Dec 16, 2019 | business, Facebook, Google, law, news, Politics, Privacy
Your personal information is being bought and sold by companies that lurk in the shadows. You’ve never heard of them. That’s the way they like it. This is the most important issue that affects your privacy today. Let’s start with a tight focus....
Dec 1, 2019 | Amazon, Android, Apple, Google, news, phone, Samsung, shopping
Google has two new phones, the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. They’re quite nice. If you had one, you’d like it. They might not tempt iPhone users to leave the Apple world, but anyone with an Android phone should consider a Pixel 4, now available through all the...
Aug 4, 2019 | Amazon, news, Politics, security
Here’s a scary story about the government’s preparations for the 2020 census and how it was exposed to “potentially catastrophic risk” when it lost some passwords. Costs for the census have soared in the last few decades. After the 2010 census, the Census Bureau...
Jul 21, 2019 | news, security
FaceApp is a popular phone app that uses AI on selfies to make you look older. It’s cute. It had a resurgence recently when some celebrities posted photos of themselves with wrinkles and grey hair, and then a lot of people freaked out because they realized the...
Jul 17, 2019 | Google, Internet, news, Politics, security
Media literacy – being able to recognize phishing messages, disinformation, and scams – has become one of the most important skills needed to survive in the 21st century. Your children may take classes in media literacy before long; lawmakers and educators are working...
May 27, 2019 | Android, business, Google, laptops, network, news, phone, security
“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?” “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.” “The dog did nothing in the night-time.” “That was the curious incident,” remarked Sherlock Holmes. — “Silver Blaze,” The Memoirs of...
