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VPNs Are Supposed to Keep Your Privacy, But Some Keep Logs on You as Well

VPNs Are Supposed to Keep Your Privacy, But Some Keep Logs on You as Well

One of the main reasons to use a VPN is to keep your information private, but some of the most popular VPNs are actually keeping logs on you, even after promising that they won’t.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 28, 2018
The Danger of 2 Million Spotify Users Figuring Out How to Use It Ad-Free

The Danger of 2 Million Spotify Users Figuring Out How to Use It Ad-Free

At first it seems exciting to read that two-million Spotify users figured out how to use the service ad-free, as we all hate ads, especially when you want to listen to your music uninterrupted, but this isn’t really a good thing overall.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 27, 2018
A Smartphone Battery Lasting a Month? 5G Could Make It So

A Smartphone Battery Lasting a Month? 5G Could Make It So

Imagine not having to worry about charging your smartphone for an entire month. Lowell McAdam, the Verizon CEO, thinks it could happen along with 5G.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 23, 2018
The Self-Driving Car Industry Experiences Its First Pedestrian Death

The Self-Driving Car Industry Experiences Its First Pedestrian Death

The self-driving car industry has experienced its first pedestrian death when an autonomous Uber car struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 21, 2018
IBM Still in the Game with a Computer Smaller than a Grain of Salt

IBM Still in the Game with a Computer Smaller than a Grain of Salt

While at one time people were amazed that we could fit a whole computer into a phone that we keep in our pockets, now IBM has created one that is smaller than a grain of salt.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 20, 2018
Mozilla Working on Getting Rid of In-Page Popups

Mozilla Working on Getting Rid of In-Page Popups

Mozilla wants to help eliminate in-page popups or at least provide something in the Firefox browser that makes it easier to work around them. Read on to find out more.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 16, 2018
The Latest Use for 3D Printing: $4000 Homes in 24 Hours

The Latest Use for 3D Printing: $4000 Homes in 24 Hours

An Austin-based startup has found a new way to use 3D printing. They’re using it to solve the housing crisis by creating homes for just $4000 that can be produced within 24 hours.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 14, 2018
Advances Made in Effort to Use AI for Brain Implants

Advances Made in Effort to Use AI for Brain Implants

Using artificial intelligence for brain implants doesn’t sound quite so far-fetched, and researchers are backing that up.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 13, 2018
Windows Defender Does Its Job and Prevents Geographic Malware Attack

Windows Defender Does Its Job and Prevents Geographic Malware Attack

Yet another malware attack has been discovered, but the good news is Windows Defender did its job and prevented 400,000 attacks within a short amount of time.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 9, 2018
New Malware Steals Cryptocurrency by Lifting from Your Clipboard

New Malware Steals Cryptocurrency by Lifting from Your Clipboard

For decades the clipboard has been an everyday occurrence of the computing experience. But now attackers have found their way to your clipboard so that they can insert malware that will steal your cryptocurrency.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 8, 2018
Technology Now Reaching to Food and Drugs with Edible Electronics

Technology Now Reaching to Food and Drugs with Edible Electronics

What if there was a way to add electronics to your food and your drugs? Interestingly, they have already figured out how to do it.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 6, 2018
“The Notch:” Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

“The Notch:” Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Apple finally got around to adding a bezelless display to the iPhone last fall and added “the notch.” Many people find it ugly; however, it’s suddenly become the new trend in smartphones. Why is that?

By Laura Tucker / Mar 5, 2018
Is This the Future of Computing – A Virtual PC to Run on Any Device?

Is This the Future of Computing – A Virtual PC to Run on Any Device?

What if no matter what device you were on all of your information and accounts always had a way of finding you? Sounds great, doesn’t it? There are already virtual PCs that exist solely in the cloud.

By Laura Tucker / Mar 1, 2018
Find My iPhone Feature Finds Computer After It’s Erased and Sold

Find My iPhone Feature Finds Computer After It’s Erased and Sold

An employee of Google sold his old iMac on Craigslist only to find that the Find My iPhone feature was still tracking it three years later despite being erased and having a clean install. What can you do to be sure this doesn’t happen to you?

