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.
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Daily Tech Update
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.
April 26, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a plan. It will affect almost all of us — and it is dangerous.
April 25, 2019
Researchers have found that mobile phone use does affect our bodies. In fact, using your phone too much can shorten your life.
April 24, 2019
After years of hearing about Amazon’s impending drone delivery service, many Americans braced themselves for a dystopian future where Amazon drones filled the sky. Well, a funny thing happened on the way to dystopia.
April 23, 2019
Aspiring writers can turn to Amazon.com to get their books published. Or some enterprising folks can take a government report and publish it through Amazon.com. One such report making headlines already is a bestseller on the online giant’s site.
April 22, 2019
If you’re cutting the cord to save money, don’t cut corners on the streaming devices you use. Using a bootleg device to stream movies or sports could get you in trouble with the FCC.