Everything runs through the phone now. We unlock cars, transfer money, track packages, review dyno pulls, and argue about cam specs through apps. The handheld screen has become the command center for ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. What is Bluetooth? – Henry, age 13, Somerville, ...

Bluetooth is a technology for short-range data transmission that has become so ubiquitous in recent years that we can no longer imagine life without it. This makes it all the more annoying when ...

Listening to music via Bluetooth isn't as simple as plugging in a pair of headphones and playing audio from your device. Yet Bluetooth headphones and earbuds offer a wireless connection that's ...

A team of engineers has demonstrated for the first time that the Bluetooth signals emitted constantly by our mobile phones have a unique fingerprint that can be used to track individuals' movements. A ...

Auracast support rolls out to more smartphones and headphones. You can share your phone's audio with one or many friends. Your phone and headphones must support Auracast to access the feature. If ...

Have you been considering upgrading to an iPhone 16? Worries about extreme tariff hikes forcing Apple to raise prices recently triggered both Tonya and Lauri Reinhardt, who does support for TidBITS, ...

Abstract: To provide an alternative light source based on renewable energy and for reducing grid power consumption in homes of urban areas, a low-power and low-cost home lighting system is proposed in ...

Bluetooth 5.0 was officially announced almost nine years ago. The wireless technology has undergone several updates up to the current version (5.4), but we had to wait a long time for the next big ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Bluetooth technology has become an essential part of our ...