyboards and Desktop & Wireless Chargers
Allison interviews Austin Reitsch from Satechi about several of their new products. First up, Austin describes the Trio Wireless Charger that supports simultaneous wireless charging for the iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods integrated into a single charging pad. Austin then describes Satechi’s new 108W Pro USB-C PD Desktop charger that supports simultaneous charging of the […]
Continue reading
CES 2020: GuRu Millimeter-Wave Wireless Power Delivery
Allison interviews Ali Hajimiri from GuRu about their millimeter-wave wireless power delivery technology. GuRu’s system beams radio waves through the air to transmit power from a Generating Unit to a Receiving Unit. The millimeter-wave beams intelligently find and power the devices. The Generating unit plugs directly in a wall outlet and uses thousands of tiny […]
Continue readingHow to Watch Over the Air HD Content on Apple TV — by Craig Passman
Over the Air Antenna Let me start with the problem to be solved – I was looking for a solution that would let me to use my Apple TV to watch live HD content using an OTA (over the air) antenna. It was not my intention to use this as a full cord-cutting solution, rather […]
Continue reading
CES 2020: Bartesian Cocktail Maker for the Home Bar
Allison interviews Neil McVicar from Bartesian about their appliance that allows you to quickly and easily make premium cocktails from your home. You stock the Bartesian with water and four of your preferred base spirts which are stored in separate canisters. To make a cocktail, you insert one of the many available cocktail capsule types […]
Continue reading
Security Bits — 23 February 2020
Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. Developments in the Avast Browser History Data Sales story: Avast kills off Jumpshot, the subsidiary that sold all your Web data — arstechnica.com/… 🇨🇿 Czech Authorities to Investigate Avast Over Sale of Users’ Browser […]
Continue reading
The Sounds of Silence with Turbo Boost Switcher
This article is a story of how my fans are going bananas on my new 16″ MacBook Pro. But we can’t start with the amazing solution I found in the app Turbo Boost Switcher until we back up and learn a little bit about computer processors. Not too deep, because we get in over my […]
Continue reading
CES 2020: Neato D-Shaped Robotic Vacuum
Allison interviews Kriselle Laran from Neato Robotics about their line of robotic vacuums. Neato makes the industry’s first D-shaped robotic vacuum allowing room for a larger brush/dustbin and for the unit to better get into corners for an improved clean. Neato has a range of Botvacs, from the D3 up to the D7 models, that […]
Continue reading
CES 2020: AHS CoPilot Car Seat Alert System
Allison Sheridan interviews Gina Bigge from American Home Safety about their CoPilot Car Seat Alert System. The CoPilot automatically sends an alert to parents and caregivers if they happen to leave their baby in a car seat as soon as they walk away from the car. The CoPilot attaches to the straps of your existing […]
Continue reading
CES 2020: Passive Bolt Touch Activated Smart Lock
Allison interviews Kabir Maiga from Passive Bolt about their new smart lock. The Passive Bolt module is installed with your existing deadbolt to convert it into a touch-activated smart lock. This method allows you to unlock your deadbolt using your existing physical keys from the exterior if desired. You can lock and unlock the Passive […]
Continue reading