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The MY2022 app is a required download for Olympians and looks like a security nightmare
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
To attend or participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics, you need to install the MY2022 app. Unfortunately, it's also riddled with big red flags regarding security and privacy. Here's what we found.
The tech war with China is only ramping up in 2022
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
Both the U.S. and China are playing the long game, so things will definitely worsen before they get better. What got us here?
Olympians, and burner phones, and online safety — oh my!
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
Governments have the responsibility of looking out for Olympians who don't spend their free time focusing on things like privacy rights in foreign countries.
Like it or not, Apple and Google is the mobile duopoly consumers asked for
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
All the moves to punish Apple and Google for success forget one important thing: consumers made the duopoly with their wallets.
'The cloud' may be great but it's also horribly broken
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
There has to be a spot where maximum profits and good customer experience meet each other.
Nvidia's efforts to further consolidate the industry by purchasing Arm are all but dead
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
As much as I want to see Nvidia refine and license its core ML designs, I think we might have dodged a bullet with this one.
Samsung needs to bring back its iPod competitor
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
I don't want to buy an iPod Touch. Since I want a reasonably priced PMP with acceptable audio hardware that can install a few crucial apps, I might have to.
Android 12 doesn't have to be what you see on Google's Pixel phones
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
The software on a Pixel 6 is every bit as customized as it is on a Galaxy phone or a Xiaomi phone. We just hated what we saw first.
Carriers are doing everything they can to make 5G as confusing as possible
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
5G is confusing. Carriers are already taking advantage of that and consumers need to make sure we're educated in how 5G works and what it is before we start looking for our next phone.
I turned off my phone for a day and it was the best decision I made in 2020
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
The internet is great and useful for so many things. But a day without it was like a reboot inside me. You should try it.
A little bit of Samsung makes every phone better
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
You may not know who makes the parts inside your phone but you would know if they weren't very good. That's why companies buy from Samsung.
Google isn't bored with Android, it just can't ruin a good thing
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
All Google needs to do is give us everything we ask for without screwing everything up. Sounds easy, right?
The OnePlus Nord proves that we don't need to chase specs
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
A phone chip is more than just the processor inside of it. The OnePlus Nord and its Snapdragon 765G proves that you just don't need "the best" to be great.
We demand a refund: Carrier fines over selling location data aren't enough
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
A $200 million fine means carriers still made money selling our location data to third-party services. Since it was ours, do we get a cut?
The RCS 'hack' showed us what Google could make happen for Android users if the carriers weren't in the way
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
This is why we can't have good things.
This is why location tracking is an absolute privacy nightmare
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
Your location can reveal a detailed picture of how you live your life, not just where.
Cheap Android phones shouldn't be disposable
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
Cheap phones deserve to be supported, and so do the people who are buying them.
Remember that mobile security companies only want to sell you something
By Jerry Hildenbrand last updated
A company who wants your money just might say anything to get it.
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