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Breaking Tech News You Need to Know December 15, 2020 |
| Are you giving someone a new smart speaker for Christmas? These smart devices can be handy, but they can also invade your privacy. You don't want that Alexa-enabled device spying on you or the person you gift it to. If you want to protect privacy, here are some settings you need to change on your new device — stat. Tap or click here to beef up security on your smart speakers. → |
| As the holidays quickly approach, hospitals across the U.S. are filling up with patients infected with COVID-19. If you're feeling ill and need to see a doctor, there's a good chance your local hospital doesn't have the capacity to see you. That's why you should check this interactive map before heading to the hospital. Tap or click to find out how to use this potentially life-saving map. → |
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| Still trying to cross people off of your holiday gift list? We're getting down to the wire, but these suggestions can help. From iconic paintings in a box to an extra set of hands, these gifts around $25 are perfect for the person who has everything (and the person who's run out of ideas). Tap or click here for 20 gifts around $25 dollars → |
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| Slow internet is extremely frustrating, especially these days. Most of the time it's because you are having issues with your modem or router. You've probably heard an IT specialist ask "did you reboot?" As simplistic as it sounds it really is the first step in fixing tech problems, but do you know the proper way to reboot a modem? Tap or click to find out how to reboot your modem as the experts do. → | COVID-19 vaccines have once again brought medicine storage into the general conversation. The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine must be stored and transported at a specific temperature range. But your regular prescription meds also need to be temperature-controlled. We investigate steps you can take to make sure your meds aren't at risk of going bad. Tap or click here to find out the proper way to get your meds. → |
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| Locks are often the first line of safety we have within our homes, but many generic locks can be picked with ease. So how do you make a lock impossible to pick? Well, one man has created a lock that not even a trained locksmith could pick, and it’s a real marvel of engineering. Tap or click to see this incredibly durable lock. → |
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Runaway reptile: The world’s slowest escapee It kinda sounds like a joke: A 200-pound tortoise escapes from enclosure and leads police and its owner on a multi-day chase. But this actually happened! After escaping his home through a crack in a fence, Sparkplug the tortoise managed to cross two Alabama counties on his journey. Despite his slow speed, Sparkplug made great progress by crawling at a steady pace for several hours. But that wasn’t enough to keep him hidden. Local farmers eventually caught the tortoise after following a long, dragging trail that plowed through their soybean fields. Sure enough, there was Sparkplug at the end — savoring his brief taste of freedom. It’s just one more adventure in Sparkplug’s long life. He’s 60-years-old! TAP OR CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO KEPT THE SAME PET TORTOISE FOR 56 YEARS. → |
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