We’ve talked repeatedly about the importance of password managers. Having a different password for each of your accounts is important, because if a hacker gets ahold of one password, it won’t affect every private account you own. However, keeping track of all those passwords can be a doozy, which is …
Read More »These AMD Chromebook processors promise big battery life
AMD has announced four new (well, kind of) processors marketed for Chromebooks: the Ryzen and Athlon 7020C series. The release includes two Ryzen processors (a Ryzen 5 7520C and a Ryzen 3 7320C) with four cores, eight threads, and 15W TDP, with AMD Radeon 610M graphics. The Ryzen 3 has …
Read More »How to buy stuff with your iPhone using Apple Pay
Carrying around a bulky wallet full of credit and debit cards is not just inconvenient, it’s a security threat when it goes missing. CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS, SECURITY ALERTS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER Apple Pay may be the solution …
Read More »Best wireless earbuds in 2023
It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good of a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of …
Read More »Digital seance: New AI tech will mimic speaking to dead family, friends
Artificial intelligence can’t bring back the dead, but it may be able to simulate speaking to a lost loved one in an effort to help humans through the grieving process. The high-tech revamp of the traditional seance comes amid the wild growth of large language models, a form of AI …
Read More »A trip to Dyson’s dirt-filled, germ-obsessed world
The Dyson Kool-Aid is powerful. For a week after touring Dyson’s Singapore headquarters, soaking up talks and presentations on filth and viruses, I can’t help but feel like my home isn’t clean enough. I’d always known that dust mites were an inevitable problem in all beds, but I’d never really …
Read More »TSA’s facial recognition for air travel sparks privacy outrage
If you’re old enough, you might remember when going through airports was a breeze compared to today’s enhanced passenger and baggage screening procedures. Back then, you didn’t have to worry about full-body scanners, passenger and carry-on luggage checks, or the other airport security protocols that are now in place. It’s …
Read More »TikTok sues Montana over controversial state ban
On Monday, TikTok sued Montana over a new law that would ban the app statewide next year. The lawsuit comes less than a week after Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed SB 419, the first state bill to ban the popular video app. The law, set to go into effect January …
Read More »Free digital perks you may be missing out on by not having a library card
You may think a visit to your local library isn’t worth your time now with devices like Kindles to read all our favorite books. The truth is that if you are strolling through life without a library card, you may be missing out on some incredible free digital perks. CLICK …
Read More »A Twitter bug is restoring deleted tweets and retweets — including my own
Earlier this year on the 8th of May I deleted all my tweets, just under 5,000 of them. I know the exact day because I tweeted about it. This morning, though, I discovered that Twitter has restored a handful of my old re-tweets; interactions I know I scrubbed from my profile. …
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