How do headphones, toys, gadgets and other devices talk to each other without any wires? Many of them connect with Bluetooth.

Every time a phone connects to wireless earbuds or a car stereo, a tiny Viking legacy quietly flickers to life. The short‑range radio standard known as Bluetooth did not get its name from a lab ...

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