By Laura Tucker / Feb 27, 2018
Impostor Social Media Accounts Continue Because of Weak Enforcement of Rules

Impostor Social Media Accounts Continue Because of Weak Enforcement of Rules

Social media is coming under fire for the existence of impostor accounts by not enforcing their own rules and just letting these accounts hang on.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 24, 2018
Tap Strap: Wearable Bluetooth Keyboard Could Be in Your Future

Tap Strap: Wearable Bluetooth Keyboard Could Be in Your Future

Bluetooth keyboards have given us a lot of freedom, but a new wearable Bluetooth keyboard by Tap Systems is available that will eliminate the need to touch physical keys.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 23, 2018
Heart Disease Can Be Determined by Google Algorithm

Heart Disease Can Be Determined by Google Algorithm

Google has developed an AI algorithm that can determine cardiovascular health and risk of heart disease, and this Google algorithm works all by examining your eyes.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 21, 2018
Can the Stylus Completely Eliminate the Need for a Mouse?

Can the Stylus Completely Eliminate the Need for a Mouse?

Another implement is knocking on the technology door, and it’s threatening the livelihood of the mouse, and that appears to be Microsoft’s very intention. Can the stylus completely eliminate the need for a mouse?

By Laura Tucker / Feb 20, 2018
MIT Engineers Develop New Energy Source In a Thermal Resonator

MIT Engineers Develop New Energy Source In a Thermal Resonator

The world is always searching for new and different energy sources and continually finds interesting options. Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a cheap new source in a thermal resonator.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 19, 2018
A.I. Being Considered to Fix the Fake News Problem

A.I. Being Considered to Fix the Fake News Problem

We’ve been besieged by fake news as of late. But is there a way to fix it? Could A.I. become grand solution to fix the problem of identifying fake news?

By Laura Tucker / Feb 17, 2018
Bill Gates’ Thoughts on the Government Forcing Tech Companies to Unlock Phones

Bill Gates’ Thoughts on the Government Forcing Tech Companies to Unlock Phones

There’s been an ongoing situation between the government and Apple on whether or not the creators of the iPhone should be forced to unlock phones when it might help them solve a crime. Bill Gates recently added his thoughts on the controversy.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 15, 2018
More Info Leaked from Equifax Hack than Originally Reported

More Info Leaked from Equifax Hack than Originally Reported

The Equifax hack was very frightening to many people, and not just Equifax users. And now the news has gotten even worse.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 13, 2018
Coming Soon: All Unencrypted Pages Will Be Marked “Not Secure” on Chrome

Coming Soon: All Unencrypted Pages Will Be Marked “Not Secure” on Chrome

Google is going to make it easier for us to find out which pages are secure. All unencrypted pages in Chrome that are not HTTPS will be marked as “not secure.”

By Laura Tucker / Feb 10, 2018
Apple HomePod: It Can Read Your Text Messages Out Loud… to Anyone

Apple HomePod: It Can Read Your Text Messages Out Loud… to Anyone

Apple’s newest device, the HomePod will read your text messages out loud … but it will read them to anyone and not just you.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 8, 2018
A Mining Botnet Has Affected 5,000 Android Users in Just 24 Hours

A Mining Botnet Has Affected 5,000 Android Users in Just 24 Hours

A malware creator is mining digital coins for attackers using your Android device. It’s quickly taking over as well, as 5,000 users have been affected by this mining botnet within a 24-hour time period.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 7, 2018
New Studies Suggest Cell Phone Radiation Isn’t as Dangerous as Once Thought

New Studies Suggest Cell Phone Radiation Isn’t as Dangerous as Once Thought

Many of us have worried about possible cell phone radiation. But studies are now suggesting that maybe we don’t need to worry so much about it after all.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 6, 2018
Facebook Being Used Less, But They’re Not Worried

Facebook Being Used Less, But They’re Not Worried

Facebook has announced that users are now spending around fifty-million hours less time each day on Facebook. But they aren’t worried at all.

By Laura Tucker / Feb 5, 2018
Facebook Moves to Ban Cryptocurrency Ads, Calling Them “Misleading or Deceptive”

Facebook Moves to Ban Cryptocurrency Ads, Calling Them “Misleading or Deceptive”

If you’re still deciding whether or not to invest in cryptocurrency, Facebook has decided to ban cryptocurrency ads, believing that they are “misleading or deceptive.”

By Laura Tucker / Feb 1, 2018
Trump Administration Plan to Host Government-Run 5G Network Met with Resistance

Trump Administration Plan to Host Government-Run 5G Network Met with Resistance

The Trump administration is considering a centralized government-run 5G system within the next three years. However, it won’t be an easy road, as this plan is already meeting with some resistance.

