May 20, 2019
Twenty-six billion. That’s how many robocalls Americans received last year. The FCC is stepping in, but blocking robocalls is harder than we thought.
May 17, 2019
If you travel overseas and you need to get online, would you know what to do? Have you ever seen a road sign that made you laugh out loud? And what’s a better email option than Gmail? Listen in as Kim answers these questions and provides you with information and laughs.
Millennials are the first generation of Americans to have grown up in a world with social media. Singer-actress Selena Gomez is one of those millennials, and she’s surveying the damage.
May 16, 2019
We hear a lot about the dangers of the Dark Web. But darkness can be found on the supposedly sunny side of the web too, and it’s easy for young people to fall under its shadow on social media.
May 15, 2019
Facebook says it has fixed a major security problem that exposed 1.5 billion users to spying by hackers. What’s worse is that the hack worked with a simple phone call.
May 14, 2019
Legendary singer-actress Doris Day died Monday at age 97. Just after her death, however, the memory of this most beloved of stars was dragged into the internet cesspool by Wikipedia.
May 13, 2019
Well, at least this time no one is getting hurt. For almost three years one Samsung phone or another has been exploding or catching on fire. Now Samsung is facing another, less dangerous, but still disastrous fail.
May 10, 2019
So you’re all set to buy a 5G phone and start living in the fast lane. But how fast will you really be going?
May 9, 2019
The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency describes ransomware is a type of malware designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. It typically spreads through phishing emails or by unknowingly visiting an infected website. Experts predict that ransomware attacks will cost businesses nearly $11 billion this year. Parham Eftekhari, executive director of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, says we can fight ransomware.
Debt collectors now have more ways to reach people who haven’t paid up. Along with using phone calls, debt collectors are now allowed to go after a person via text, email and social media messages. What changed?
May 8, 2019
Google Lens is pretty terrific as is and now it’s going to get better. At its annual conference, Google announced changes to Lens and introduced several new products and updates.
May 7, 2019
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, that’s the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to you peasant, had their first child yesterday. The infant may not have a name yet, but he’s already become a tool for online scammers.
May 6, 2019
If your smartphone rings once in the middle of the night, you’ve been targeted in the latest phone scam. This one is traced to Africa and it’s important you don’t do one thing.
May 3, 2019
How many hours a day do you use your cellphone? How many wireless devices are in your home? Those devices emit radio frequency radiation. Scientists continue to study the effects of prolonged exposure to this type of radiation to see if they can cause cancer or ADHD in adults and children. Get some answers by listening to this podcast.
The nation’s first generation of children to grow up in the age of social media graduates from college this year. Regrets, they may have a few. But, Gen Z has it figured out.
May 2, 2019
Talkin’ ’bout their generation. Millennials are changing the way they watch TV. It’s hurting some industries but possibly helping others.
May 1, 2019
You can always gauge how much legal trouble Facebook is in by how many shiny new toys it puts in front of consumers. Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a re-redesign of the social media site, but does it really matter?
April 30, 2019
Yet another story pops into headlines telling us our personal information has been leaked. This time it targets adults over 40. Better be on the lookout for phishers.
April 29, 2019
Buying drugs online without a prescription is just a bad idea in general. Fake drugs can make you sick. Or, as is the case with Viagra, you’ll get more than you bargained for.
April 27, 2019
If you’ve ever lost anything of sentimental value, you’ll relate to the stories in this podcast. You’ll hear tales of lost cameras and valuable photos that were returned to their owners — sometimes years later — and how technology and social media reconnected them.