Internet Scams
What Is Two-Factor Authentication, and How Can It Protect Your Online Accounts?
If you spend any time online, you’ve probably heard about two-factor authentication. But what is TFA, and how can it protect your accounts from scammers? Let’s dig a bit deeper into online security to help you shore up your accounts against hackers and scammers. Here’s everything you need to know …
New Text Message Scam “Worse than Phishing,” Experts Say
Experts are warning cell phone users that a new text message-based scam is “worse than phishing” attempts. “We are in a situation here where SMS is inherently more dangerous [than email,” says Tessian information security specialist Josh Yavor. Yavor says these new schemes are insidious because texting is much newer …
New Text Message Scam Targeting Smartphone Users
Verizon users and other smartphone owners need to be aware of a new text message phishing scam targeting people through their own phone numbers. If you’re received a message from your own phone number, you might be wondering what you’re seeing. Don’t click on any links you see that appear …
What Is Two-Factor Authentication, and How Can It Protect Your Online Accounts?
If you spend any time online, you’ve probably heard about two-factor authentication. But what is TFA, and how can it protect your accounts from scammers? Let’s dig a bit deeper into online security to help you shore up your accounts against hackers and scammers. Here’s everything you need to know …
Smartphones
Apple Finally Embraces DIY Repairs for iPhone
Apple’s strong hesitance to allow iPhone users to repair their own devices is finally a thing of the past. The Right to Repair movement has pushed for years to get the Cupertino-based tech giant to publish repair manuals online and make replacement parts for cell phones available to its customers. …
Samsung Galaxy A53 5G: What Do Reviewers Think?
Samsung’s latest budget smartphone, the Galaxy A53 5G, is out now. It’s a great smartphone, according to reviewers, who say it trades some power and features to fit in a sub-$500 price point. If you’re a huge fan of Samsung’s handsets but don’t have $900 for a brand-new phone, this …
iPhone SE Review: Classic Design, Modern Performance
The 2022 iPhone SE looks deceptively simple. It’s got the classic iPhone design, sporting a fingerprint-scanning button at the bottom. It has bezels around its screen, a shocking sight after the iPhone X normalized full-face OLED screens. The only thing the iPhone SE is missing to make it feel like …
Cloud Computing
What’s Next for Google Stadia?
Google recently announced that it would refocus its Stadia cloud gaming platform to cater to clients like Bungie, Peloton, and Capcom. The company has refuted claims that it’s planning to shutter Stadia, but rumors indicate that the service has lagged behind Google’s expectations. What went wrong with Google Stadia, and …
Is Cloud Gaming the Future, Or Is It Doomed to Fail?
One of the biggest shifts in the world of entertainment over the past decade has been the slow death of physical media. Where once you needed a veritable library of VHS tapes and cassettes, or eventually Blu-Rays and CDs, now everyone just streams their entertainment. If you want to watch …
How To Simplify Your Life by Going Paperless Everywhere
Many of us are overwhelmed by paper clutter these days – and it’s not by our choosing. There are paper receipts, bills, agreements, policies and so on. The majority of companies we do business with, whether through purchases or services, bombard us with paper documents, as well as, advertising mail …