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Major scam alert: Scammers stole $500,000 from an Ohio retiree by posing as the Social Security Administration on her caller ID. (It’s easy to do, btw.) They told her criminals had stolen her Social Security number, and they conned her into buying gold to avoid prison time. They even came in person to collect. Warn the older adults in your family.
Monday is April 1, and I can’t let it go by without recommending some techy April Fools’ pranks! If you know me, you know I love a good gag. If you know Barry, you know he’s my most frequent victim.
These sneaky tricks are harmless (and hilarious), but be forewarned — they require a little bit of device snooping. Hey, what else do you have going on this weekend?
Using Facebook for events? Make sure someone who isn’t invited won’t see the post. From your Home Feed, click Events > Create New Event. Add the details, click Privacy, then select Private. You can’t change this setting after the event is created, so double-check.
Did you know that 91% of phishing scams originate from just one source? Is it A.) Phishing emails, B.) Compromised websites, C.) Unsecured Wi-Fi or D.) Bot networks?
It’s the most distracting app on the road. No like, post or comment is worth a car wreck. Please — it could save your life or someone else’s.
What do you see once in a year, twice in a week but only twice in forever?
Despite Tesla threatening price gougers with a $50,000 fine. Buying Elon’s $80,000 tank/truck meant agreeing to a contract that boiled down to, “I won’t resell this.” One dope had his delivery canceled when Tesla spotted him trying to sell it before it even arrived.
That’s the new record for internet speed. Scientists from Aston University hit 301 terabits per second. That’s fast enough to download every single movie on IMDb in one minute. I can’t even pick what to watch in five minutes.
They are diabetes, air pollution and alcohol consumption. Scientists looked at 40,000 brain scans and found those have double the risk of other factors.
