There’s nothing quite like the panic of losing your phone. With an app for everything, we essentially operate our lives from the device. New data, however, shows that you’re likely a bigger threat to your phone than a thief. Prey, a company that provides anti-theft solutions for protecting mobile devices, released its 2018 Mobile Theft …

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On this podcast, we talk about: How foldable phones ended up eclipsing 5G as the main topic at MWC 2019.  Why it’s still not the best time to buy a 5G phone now.  How tough it is to sell 5G. What it’s like inside the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, site of the worst meltdown ever.   The 3:59 gives …

Instagram accounts are no joke for some people. Social media accounts have essentially replaced scrapbooks or photo albums, and some influencers are paid to advertise products in posts. What would be incentive enough for someone to delete their Instagram pics? JetBlue Airways is offering a chance to win free flights for a year if you dump all your Instagram photos. …

Google appears to have decided not to remove Absher, a Saudi Arabian government app that allows men to track women, from the Play Store.  Google reviewed the app and said it doesn’t violate the company’s terms and conditions. That comes from the office of Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat who joined 13 other members of Congress in a letter …

When Facebook pitches its Oculus virtual reality headsets to the masses, it talks of their ability to make you feel as though you’re inside a game, visiting another planet or scuba diving next to massive blue whales, without ever leaving your couch. Its next act might be to take that other-worldliness to your work. Via a job posting, Oculus VR …

The USB Promoter Group — an association comprising Apple, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Renesas, ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments — today announced the pending USB4 specification, slated to deliver 40-gigabit-per-second throughput and support for host-based algorithms to more efficiently handle data operations. USB4 will use the same USB-C connector we’ve grown used to and still require specific cables to obtain the …