When a disaster such as a hurricane or wildfire disrupts networks, that connection prevents you from contacting family members or emergency services. Freier: "When your cellular phone does not work and your service does not work, your life no longer works." T-Mobile invited me to its headquarters in Bellevue, WA for a first hand look at how its emergency response teams help get service up and running during disasters. It starts in the Business Operations Center, where they use tools to scan for things like ...

Apple Watch versus Aura Ring. As someone who consistently wears both at the same time, I think I can help you answer that question. If this was an ideal world and money were not an issue, I would recommend you get both because they actually complement each other.But let's be honest, the Aura Ring 4 is $500 and the Apple Watch Series 11 is $400 and that's a lot of money. So, if you had to pick one, here's what they're good at. Now, the Apple Watch does a lot more than the Aura Ring.It's essentially a tiny iP ...

Can this e-cargo bike replace my car. We're trying to find out. Welcome to Prove It.I am just about ready for my morning commute on the RadRrunner Max from Rad Power Bikes. This is an E cargo bike and E cargo bikes sort of strike that perfect balance between what you get from a car and what you get from a regular bike. Now I'm going to test it in a few different ways to see just to what extent it can replace my car.Number one convenience. Number two safety. And number three cargo capacity.I should probably ...

XPS is back! 💻 The new Dell XPS 14 with an OLED touch display features an Intel Core Ultra X7-358H, 32GB-RAM, 1TB-SSD, and more. Dell points out that the XPS 14 is smaller than the 13-inch MacBook Air and claims that the XPS 16 is the world’s smallest 16-inch laptop. Let’s unbox it. #dell #laptop #dellxps #intel #unboxing ...

You don't need to buy the latest Samsung Galaxy Ultra phone. And in fact, not doing so could save you a ton of money. Let me explain.The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra does have some of the best specs of any of today's phones. But what it also has is a massive price tag. Yet, the previous model, the Galaxy S24 Ultra, also has some amazing specs.And even though it's only one generation old, you can actually pick it up for less than half the price of the current model if you look on the used market. Seriously, half ...

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Smart ring versus smartwatch. I feel like that's one of the existential questions in the wearables world right now. And as someone who consistently wears both, I have a pretty firm grasp on what each one does best.So, I'm going to help you decide. This is all things mobile. Comparing the Apple Watch to the Aura Ring is kind of like comparing well, apples to auras.Same category, completely different flavors. In fact, in a perfect world, I'd actually recommend you get both. But in this world, things cost mone ...

This is a bit of a racy book. So, uh, we're going to stop here. I was just telling the team before that I'm in a book club and my book club date is today.I have two and a half hours left of a book to read and I'm not going to be able to find time to read it. So, what this does for me, if the book is actually in the the catalog, is I can then go to the page I'm in on my ebook reader or on a physical book and start reading from there. If you're at a point in the book on your audio book and you want to go to t ...

Are batteries better than they were a year ago. Well, what we did is we took the 35 phones that we did these battery tests on and averaged them together for one score for 2025 and did the same for 2024 phones. Turns out we did see more battery life in 2025, but it was less than 1%.So, when people were asking me, hey, why am I not seeing these battery life improvements in my new phones. It's less than 1%. That's a few minutes a day, an hour.But, I will say it's hopeful because it means we're moving in the ri ...

So, let's talk about how to connect your phone to your TV. So, whatever's showing up on this little screen now shows up on the big one. For iPhone users like myself, the most obvious way is to use AirPlay, Apple's proprietary screen mirroring technology.Now, AirPlay has been around for a while and is supported by a number of newer smart TVs. If you got your TV past the year of 2019, AirPlay is likely compatible with it. But, if you're rocking an old school plasma screen, you might be out of luck for this on ...