Articles by John P. Mello Jr

Apple and Google are huddling over a potential deal to bring the search king's Gemini generative AI offerings to the iPhone The negotiations, first reported by Bloomberg on Monday, aim to let Apple license Gemini's set of AI models to drive some new features for the iPhone later this year....

Online shopping returns cost retailers billions of dollars, pump tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and dump billions of pounds of waste into landfills, according to a global plastics cleanup company report In 2022 alone, returns cost online retailers US$816 billion, as noted in the report by CleanHub....

A new video venture announced by Elon Musk will face some strong challenges from entrenched incumbents, according to pundits interviewed by TechNewsWorld Reports began appearing last week that the bête noire of social media is crafting an app to stream long-form videos to users of X (formerly Twitter). "You can soon watch your favorite X long-form...

Organizations are increasingly taking to the offensive to foil threats before they become attacks, according to a report released Wednesday by a breach and attack simulation company In its 2024 State of Exposure Management & Security Validation report, Cymulate maintained that security leaders are recognizing that the pattern of buying new tech and...

Some 60% of consumers believe their self-monitoring home security systems keep them just as safe as monitoring provided by security pros, according to research released by Parks Associates "Consumers view self-monitoring as a way to be notified of what's going on in their homes. For many of them, that can provide the peace-of-mind that's safe enoug...

The first hydrogen fuel cell consumer vehicle for America was announced Tuesday by Honda With a name that doesn't quite roll off the tongue, the CR-V e:FCEV combines a hydrogen fuel cell system with plug-in charging capability and has an EPA driving range rating of 270 miles....

A leaked set of performance benchmarks for Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite Arm chip reveals a narrowing of the performance gap with Apple's top-of-the-line M3 silicon The benchmarks published Monday on the Windows Latest website reported the Snapdragon X Elite 1800 had a single-core score of 2574 and a multi-core score of 12,562. By comparison, the M...

Virtual agents and AI chatbots will be eating into search engine volumes over the next two years, causing them to decline by 25%, according to a report released Monday by technology research and advisory firm Gartner It predicted that pressure from competing technologies will create a new emphasis by search engines on quality and authenticity. Sear...

Romantics searching for virtual love should approach amorous AI chatbots with caution, according to a report released Wednesday by researchers at Mozilla's "Privacy Not Included" buyer's guide After examining 11 "AI soulmates," the researchers issued a thumbs down to all the apps for failing to provide adequate privacy, security, and safety for the...

Remember when you could pay for a full-featured app download and use it forever? Those were the days before you had to make in-app purchases to get any real value from the app or lease it through a subscription. There seems to be a revival of the good old days at Apple's App Store for its augmented reality/virtual reality Vision Pro goggles Accordi...

With more than eight million paid subscribers, YouTube TV has risen to fourth place among pay-for-TV providers in the United States, according to a report published Tuesday by Business Insider The YouTube TV subscription numbers -- which place the service behind Charter, Comcast, and DirecTV -- were revealed by CEO Neal Mohan in his annual letter t...

A system that "flags" kids attempting to access age-restricted augmented and virtual reality content should be imposed on online platforms and device makers, according to a report released Monday by a Washington, D.C. technology think tank Congress should require that device makers and online platforms hosting age-restricted content establish a “...

In an effort to protect companies from phone call spoofing, AT&T and TransUnion announced a program Tuesday to allow businesses to tag outgoing calls so a brand name and logo will appear on the wireless phone of the person who receives the call The calls are verified with STIR/SHAKEN, a framework of interconnected standards used to confirm a number...

Attacks on browsers by phishing actors ballooned during the second half of 2023, increasing 198% over the first six months of the year, according to a report by a browser security company What's more, phishers are increasingly using deceptive tactics in their attacks that are proving to be highly effective against the security controls designed to ...

Complaints by users of the declining quality of search engine results contain a seed of truth, according to a recent study released by a group of academic researchers The researchers from Leipzig University, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, and ScaDS.AI -- all in Germany -- concluded that "all search engines have significant problems with highly-optimi...

A majority of hiring managers would prefer to hire a candidate with fewer years of relevant work experience but more experience with artificial intelligence, according to new research released Monday by Resume Templates Based on a survey of 780 hiring managers, the research asked the participants to choose from four potential candidates with varyin...

One out of three Americans is worried about smart devices in their homes being hacked, according to research released Monday Top devices raising concerns among consumers are the Amazon Echo, security cameras, Google Nest thermostats, smart doorbells, and smart TVs, revealed the research by CraftJack, a construction contracting services provider in ...

The Wi-Fi Alliance released a new version of its wireless technology Monday, boasting new features designed to boost performance and improve connectivity across a variety of environments New features in Wi-Fi Certified 7 include:...

Court cases and regulators are stirring up uncertainty among Apple watchers about the prospects for its lucrative US$85 billion services business The U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against Google has produced anxiety about whether Apple will continue to rake in anywhere from $15 billion to $20 billion a year for making Google's search engine t...

Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network passed a significant milestone when its two orbiting satellites were able to communicate with each other at high data transfer speeds using Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) technology, the company revealed last week OISL is a key component of Kuiper's mesh architecture, which uses infrared ...