Must-dos BEFORE your phone goes missing

February 14, 2024

There are built-in tools to help you locate it using another phone or computer. Here’s the caveat: You have to make sure the feature is enabled ahead of time for it to work. Do it now!

Turn on Find My for your iPhone

Go to Settings > [your name] > Find My.
Tap Find My iPhone, then turn on Find My iPhone.
To see your device even when it’s offline, turn on Find My network.
To have the location of your device sent to Apple when the battery is low, turn on Send Last Location.

Turn on Find My Device for your Android

Go to Settings > Security > Find My Device. Or try Security & location or Google > Security.
Make sure Find My Device is turned on.

✏️ You can even erase your phone remotely if it’s really gone. Here’s how.

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Major food, product and vehicle recalls you need to know about

Is recall news technically technology? Well, it is when you consider today’s cars are just moving computers. Food recalls? Not really — but hey, I make it my job to keep you safe. This is important stuff, so share it with your circle.

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Chat with RTX: It turns Nvidia’s RTX 30/40 graphics card into a chatbot. It’s cool for summarizing YouTube videos and documents, but beware of bugs and memory-hogging. Great for data nerds, but the rest of us? It’s more of a demo than a daily driver.

The domain name for YouTube.com was registered on February 14 in which year: A.) 1995, B.) 2000, C.) 2005 or D.) 2012?

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2400 B.C. for the first kiss

The earliest account of smooching on record is etched into the Barton Cylinder, a clay tablet from Sumeria. It shows two gods making whoopee … then kissing after.

😎 FCC goin’ in: Telecom companies now have just seven days to inform customers (and the FBI) of data breaches. The FCC is also making companies fess up about the specifics, like if your name and biometrics were leaked. Took them long enough.

Peeping psycho Tom: A now ex-Expedia employee turned company bathrooms in Seattle into a spine-chilling “Big Brother” episode with spy cameras hidden under the sinks. Cops used an electronic-sniffing black Labrador, found 33 more cameras in his apartment and charged him with first-degree voyeurism.

Very spooky: Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 users are reporting taps, swipes and even calls registered without physical contact. Apple’s advising the good ol’ force restart for now. Gee, thanks.

✈️ Con air: Scammers are posing as fake airline reps ready to “help” with delayed flights and missing bags. So, be careful about whining on the web. Contact your airline directly.

🗃️ TMI with AI: Google is now warning that your chats with its AI, Gemini, could be stored for 18 months, and even deleted conversations can hang around for 72 hours. FWIW, Gemini lets you turn off long-term data collection.

⚠️ Use Bank of America? Hackers got names, addresses, Social Security numbers, DOBs, account and credit card numbers from BofA vendor Infosys McCamish Systems. The bank’s systems are fine — the breach targeted deferred compensation plans they oversee. Still, keep an eye on your accounts. Far too often, we don’t learn the full impact of a breach until months after the fact.