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Did You Know There’s an Easier Way to Move Apps Around Your Home Screen?

iPhones are great, but they’re not great at reorganization. Have you ever tried to move apps around your home screen?…
September 2, 2024
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DICK’S Sporting Goods Discloses Likely Cyberattack

DICK’S Sporting Goods is under attack. According to The Bleeping Computer, the company announced it discovered “unauthorized third-party access” on…
September 2, 2024
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Microsoft Is Hosting a Summit to Improve Cybersecurity

July’s CrowdStrike outage was a disaster. One buggy update from the company caused networks across the globe to shut down,…
August 27, 2024
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Did You Know Your iPhone Can Automatically Sort Your Grocery List?

Forget the pen and paper when you head to the supermarket: Your iPhone is a convenient way to keep track…
August 27, 2024
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Did You Know You Can Delete Individual Digits on Your iPhone’s Calculator?

Contrary to some grade school teachers’ beliefs, we all walk around with calculators in our pockets these days. Your iPhone…
August 20, 2024
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Microsoft’s Copilot Can Be Used as an “Automated Phishing Machine”

Copilot is Microsoft’s AI platform, available to both consumers and companies through a subscription to Microsoft 365. But while there…
August 20, 2024
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Did You Know Your iPhone’s Camera Can Copy and Paste Text?

If you see an interesting sign when on a walk, or you want to save a menu for later, you…
August 13, 2024
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How You Can Protect Your Business From the Next CrowdStrike Fiasco

Microsoft and Delta are not getting along. Following last month’s giant CrowdStrike outage, Delta struggled to get its flight schedules…
August 13, 2024
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Why Everyone Should Use a Password Manager

It’s common cybersecurity advice to use a strong and unique password for each of your accounts. But keeping tabs on…
August 6, 2024
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Did You Know Your iPhone Can Remove the Background of Your Photos?

In the very recent past, if you wanted to remove the background of a picture, you had to master expensive…
August 6, 2024

Don’t Send Important Business Information Over SMS

SMS (Short Messaging Service) is a foundational messaging platform, empowering cellular communication for decades now. But the system is now, unfortunately, outdated, and should not be used for any important business communications—or any communication, if you can help it. SMS'...
April 16, 2024

How Following Cybersecurity Best Practices Keeps Your Accounts Safe

The tried and true cybersecurity best practices are classics for a reason. Using strong and unique passwords, never reusing your passwords, taking advantage of MFA whenever possible: These tips aren't just theoretical suggestions, but they actively keep your accounts safe....
April 16, 2024

Do You Know What’s in That Browser Extension?

Browser extensions are a great way to enhance your internet browser's capabilities. Usually, they add one really good feature to your internet experience, since the developer of the extension can spend all their resources on that one feature. It fills...
April 9, 2024

AI Poses Risk to U.K. Elections

We've discussed before how experts worry artificial intelligence and the technology that comes with it poses a potential risk to elections here in the U.S. But we are not alone in these concerns: Other countries are also worried about how...
April 9, 2024

New macOS Malware Tricks Users Into Enabling It

For years, the common assumption has been that macOS has far fewer viruses than Windows. While the chances for infection on a Mac are indeed less than on a PC, that doesn't mean Mac-based malware doesn't exist. In fact, there's...
April 1, 2024

AT&T Data Breach Affects Over 70 Million Customers

Over the weekend, AT&T disclosed it suffered a major data breach. The company says that 7.6 million current AT&T customers and 65.4 million former customers had data exposed in the event, and will be contacting those affected by email or...
April 1, 2024

The US and UK Accuse China of Spying on Millions of Citizens

Officials from the US and UK accused the Chinese government of an extensive cyberespionage scheme that targeted millions of people, ranging from lawmakers, academic, journalists, and companies. Both countries filed charged and imposed sanctions on Beijing in retaliation. The list...
March 26, 2024

How SEO Poisoning Can Threaten Your Business

When you want to look something up on the internet, you turn to a search engine, like Google or Bing. However, not all links are relevant, or even legitimate. Bad actors are devising ways to trick you into clicking on...
March 26, 2024

Unprompted MFA Codes Are Bad News

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the most powerful tools in your cybersecurity arsenal. When enabled, MFA can prevent bad actors from breaking into your accounts, even when they have your username and password in hand. Because MFA is so...
March 19, 2024

Is ChatGPT a Security Threat?

ChatGPT took the world by storm, and for good reason: The generative AI chatbot is capable of many feats, and continues to improve as more and more people test out how artificial intelligence can improve their productivity. However, new research...
March 18, 2024
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