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| There are plenty of cool tech gifts you can buy for friends and family this holiday season, but not all of them care about privacy. Some will even overstep boundaries and collect more activity data than they reasonably need. This annual list can help you find the right items that won't put your loved ones' privacy at risk. Tap or click here to see the best and worst gifts for privacy this holiday season. → |
| If you thought Alexa was smart before, you might be spooked by what it says next. Amazon engineers have updated the voice assistant to give predictive suggestions after answering your questions. Soon, Alexa will be able to guess what you want before you say it. Want to give it a try? We knew you would. Tap or click here to see how Alexa engineers are making the smart assistant better. → |
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| Hackers have leaked millions of records belonging to users of one of the most popular free streaming services on the web. This data was shared on the Dark Web, and users who don't change their passwords may find their data in the hands of scammers. We'll show you what you can do to protect yourself. Tap or click here to see what data was stolen and what you can do about it. → |
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| Cybercriminals stole login data from hundreds of thousands of Facebook users and stored it all in an online database. Unfortunately for them, they made a huge mistake: They forgot to protect their treasure trove with a password. These criminals may have blown their cover, but you still have time to change your password and protect your account. Here's how. Tap or click for instructions on how to lock down your account. → | You might not think of smart TVs as computers, but they're vulnerable to the same kinds of security threats as your laptop and phone. And now, a dangerous new flaw has been found in TVs made by the world's third-largest manufacturer. Here's what we know about this smart TV exploit. Tap or click here to see how hackers can break into your smart TV. → |
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| Cell phone networks are very complex pieces of technology. As you know, massive towers are used to connect smartphones to a mobile provider's network. Since it's so sophisticated, you'd think it would take top engineers to create. But shockingly, a Mexican cartel managed to build its own network from scratch. The secret network covers most of Mexico and is used to avoid being spied on by authorities. You won't believe how they were able to pull this off! Tap or click to see how the most secretive cell network was devised. → |
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Absent-minded: Monk returns from self-imposed exile to 2020 madness There’s no escaping news about COVID-19 during the pandemic. But one man, a practicing Buddhist monk from Vermont, was fortunate enough to miss the worst of 2020 when he took a retreat into the mountains. After 75 days of silence, he returned to Twitter to post, “I'm back from 75 days in silence. Did I miss anything?” Before long, his mentions were flooded with all manner of GIFs, reaction images and outright jealousy for a man that avoided some of the year’s worst horror stories. When asked about COVID-19, he responded, “I haven’t installed that operating system yet.” We hope he was being sarcastic. His exile may be impressive, but it’s not as impressive as what these other monks can do. Tap or click here to watch trained Shaolin monks pierce glass with a needle. → |
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