Wayne Rash

The chaos surrounding vaccines during COVID-19 is doing more than just making it hard to get a shot that could save your life. It’s also opening up an opportunity for cybercriminals to take advantage of the uncertainty surrounding vaccines to steal your personal information. All it takes is the right email. According to Eric Howes, […]

Low-lying areas along the East Coast of the United States are already seeing the results of climate change frequently. Water levels are encroaching on streets and sidewalks during high tides, and flooding during storms is happening more often. That flooding is exacerbated by more frequent storms. It’s become bad enough that during a recent visit […]

The first time I took the new Panasonic Toughbook 33 out of its box for testing, I dropped it on the floor. The computer was unscathed, the hardwood on the floor suffered a dent. The drop wasn’t intentional, but instead was the result of the unexpected weight of this tablet – keyboard combination. The 6.5-pound […]

Beginning with the very first images, it was clear that NASA’s Perseverance rover excursion to Mars was a breakthrough. The video’s opening shot of the supersonic parachute, the dropping of the heat shield, the shot of the descent stage and the view of the rover itself, dangling beneath it were riveting. They were unprecedented.  Also […]

When the President of the United States elevates his science advisor to a cabinet-level position, you know that he’s paying attention to science and technology. The new head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Eric Lander, marks a significant departure from policy heads in the previous administration. For one thing, he’s being appointed […]

On Jan. 6, 2021, a group of a few thousand protesters with an embedded group of domestic terrorists invaded the U.S. Capitol building while Congress was in session. They rampaged through the building, caused destruction to the Capitol itself and caused the evacuation of Congress. Some of the terrorists entered the offices of senators and […]

By the time you read this, the year 2020 will be behind us. But as you look around, you’ll realize that 2021 doesn’t look a lot different. You’ll still be socially distancing, most people, including you, will still be working from home and the industry will still be reeling from the Russian hack of nearly […]

It’s tempting to label 2020 as the worst year ever, if only because of COVID-19, the Russian hack and a contentious political climate, but there were some bright spots in the gloom. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 overshadowed nearly everything else. Business was disrupted, hundreds of thousands died, the economy was […]

A year ago, T-Mobile announced the first real nationwide 5G network that was realistically available in most of the U.S. This new network used the company’s 600MHz spectrum, which was also being used for some of its 4G LTE network. At the time, I found that it indeed worked and could provide fast communications, but […]

If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy an iPhone 12. You’ll become one of the beautiful people. You’ll be young, sexy and cool. You’ll become endowed with artistic capabilities you never knew you had. But perhaps that doesn’t […]