How fitting for Elon Musk to debut his new robocab on the set of the Warner Studios where fake sets are the norm. This was where Musk was going to provide more details on his effort to deliver driverless cars for use as taxis, a promise he first made in 2016 to launch in 2018. […]

Millions of Verizon customers lost their cellphone service this past Monday for about 8 hours. Nearly a week later we still have no idea of the cause because Verizon has not issued an explanation. It’s very strange that we’ve not seen stories in the press about this, raising the possibility that it might have been […]

Electric vehicles are revolutionizing transportation by offering cleaner, quieter, and more efficient alternatives to traditional gas-powered cars. Despite their numerous advantages, one of the main concerns for prospective buyers continues to be charging. And it seems to be an obsession with auto writers who can’t always relate to just how we use our cars. Questions […]

When ChatGPT was announced nearly nearly two years ago, it was described as one of the most significant tech products to come along in decades. It was bigger than the invention of the Internet, it would eliminate millions of jobs, and it might even be the end of mankind! Now two years later, we can […]

Last Friday I received an email addressed to me using my name and address in the subject line with a pdf file attached named phil.pdf. I rarely ever open an email from a suspicious sender, but this caught my attention, as it seemed to be personally addressed, unlike a mass mailing. I stared at it […]

Phones with folding displays from Samsung, Google, and several Chinese phone manufacturers have received a lot of interest, and there are even rumors that Apple is developing one. Many of the gadget blogs and review sites claim these are the future of phones. The concept seems like a great idea: a single device that’s both […]

It’s that time of the year when the phone companies want us to dig deep into our pockets to buy their latest phones. Apple is about to announce their new iPhone 16 phones, and Samsung and Google have just announced their new models with many of them costing $1000 to almost $2000. But there’s an […]

I’ve always ben a sucker for clever and useful products, especially those that make traveling easier. A few decades ago, I was enamored by some products from an entrepreneur, Scott Jordan. He created a line of vests that contained an assortment of pockets of varying sizes to carry the myriad of stuff we take with […]

Rarely does Apple give anything away. We pay for extra storage, we pay for their news and music, and we pay for AppleCare, but Apple’s annual free software upgrade for iPhones are always something I look forward to because they add new features to a product we already own. I’ve been trying out the new […]

Many of you read this column as subscribers to JoeSentMe, one of the great newsletters for frequent travelers. This week another contributor to the site, Will Allen, writes about the success he had in canceling a long planned trip to Europe due to an unexpected health issue. He canceled over a half-dozen hotels, an Airbnb, […]

I recently purchased a new car after doing tons of research. But after buying it, I realized that what I found I enjoyed most about the car had little to do with all that research. Instead, it was an assortment of technology features that add convenience, improve safety, and just make things more pleasurable, things […]

We all want our information systems to be interconnected. We expect to withdraw money from an ATM in Paris, use our charge card to pay for a dinner in Tokyo, and get our boarding pass on our phone in Singapore. It’s all enabled by a technology and network infrastructure that connects computers worldwide. The convenience […]

When I travel out of the country, one of the first things I think of is how to use my phone without it costing a small fortune. It’s hard to forget those surprise bills of hundreds of dollars when traveling internationally in the early days of cellphones. One of the best options has been to […]

When Apple introduced MagSafe, their version of wireless charging using a magnetic ring to position the phone, they also brought out a clever folding charger for a iPhone and an Apple watch. Called the Apple Duo Charger, it sold for about $129. As shown below, it folds in half to provide charging surfaces for the […]

For the past 10 days I’ve been using an Apple Vision Pro (AVP) headset. Thanks to a loan from a friend, I was able to put it through its paces and try pretty much everything that’s available for it. The product is very well designed, from its aesthetics to its functionality. It’s solid, beautifully finished, […]

I just thumbed through this fifty-page presentation from Elliot Investment Management that calls for a makeover of Southwest Airlines. Elliott recently took a $1.9 billion stake in the airline, and is looking to use that investment as leverage to replace the current CEO and board of directors. Essentially, they want to remake Southwest into a […]

Want to improve your image – literally – on your Zoom calls? This may just be the perfect solution. Most of us are resigned to using our computer’s built-in camera for video calls. It’s simple, automatic and requires no effort. But I’ve noticed the mediocre image quality on my 2-year old Macbook Pro, much like […]

If you live in California, Arizona, or Michigan, you may have spotted some cars with black and white license plates. They’re no ordinary plates; they’re digital, consisting of a monochrome display, a battery and a cellular radio. Pioneered by the California company Reviver, they’re promoted as the modern successor to the metal plates that have […]

Why is it more difficult to buy a refrigerator than a computer? A computer has become a pretty simple purchase. You choose a Windows or Mac operating system, compare the specs of the various models and brands, read the reviews and make your selection. Most of the reviews tend to agree with one another, the […]

When a new product is released, it’s usually tested to insure it works before it comes to market, but that convention is not followed when it comes to the AI software from OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and others. Instead these companies that should know better are trying to one-up each other by introducing and overly hyping […]