By Laura Tucker / Jan 30, 2018
It happened Again: Another Apple Password Screen Lets You in with Any Password

It happened Again: Another Apple Password Screen Lets You in with Any Password

The latest macOS, High Sierra, has had its difficulties with password screens. Now a second build allows any password to log in to the App Store system preferences.

By Laura Tucker / Jan 12, 2018
Apple Promises More Parental Controls to Dampen Investors’ Concerns

Apple Promises More Parental Controls to Dampen Investors’ Concerns

Apple investors are concerned with the addiction aspect among children and teens in relation to their iPhones. Apple listened to their pleas and will add more parental controls to deal with their investors’ concerns.

By Laura Tucker / Jan 10, 2018
Android Malware Can Steal Your Login Data by Imitating Uber App

Android Malware Can Steal Your Login Data by Imitating Uber App

While Uber is a great service, the latest Android.Fakeapp malware variant steals important factors of Uber to make you think you’re using the Uber app when you’re really using the malware which is stealing your data.

By Laura Tucker / Jan 6, 2018
Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities: Here’s What You Need to Know

Meltdown and Spectre CPU Vulnerabilities: Here’s What You Need to Know

The Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities affected millions of users all over the world. In this article we’ll talk you through what this latest threat means and how you can protect yourself from it.

By Robert Zak / Jan 5, 2018
Your Password Manager’s Autofill Feature is Hurting You

Your Password Manager’s Autofill Feature is Hurting You

If you use a browser-based password manager with an autofill feature, beware! Your data might be at risk.

By Laura Tucker / Jan 4, 2018
Year End Review: The Things That Happened in 2017

Year End Review: The Things That Happened in 2017

2017 has been a very eventful year for the tech industry. Now, it’s time to refresh our memories and look back at everything that’s made a mark on the year.

By Miguel Leiva-Gomez / Dec 30, 2017
Charging Your Devices Is About to Get a Little Easier

Charging Your Devices Is About to Get a Little Easier

The hangup with wireless charging is that you can’t be any great distance away from the charger, but the FCC has just approved a system that will allow you to be a little bit further away.

By Laura Tucker / Dec 28, 2017
While Your Child Loves the Stuffing Out of His New Toy, It Could Be Hacking You

While Your Child Loves the Stuffing Out of His New Toy, It Could Be Hacking You

Interactive toys can be really cute and cuddly and look very innocent. But while your child is spending hour upon hour playing with it, it could be hacking its way into your home.

By Laura Tucker / Dec 23, 2017
It’s Not Just You: Your iPhone Is Getting Slower!

It’s Not Just You: Your iPhone Is Getting Slower!

Nope. It’s not just you. Your iPhone is not as fast as that first glorious day you bought it. Apple is doing this purposely to help protect an aging battery.

By Laura Tucker / Dec 22, 2017
WWDC Announces iOS 8 in the Fall

WWDC Announces iOS 8 in the Fall

Apple is making some changes to both OS X and iOS this fall. The following is a listing of the changes they will be making under iOS 8.

By Laura Tucker / Jun 8, 2014
Apple’s Touch ID Ironically Leads to More Possibilities of Theft

Apple’s Touch ID Ironically Leads to More Possibilities of Theft

With Touch ID and iOS 7, thieves can gain access to a phone with a fingerprint, then also gain access to an Apple ID, email account, and social networking

By Laura Tucker / Oct 7, 2013
Using Your Brainwaves to Trigger the “Do-Not-Disturb” Feature: Helpful or Intruding?

Using Your Brainwaves to Trigger the “Do-Not-Disturb” Feature: Helpful or Intruding?

Apple’s iOS rolled out a feature last year called Do Not Disturb that allows you to set it up to prevent calls during certain times of the day. It might not stop there. Neuroscientist Ruggero Scorcioni debuted a new automatic do-not-disturb technology via a smartphone app at an AT&T event this week. Is this going to be helpful or intruding?

By Laura Tucker / Apr 5, 2013
Microsoft and Backberry Offering Cash Incentives to App Developers

Microsoft and Backberry Offering Cash Incentives to App Developers

In what seems like a move to try and beat Apple and Android, both Microsoft and Blackberry are offering cash incentives to app developers. But, is that enough?

By Laura Tucker / Mar 20, 2013

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