Technology

It seems that no matter what Apple does to try to dodge the reputation it’s earning for an AirTag being used by creeps, it can’t shake the reality that stalker-type crimes highlight the tracking technology hidden inside a victim’s belonging. CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH …

Dozens of Twitter employees across sales and engineering departments were laid off last week, including one of Musk’s direct reports who was managing engineering for Twitter’s ads business, according to company sources and social media posts from affected employees seen by The Verge. This means Musk has done at least …

Chatbots are quickly becoming the way of the future, yet they still have issues.  Microsoft is the latest tech company with problems with its new Bing search engine, which uses the same technology as the viral OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT.     The technology is meant to answer people as a human …

Starry, an ISP that launched in 2016 with a focus on delivering home internet with wireless antennas instead of cables, has declared bankruptcy. In a press release, the company says that it intends to quickly restructure and that it’ll continue providing internet service in its “five core operating markets.” Those …

It’s a profound breakthrough in reading your pet’s health. An app claims a simple snapshot of your dog or cat with their innovation can help identify health trouble. CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER We always want …

We’ve been reporting for months on Sonos’ upcoming speakers, but yesterday my colleague Chris Welch published some pretty final-looking marketing images of the Era 100 and Era 300 smart speakers. Expect both to offer USB-C line-in and support for Bluetooth streaming, while the Era 300 will additionally support spatial audio …

Two new email phishing scams are on the rise for those who use Facebook or have an Apple product. Evidence confirms that scammers are trying to get a hold of your personal and private information, and I want to tell you how to stop them. CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER …

Commercial air travel is a largely terrible experience, and aviation companies patent a lot of ways to make it either slightly less miserable or an even more dystopian hell. Where does reading passengers’ emotions to offer them transcranial stimulation therapy fall? I’ll leave that up to you. Brazilian aerospace manufacturer …

ChatGPT was launched back in November 2022 by OpenAI and has been a big hit thus far – but not always for the right reasons. CLICK TO GET KURT’S CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER Students have begun taking advantage …

Watching episode six of The Last of Us I was filled with dread. I’d played the game years ago (despite a very rational and healthy fear of all things zombie) and I knew where this episode was headed and what kind of fights Joel and Ellie would be forced into. …