Tech/Gear

I have a growing list of things I would gladly never do again. Checking the same airfare every morning is on it. Digging through an overflowing inbox is right up there too. And I would be perfectly happy never having to remember when some free trial is about to start charging me. This is where AI agents are starting to get genuinely useful.A regular chatbot waits for you to ask […]

Have you ever recorded a great video and then realized the moment you really wanted was buried somewhere in the middle? Maybe your grandchild flashed the perfect smile for half a second. Perhaps your dog made an expression you could never get again. You might even have caught the exact moment someone crossed a finish line or blew out birthday candles.A lot of us would pause the video and take […]

When you picture the person running an international ransomware operation, a 16-year-old probably does not come to mind. Yet investigators say a teenager was the suspected main operator behind KillSec, a cybercrime group linked to around 1,000 suspected attacks worldwide. About 500 of those attacks have so far been identified as successful.Now, an international law enforcement operation has taken KillSec's leak site and key servers offline. Authorities also secured at […]

IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:PEOPLE DECIDE: The rapid buildout of data centers powering America’s artificial intelligence boom is heading to the ballot box this November, as voters across the country weigh measures that could shape where and how the massive facilities are built. Voters will decide 34 data center-related ballot measures across seven states — California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Nevada, Ohio and Wisconsin.NEXT GIANT LEAP: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos laid out a […]

Scammers have become very good at getting us to do the dirty work for them. Someone may pose as your bank, claim your account was hacked or tell you to move money before something terrible happens. The call or message might sound convincing enough that you willingly follow the instructions.That's one reason a new iOS 27 setting caught my attention. Apple calls it Impersonation Risk Detection, and it can help […]

Search your name in the Federal Election Commission's contribution database or on a campaign finance site such as OpenSecrets.org. If you have given enough to trigger federal disclosure requirements, you may be surprised by how much information can be connected to your donation. Depending on the record, that can include your name, mailing address, employer, occupation, donation amount and the political committee that received your money.This is not a data […]

As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves to make financial scams hyperrealistic, cybersecurity experts warn that the best defense isn't sophisticated detection software.It's good old-fashioned human skepticism.While adversarial states like China and Russia leverage AI on a global scale, average Americans are most frequently targeted by cybercriminals looking to exploit personal vulnerabilities for a quick payout, according to cybersecurity expert Morgan Wright."Let's go back to around 1860, when Edgar Allan Poe wrote, […]

Most of us have done it. A software update pops up when we're busy, so we swipe it away and figure we'll deal with it later. Then later turns into tomorrow, and suddenly that update has been sitting there much longer than we planned. There's another wrinkle. Even when your phone appears to be running the latest software, there may be another security update or protection worth checking.Apple, Google and […]

I want you to think about the voice of someone you love. You know how that person sounds when they're laughing, and you also know the voice you would hear if they were terrified. So what would you do if your phone rang, and you heard that voice begging you for help? That's what happened to Deborah Del Mastro.I recently sat down with Deborah on "The CyberGuy Report" podcast to […]