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Apple announced seven new products yesterday: A purple iPhone, an Apple credit card made for teens and families, and a podcast subscription service. But let’s take a quick look at the most exciting devices.
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Big Tech has been a focal point for many security-conscience users. Over the last couple of years, Facebook and other tech companies suffered serious breaches. This brought into question how safe your data really is. Tap or click here for 10 reasons why you should dump Facebook.
If you have a Peloton Tread+, you could have a death trap in your home without even knowing it. Since 2018, the popular treadmill has been involved in at least 39 dangerous incidents. Last year, Peloton recalled nearly 30,000 bikes in the U.S. after several clip-on pedals broke.
When a manufacturer releases a defective product, it can volunteer to recall it. If the risk is great enough, the government will step in and enforce it. Either way, the consumer may not know about the recall until sometime later.
Hackers see your email inbox as a box of treasure. A Radicati report says email users send and receive around 347 billion messages a day. That means your inbox is like a gold mine full of personal data.
Just think of all the information someone could collect; you have emails on your online banking information, federal taxes, medical bills and online purchases. Hackers could make a mountain of cash by selling all of this information on illegal forums. Tap or click here to see if your email account has been hacked.
Signing up for a service, you often have to click through and accept its Terms and Conditions. It’s a laborious process, and reading through it can often take a long time. Generally, the conditions and terms of service are outlined by the company to protect themselves legally.
Times have been tough for many lately. But scammers don’t care and will still stop at nothing to rip you off. As if being vigilant for criminals online isn’t enough, they could now target your grandparents in person in a new brazen scam.
Many modern cars have some level of driver-assist. Adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist and automatic braking, once only found on high-end luxury cars, have trickled down to more affordable vehicles.
Self-driving cars are one possible future the automotive industry is looking towards. Tesla’s Autopilot and GM’s Super Cruise are making strides, and you can find this developing tech from other manufacturers, including Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, BMW and Audi. Even Apple may be adding autonomous driving to its rumored production car.
The U.S government has made several legislative changes over the last year to minimize the ongoing pandemic impact. One such change was to help low-income families with mobile data and easier ways to look for a job. Tap or click here for a tool that helps find your perfect career.
As long as the internet exists, there will be scams. This is an unfortunate reality. We can only hope to be as vigilant as possible, but even the most careful people out there can fall victim.
A little extra pocket money is always useful, especially during a pandemic. One way to supplement income is to sell your old stuff. This can become quite lucrative if you have the right item and buyer lined up. Tap or click here to see how easy it is to sell old trading cards on eBay.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that social media giant Facebook knows a lot about you. Most people fill out their profile information as thoroughly as possible, allowing them to connect to more people.
Besides signing into different websites and services with your Facebook credentials, you could reasonably expect that it stops tracking you as soon as you leave the platform. After all, what business does it have knowing what you do? Another Facebook data breach? Tap or click here to find out if your account was exposed.
