Smartphones are a part of daily life, so of course they accompany us outside during summer. But with summer, comes the sun: While you might like sitting on the beach in the sun all day, your smartphone does not. If you can, try to keep your iPhone or Android out of direct sunlight this summer. Your smartphone really soaks up …
How often do you turn your smartphone off? That doesn’t mean how often you put your phone “to sleep.” Hitting the power button and watching your display dim down doesn’t mean the phone is actually off—it’s just snoozing. For most of us, that’s just fine. Our smartphones continue to work well enough without needing to power down the entire device …
Google Chrome is the most popular web browser in the world. Chances are, you either use Chrome, or a browser based on the same platform (Chromium), such as Microsoft Edge. With that in mind, when a security vulnerability is discovered in Chrome, it’s a big deal, especially when that vulnerability is a zero-day. However, it’s an even bigger deal when …
As companies employ new tactics to defend themselves against cyberattacks, hackers continue to find a way in. So it is with Dropbox: The company is the latest to be hacked, as bad actors broke into production systems for the Dropbox Sign eSignature platform. These hackers were able to obtain authentication tokens, MFA keys, passwords (hashed), and the information of Dropbox …
Phone calls are an essential part of business life, but they aren’t always easy. There are many times that it’s difficult to make out what the person on the other end is saying: Often, you need to repeat what you said, or emphasize each individual letter to be heard correctly. While it’s unlikely the quality of phone calls is going …
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 AI will impact the security and integrity of their elections. The latest? The United Kingdom. Citizens of the U.K. will …