Author Archives: Dave Johnson

Audio Deepfakes: Can Anyone Tell If They’re Fake?

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Dave Johnson

Video deepfakes mean you can’t trust everything you see. Now, audio deepfakes might mean you can no longer trust your ears. Was that really the president declaring war on Canada? Is that really your dad on the phone asking for his email password?… Continue reading →

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How 23andMe’s DNA Test Helped Me Unravel a Secret Family

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Dave Johnson

Services like Ancestry.com and 23andMe can be like that unmarked vegetable can in the back of your pantry: full of surprises and often not what you were hoping for. Thanks to a recent DNA test, for example, I now know that my dad is not my biological f… Continue reading →

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What Is Contact Tracing, and How Can It Fight Pandemics?

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Dave Johnson

During the middle ages, the doors of households suffering from the Black Death were marked with a red cross. It served as a warning: Do not enter, or ye shall suffer the fate of everyone inside.Read This Article on How-To Geek › Continue reading →

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5G Conspiracy Theories: The Craziest Emails We’ve Gotten

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Dave Johnson

Last year, I wrote what has become perhaps the most-read article about 5G and human health on the internet. There are weeks when I get 20 emails a day. Because my article asserts that 5G is not an existential threat to humanity, most of these emails ar… Continue reading →

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