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The Federal Trade Commission is finally demanding Big Tech tell us exactly how they collect and use data from their users.
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Everyone’s saying it, from the ads on TV to the kid next door: Coding is the hottest thing on the planet. Stories abound of people taking a few months of classes, then walking right into a six-figure job that pays more in a month than some people make in a lifetime. Now that you know how important it is, let’s dive into how you can learn how to code in no time.
It’s time to revive an important annual debate: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? We could argue about this all day — but if you go to Netflix, you’ll discover a shocking lack of “Die Hard” to use as evidence. ‘Tis the season to be thankful, though: If you use ExpressVPN, you can access a Netflix library where “Die Hard” is actually available.
We finally have some good news about the pandemic. An approved vaccine began distribution around the U.S. Monday, hopefully leading to life returning to normal soon. Of course, scammers are already taking advantage of this. Tap or click here to see four ways they’re out to get you.
Social media can be a dangerous place. We hear the stories all the time, from Facebook’s privacy issues to the toxic misinformation that’s spread without much thought. Facebook was even slapped with a couple of antitrust lawsuits over its alleged bad behavior.
Many of us would be lost without streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, even during a normal year. Throw in a pandemic, and people are relying on them even more.
Streaming services are like chips — you can’t eat just one, and prices can add up quickly if you’re paying for multiple options. Tap or click here to find out which popular live TV streaming service recently raised its monthly rates.
Its “No Time To Die,” as YouTube and NBC’s Peacock network have made 22 James Bond films available to stream — completely free.
The YouTube playlist features all but five of the films, stretching as far back as 1962 with the late Sean Connery as the titular character in “Dr. No.”
While we wait for the Babel fish translator from “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” Google has been working on an entirely new way for people to communicate.
The company’s latest experimental app is geared toward those with speech and motor impairments. It enables users to select a word or phrase — with just their eyes — that is then spoken aloud.
For years, Facebook has been fighting threats of lawsuits, legal challenges and investigations into its practices. It all came to a head this week.
Those legal issues aren’t the only problems Facebook has faced recently, though; Facebook-owned Instagram was accused of illegal facial recognition scans of millions of users earlier this year.
You have a wide range of choices when it comes to browsers. Google Chrome is by far the most popular choice, capturing nearly 64% of the market share worldwide.
There are a lot of perks to using Chrome, but there are some serious downsides, too. The biggest, perhaps, is what a drain it can be on your system’s resources. Tap or click for tricks to speed up Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.
Remember when you used to keep physical copies of photos? Those were the days. Even just viewing them would require printing them out.
That’s changed quite a bit as technology has advanced. Most smartphones have excellent cameras with multiple lenses these days, and our photos end up in a folder on our desktops rather than a photo album. You can even invest in a digital photo frame to display your images beautifully.
