Your Bluetooth connection is unsafe. Very unsafe. That’s the message from the largest hacker convention. Bluetooth, which is a wireless technology for connecting everything from wireless earphones to ...

Keeping yourself safe from creeps and hackers is a big job, but certain habits make it easier. Here’s a simple one: Stop giving your phone number to every place that asks for it. Read this tip I put ...

When you switch your Bluetooth off on an Android phone, you expect it to stay off until you enable it again. This is how it’s been. However, Android 15 may change that with a Bluetooth auto-on feature ...

Bluetooth technology provides a straight-forward way to add peripheral support to Android devices. However, running Bluetooth chews up Android phone and tablet battery life even if the device is not ...

Some features still use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in the background if not shut off properly IT turns out that tapping the blue buttons to switch your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi off doesn’t truly shut them down.

Apple has confirmed that Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are not fully disabled when toggled off in Control Center on iOS 11. Even when toggled off in Control Center on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS ...

Lately, my phone really wants me to turn on Bluetooth. I only own one Bluetooth gadget (a UE Boom 2 I keep around my apartment) and I typically turn the antenna off when I’m not actively using it, but ...