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Avoid âfreeâ downloads of these Oscar favorites â theyâre hiding malware

The end of football season kicks off the beginning of award season. Ready or not, the Academy Awards ceremony is on its way. Many of us will contract movie fever, and we'll do anything to get our hands on the best movies of the year â including looking on shady websites. But be careful; those Oscar winners might come with a side of malware.

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Windows 10 fail: Latest update creates more problems

Microsoft has had tons of problems with Windows 10 updates over the past year. Many of them have been riddled with glitches that cause all kinds of headaches. One update was so buggy it actually broke many of the commonly used features in Windows. Well, here we go again. The latest Windows 10 update is another disaster.

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Hackers prey on coronavirus fears to infect your computer

Only hackers are scummy enough to take advantage of coronavirus fears to spread malware. Using malicious files attached to emails, these cybercriminals are pretending to be disease authorities with information on new cases of the epidemic. But if you open these files, you might end up with a digital virus instead.

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How old should your child be to own a smartphone? There are countless decisions to make as a parent, and todayâs technology adds even more choices. One of the biggest? When your child should get his or her first smartphone. The choice is up to you, but I have some recommendations for kids under 10. Tap or click to listen to the latest Consumer Tech Update. â	8 ways to stop your phone from tracking you Why is your phone allowed to track you and share that data with unknown third parties? You gave them permission. Typical data-sharing policies are buried within privacy policies and terms of agreements. Tap or click here to learn what settings to adjust to keep your private info private. â

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Alright, now this video doesnât need a lot of explanation because I know youâre already going to click on it because, well ... tiny cat. But if you do need a bit of coaxing, Iâll just say this: Itâs the smallest cat in the world and in this video a branch breaks under its tiny little feet and it topples over in the most adorable way youâve ever seen.

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A Twitter Tale: Lost purse finds its owner

Many things can be said about Twitter, but itâs rare to hear genuinely sweet stories coming from the platform. Be prepared â this one might melt your icy heart. A woman who had her purse stolen in the French Quarter of New Orleans thought sheâd never see her Michael Kors bag again. But thanks to the efforts of the good samaritan who found it, she ended up with so much more in the end.

After picking up the abandoned purse, a local delivery man found the womanâs GoPro still inside, and noticed it was full of photos from around the world. Using his Twitter account, he urged his followers to help the story go viral so he could return the bag to its owner. Sure enough, he was able to locate her after 800 retweets. And, as icing on the cake, he gave her some New Orleans photos she missed out on taking when her purse went missing. Iâm not crying, you are!

Twitter is full of â¦ shall we say, âcolorful characters.â Now, watch Gordon Ramsay take on their questions.

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