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You might be familiar with private or incognito tabs you can open in your web browser using your desktop PC. But you might not know there are browsers that allow you to search the internet on your mobile device anonymously, too.
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Sextortion is a nasty kind of scam that too many people are unfortunately falling for. Most of the time, scammers are bluffing when they claim to have blackmail over their victims — but that hasn’t stopped them from racking up millions of dollars in stolen funds.
Most of us have at least one smart device in our homes. Whether it’s a smart assistant or a smart TV, we’re all well on our way to having smart homes in the near future. These devices are quickly and vastly changing the way we live. If you have a hub and smart appliances, you can live out your dreams of full home automation.
How many streaming services do you have subscriptions to? Three? Four? Even more?
There are so many great streaming options available these days that it’s hard to have just one. Whether it’s a music service like Pandora or Spotify Premium or streaming movie and TV platforms like Netflix or Disney+, we’ve got to have them all. Tap or click here to compare the subscription costs of each streaming service.
It seems like we’re always hearing about recalls these days. Whether it’s toy and furniture design flaws or listeria or E. coli in our food, safety recalls are a pretty common scenario in the U.S.
Part of the reason for the steady stream of recalls is technology and safety guidelines are always improving. We have better ways of identifying problematic products than we did before — and we have more thorough ways of identifying people who may be affected. This vehicle recall app is just one of the new tools you can use to get recall alerts.
The 2020 election is less than a week away, and voters are already reporting unusual activity both on and offline. Between robocalls, scams and foreign disinformation, there are plenty of reasons to stay vigilant as we make our way towards Election Day.
This year has been a lucrative one for scammers. As of late September, more than 200,000 complaints of scams and fraud had been filed, and more than $145 million had been lost by Americans in COVID-19 scams. That’s a ton of money.
The pandemic may have slowed down all sorts of industries, but robocalls are alive and more active than ever. If you’ve been hesitant to pick up the phone recently, you’re not alone — researchers have detected millions of robocall complaints during the first part of 2020.
Almost all of us utilize cloud storage services like Google Drive or Dropbox in some capacity. Cloud-based storage services are just a normal part of using technology at this point.
While there are lots of cloud storage services to choose from, Google Drive has tons of advantages over the competition. Not only does it offer free file storage, but it also lets you create documents that can be accessed from anywhere. That’s a huge benefit now that it’s common to work remotely. Tap or click here to see what Google did to help at-home workers over the past few months.
The keyboard is a key part of your Android experience. You’re constantly interacting with it, tapping out texts, composing emails and conducting internet searches. But you don’t have to live forever with the keyboard that came with your phone.
How fast is your internet? For many people, the answer is not fast enough. But that might be changing soon thanks to advancements from two corners of the tech industry: 5G and satellite internet.
According to early adopters, 5G is insanely fast — in some cases beating out most home Wi-Fi connections. Tap or click here to see if 5G is available in your area.
