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Carlton Reid: Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again

https://www.wired.com/story/why-car-brands-are-finally-switching-back-to-buttons/

Connor Jones: How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/04/google_android/.

Anthony Robledo: Amazon is Removing an Echo Privacy Setting that Keeps Alexa Recordings from the Company

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/03/17/amazon-echo-alexa-reporting-privacy/82503576007/

FCC: Avoid the Temptation of Smishing Scams

https://www.fcc.gov/avoid-temptation-smishing-scams

Lily Hay Newman: Hey, Maybe It's Time to Delete Some Old Chat Histories

https://www.wired.com/story/old-chat-history-delete/t

Peter T. Kirstein: How Britain got its first internet connection – by the late pioneer who created the first password on the internet

https://theconversation.com/how-britain-got-its-first-internet-connection-by-the-late-pioneer-who-created-the-first-password-on-the-internet-45404

Andy Greenberg: Subaru Security Flaws Exposed Its System for Tracking Millions of Cars

https://www.wired.com/story/subaru-location-tracking-vulnerabilities/

Paresh Dave: New website shows you how much Google AI can learn from your photos

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/new-website-shows-you-how-much-google-ai-can-learn-from-your-photos/

Davey Winder: Gmail Takeover Hack Attack—Google Warns You Have Just 7 Days To Act

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/12/07/gmail-takeover-hack-attack-google-warns-you-have-just-7-days-to-act/

Rob Toews: 10 AI Predictions For 2025

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2024/12/22/10-ai-predictions-for-2025/

Dan Goodin: Passkey technology is elegant, but it’s most definitely not usable security

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/12/passkey-technology-is-elegant-but-its-most-definitely-not-usable-security/ 

Kyle Wiggers: A Popular Technique to Make AI More Efficient has Drawbacks

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/17/a-popular-technique-to-make-ai-more-efficient-has-drawbacks/

Zak Doffman: FBI Warns Chrome, Safari And Edge Users — Do Not Buy From These Websites

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/11/30/fbi-warns-chrome-safari-and-edge-users-do-not-buy-from-these-sellers/

Imad Khan: ChatGPT Glossary: 47 AI Terms That Everyone Should Know

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/chatgpt-glossary-47-ai-terms-that-everyone-should-know/

No power or cell service? Life-saving satellite tech available on your iPhone, Android

https://www.wesh.com/article/hurriane-milton-satellite-iphone-android-how-to/62551394

Andrew R. Chow: Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro

https://time.com/7093536/surgeons-apple-vision-pro/

Dan Goodin: Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/

Zachary McAuliffe: Google Drive Full?  Here's How You Can Get More Storage Without Paying for It

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-drive-full-heres-how-you-can-get-more-storage-without-paying-for-it/

Davey Winder: Hackers Force Chrome Users To Hand Over Google Passwords, Here’s How

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/09/16/hackers-force-chrome-users-to-hand-over-google-passwords-heres-how/

Adam Benjamin & Zachary McAuliffe: Clear Your iPhone Cache Before You Upgrade to iOS 18

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/clear-your-iphone-cache-before-you-upgrade-to-ios-18/

Chris Baraniuk: How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9zx22ley8o

Davey Winder: Google’s New Gmail App Password Rules — You Have 24 Hours (September 30) To Comply

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/09/29/urgent-24-hour-new-gmail-app-password-warning-for-windows-mac-iphone-users/

Anthony Spadafora: 2.9 Billion Hit in One of the Largest Data Breaches Ever — Full Names, Addresses and SSNs Exposed

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/29-billion-hit-in-one-of-largest-data-breaches-ever-full-names-addresses-and-ssns-exposed

Clifford Colby: Check if Your Social Security Number Is Included in the National Public Data Breach

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/check-if-your-social-security-number-is-included-in-the-national-public-data-breach/

Andreas Dumont: 15 open-source apps that make any PC better — for free

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2432103/the-15-best-free-tools-for-your-windows-pc.html

Melissa Heikkilä: What are AI agents?

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/07/05/1094711/what-are-ai-agents/

Better Business Bureau Tip: How to Spot and Avoid Identity Theft

https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/16951-bbb-tip-identity-theft

Kim Komando: How to Stop Google from Listening to Your Every Word

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2024/06/06/how-to-stop-google-listening/73911521007/

Nelson Aguilar: How to Boost Your Phone Signal for Better Reception on iPhone or Android

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/how-to-boost-your-phone-signal-for-better-reception-on-iphone-or-android/

Jackson Chen: Google's New Built-In AI is the Biggest Update to the Browser in Over 15 Years

https://www.inverse.com/tech/google-chrome-gemini-ai-browser

Benj Edwards: The BASIC Programming Language Turns 60

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/

Emily Stewart: Credit cards are getting smarter (How banks are using huge amounts of data to separate legitimate purchases from scams)

https://www.businessinsider.com/credit-card-travel-alert-fraud-detection-american-express-visa-chase-2024-5

Mayank Parmar: Frustration Grows over Google's AI Overviews Feature, How to Disable

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/frustration-grows-over-googles-ai-overviews-feature-how-to-disable/

Trevor Mogg: ChatGPT AI Chatbot Can Now Be Used Without an Account

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chatgpt-no-longer-requires-an-account/

Zac Bowden: Microsoft reveals subscription pricing for using Windows 10 beyond October 2025, and it's not cheap

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-reveals-subscription-pricing-for-using-windows-10-beyond-2025-and-its-not-cheap

Alex Blake: 5 Image-Editing Apps You Should Use Instead of Adobe Photoshop

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/5-image-editing-apps-you-should-use-instead-of-adobe-photoshop/

TechGuru: PD 3.0 vs QC 3.0 – What’s the Difference?

Andrew Cunningham: Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge

Simon Batt: Microsoft keeps shooting itself in the foot with Edge

Anthony Spadafora: 26 Billion Records Exposed Online in Biggest Data Leak Ever — What to Do Now

Summer Stephan: Tech Scams are Financially Devastating Senior Citizens

  The author is the District Attorney for the County of San Diego.

Tekla S. Perry: Meet the PHOLED That Is Transforming Displays

  Blue phosphorescent materials fix OLED display weaknesses, improving energy efficiency and longevity.

Dan Goodin: This Tiny Device is Sending Updated iPhones into a Never-ending DoS Loop

  The Flipper Zero device can cause havoc on nearby electronic devices.

Sara Morrison: Your phone is the key to your digital life. Make sure you know what to do if you lose it.

Nelson Aguilar: Limit Your Dropped Calls: 10 Tips to Improve Your Cellphone Signal Strength This Holiday Season

Joanna Goodrich: Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years: The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

Emma Beddington: 50 of the Weirdest, Most Wonderful Corners of the Web

  Something for everyone, including: Music from selected decades and countries, Historical maps, Marine traffic, Word pronunciation, Live air traffic control chatter, Wildlife web cams, etc.

Karandeep Singh: Use Google Search like it’s 1998 to mark its 25th birthday

Zachary McAuliffe: How to Clean Up Your Google Drive and Gmail to Save Space and Money