Author: Zach_Wilson
FBI warns about working from home scam that actually just drains your money
Scammers are tricking victims into making cryptocurrency payments by offering them fake remote jobs, the FBI has warned. As per the warning, scammers are making cold calls and emails, offering people fake jobs which usually sound too good to be true. These jobs are remote and can be done from…
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T-Mobile is offering its 5G gateway as a backup option for internet outages
T-Mobile’s big home internet push continues, now with a new way to sign up for the service: as a backup option. The company is offering a new Home Internet Backup plan starting at $30 per month (including an autopay discount) that’s designed to supplement your cable or fiber internet connection…
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Google Maps is making a big privacy change to protect your location history
Google Maps is changing the way it handles your location data. Instead of backing up your data to the cloud, Google will soon store it locally on your device. In an email sent to users, Google says you have until December 1st to save all your travels to your mobile…
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5 things to expect at WWDC 2024
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference tends to eschew new hardware in favor of updates to Cupertino’s myriad of software platforms. And that looks to be the case for WWDC 2024, with no hardware tipped for a reveal at the showcase. So that leaves one questioning what to expect at this year’s…
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Your Microsoft Office documents might be hiding some serious security worries
Despite Microsoft’s best efforts, Office documents are still one of the most common ways to exploit software flaws and deploy malware on vulnerable endpoints, experts have claimed. A report from Cofense says Microsoft Office’s omnipresence in the workforce has made it become one of the most popular attack vectors. Threat…
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Apple is fixing a years-old parental control bug that lets kids avoid web filters
For parents, it can feel like a no-brainer to let their kids have an iPad thanks to its built-in parental control feature, Screen Time. But the system is also undeniably buggy, as most parents will attest. Now, Apple is fixing one of the software’s worst bugs — an apparently obscure…
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