Technology

A “cybersecurity issue” at MGM Resorts has forced the famous hotel and casino company to shut down many of its systems, according to a statement the company posted just before noon ET on X (formerly Twitter). MGM replaced its homepage with a message apologizing for the site’s outage and providing …

Scammers are constantly coming up with new ways to try and trick us and steal our money. In our ongoing CyberGuy series, “Confessions from a scam victim,” today we are featuring Diane from Logansport, Indiana. She’s smart and avoids falling prey to these scammers. Yet, even smart people can be …

The Fitbit to Google account migration has started. This isn’t a big deal if you’re new to Fitbit or are about to buy a new Fitbit / Google Pixel device. You’ll be prompted at setup to log in with your Google account. But what does this mean if you’re a …

The Lightning connector really only had two jobs: be tiny and be foolproof. Apple developed the new port for the iPhone 5, which at the time was simultaneously the largest, thinnest, and lightest iPhone the company had ever made. That made every millimeter of space and milligram of weight matter. …

iRobot’s newest robot vacuums are smarter and more powerful, and the mopping bot can scrub your floors more deeply. At least, that’s what the company is claiming as it launches its newest flagships: the $1,399 Roomba Combo j9 Plus vacuum / mop and the $899 j9 Plus vacuum. Both models …

How would you feel if someone else pretended to be you online? That’s essentially what identity theft is, and it can happen to any of us. You have something very important that makes you who you are – your digital identity. It’s like a puzzle made of pieces of your …

Meta has been snapping up AI training chips and building out data centers in order to create a more powerful new chatbot it hopes will be as sophisticated as OpenAI’s GPT-4, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly plans to begin training the new large language model early …

Caring for a loved one who values their independence and prefers to live alone can be challenging. You may feel anxious about their well-being when you are not around and hope that their neighbors alert you if something goes wrong.  There are steps to ensure that your loved one is …

Last fall, Apple introduced us to the Dynamic Island with all of the usual hyperbole.  The new free-floating, pill-shaped notch on the iPhone 14 Pro was described as “magical.” It would enable “an entirely new iPhone experience.” And while we take everything with a grain of salt from the company …

Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, Ga., who is asking this,   “I just read your article on saving documents to the cloud. What is your opinion on protecting those documents by encrypting them first? …