Tech/Gear

School, soccer practice, a shift at work or a friend's house. Teens have places to go, and parents can't always be there for every ride. Uber is giving families a new way to check in.The company is adding live video streaming to Uber Teen Accounts, allowing a linked parent or guardian to see their teen inside the vehicle during an active ride. The feed comes from the front-facing camera on […]

Most of us think of home Wi-Fi as the invisible connection that lets a laptop stream a movie, a phone display photos and a printer work from across the room. In practice, it is also the meeting point for many devices, accounts and types of information. A typical home network may include computers, phones, tablets, smart speakers, televisions, cameras, printers and connected appliances. These devices regularly send and receive data.Some […]

You are browsing the web when a warning suddenly takes over the page. It says your browser needs a "Critical Update" before you can continue. It looks like Chrome. The message feels urgent. So, clicking Update may seem like the safest thing you can do. That is exactly what makes this fake Chrome update scam so convincing.Recent reports linked aggressive fake browser update warnings to a Chrome extension called Enable […]

AI is coming to your TV, and if you own a compatible Fire TV, Amazon may add it without you doing anything. Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ to compatible Fire TV devices across the U.S. at no additional cost. You do not need an Amazon Prime membership for the Fire TV experience. There is no app to download or subscription to activate either. Eligible devices get upgraded automatically.That means millions […]

If you have ever asked a teenager to put down a phone and heard, "Just one more minute," you already know how hard screen limits can be to enforce.Now Meta has agreed to a sweeping child-safety settlement that could reshape how teens use Facebook and Instagram across much of the United States.A judge approved the agreement on Aug. 27. Under the deal, Meta will put a default two-hour daily cap […]

You can be careful with your passwords and still get caught in a breach at a company you may have never heard of. That is one of the frustrating parts of the CareCloud data breach. More than 3.75 million people had personal information and medical records stolen after hackers gained access to a CareCloud cloud environment earlier this year.CareCloud provides electronic medical record technology and other services to tens of […]

You buckle into the back seat of a Waymo, the doors close and there is nobody behind the wheel. For some riders, that empty driver's seat still takes a little getting used to. Then another thought creeps in. What happens if the Waymo computer doing all the driving suddenly fails?Waymo has now given us its first detailed look at the powerful computing system hidden inside its driverless vehicles. The company […]

For years, many people thought of identity theft as a specific event. Someone opens a credit card in your name, runs up a balance and leaves you to clean up the damage. That still happens, but identity theft has become more complicated. Criminals may take over an existing bank account instead of opening a new one. They may transfer your phone number to another device or expose your payment card information. […]

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