I got this question from a reader recently: "I would like to know if you have any suggestions for boosting cellphone reception inside your home. There are areas in my house that drop my calls. It gets very frustrating."

This is a good question.

One method she could try is to switch to a different cell carrier that might cover her home with a...Read more

DETROIT - Voters in November will decide whether police should have access to an individual's electronic data and communications without a warrant.

The Michigan House and Senate passed a resolution that would place on the November ballot a constitutional amendment barring the search and seizure of private electronic data without a warrant. ...Read more

If you've already started connecting the various devices and fixtures around your home - perhaps more of you are thinking about this now that many of us are quarantined - you'll know that there are a lot of ways to tackle the problem. You might just want one device to solve a particular issue, like a smart plug to put a lamp on a regular ...Read more

I've never seen anyone go around showing off their new hearing aid. But often I see people bragging about their new earbuds. The Olive Smart Ear has the appearance and style of a single earbud in but does the job of a hearing aid.

I'll start off with some information supplied by the parent company, Olive Union, which caught my attention ...Read more

Facebook's friends are fleeing in droves.

From Habitat for Humanity to Russian Mail Order Brides, the advertiser exodus escalated from Facebook on Monday as dozens signed on to the "Stop Hate for Profit" campaign designed to purge hate speech from the platform.

So far, more than 150 big-name brands, representing hundreds of millions of ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The technology company Red Hat said Tuesday that it would take measures to remove contentious terms like "master/slave" from its source code and other areas, in an effort to make its products more inclusive.

The world of coding and software, in which Red Hat is an influential institution, is rife with industry jargon and terms ...Read more

I'm not sure how things work in your family, but my extended family likes to text.

Every so often, I find myself in the middle of a big old group conversation.

You know the kind, where someone has something to share and lets 15 people know all at once via text.

Then, the inevitable happens - the replies.

Ding.

Ding.

Ding.

Ding.

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With many tablet buyers opting for Apple iPads, the Android tablet market isn't necessarily the first place people look when they're in the market or a new tablet. Fewer and fewer manufacturers even make them now. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few good Android tablets available that try their best to rival the Apple iPad.

While some ...Read more

A door lock has two main features: opening and closing. Lockly, a leader in manufacturing the world's most advanced smart lock, let me give the Secure Pro Latch Edition a try.

There's a lot to say about the lock; it has great features, looks, and performs perfectly upon completion. And the instructions Lockly supplied are written in a clear ...Read more

Amazon's Alexa devices can play music, interact with smart devices in one's home and answer any question, but one of the more overlooked activities for the Amazon Echo, Echo Show and Echo Dot is games.

Enter Zynga with "Word Pop," a "Words With Friends" spin-off of sorts. The game is played exclusively on Alexa devices and challenges players ...Read more

Breaking into team-based shooters is a difficult task. Games such as "Overwatch" and "Counter-Strike Global Offensive" suck up all the oxygen in the room. Add in Riot Games' latest release "Valorant" and it can be difficult to stand out from the pack.

Nevertheless, Electronic Arts is jumping into the fray by publishing "Rocket Arena" from ...Read more

It seemed like tech was turning a corner.

For years, the industry's giants had resisted calls to disclose workforce diversity data, making it difficult to pinpoint precisely how much whiter and more male Silicon Valley was than the population at large. But Google's 2014 decision to publish the racial and gender breakdown of its workforce ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- You'll forgive the Bertram brothers if their Silicon Valley elevator pitch is as fast-paced as a doubles match. After all, they moved from Melbourne, Australia, to the United States to play collegiate tennis, then developed a love for engineering and robotics -- and a lofty goal to meet the world's nutritional needs.

Less ...Read more

Just days ago, the cause of upholding the rights of LGBTQ Americans looked a bit uncertain. Not in terms of public opinion which has moved firmly and irreversibly toward their side (polls continue to show robust support for same-sex marriage, for instance). But last Friday's surprise announcement that the Trump administration was rolling back ...Read more