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Don’t be surprised to hear from coronavirus tracers who track the spread of the disease. But if you were one of the millions who got a text that you’ve been exposed to COVID-19, it was probably a scam. I’ll tell you what tipped me off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Memorial Day is our national day of remembrance for America’s fallen service members. The weekend isn’t all about grilling and shopping. It’s also a day to reflect on our freedom and those who have sacrificed their lives for it.
Watch anywhere on any device, that’s the promise of streaming services these days. But what can you stream when your Wi-Fi goes down or your data runs out? The answer might surprise you, as many streaming services offer users the option to download content for later viewing.
In addition to being the world’s largest social media platform, Facebook is notorious for two reasons: Its hunger for data and its insane, labyrinthine advertising engine. The company draws more eyeballs for ads than anywhere else, which means it’s a perfect place for businesses to find new customers.
COVID-19 is exposing the dark underbelly of the web for all to see, and millions of people are suffering because of it. You have to be pretty twisted to try and scam people out of their savings during the worst economic crisis in the past 50 years, but that’s exactly what these cybercriminals are doing by leveraging the pandemic to their advantage.
Did you ever play the “Telephone Game?” That’s where you form a line and the first player whispers a word or sentence to the person next to them. That player whispers it to the next person and so on.
Once it gets to the end of the line, it’s usually way different than the original. That concept might be hard to wrap your head around now, but these were different times and this game has been around a lot longer than social distancing.
Have you ever come down with a case of “Googleitis?” This happens when you spend hours self-diagnosing health symptoms online using Google or a symptom-checker and ending up with a result like “cancer” or something worse.
The COVID-19 pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work, with over 30 million unemployment claims submitted since the start of the crisis. As the months drag on, there’s no sign of when the job cuts will stop — or when economic recovery can begin in earnest.
We’ve all been there. You’re reading a book, talking with a friend or got sucked into a new series on Netflix. Before you know it, it’s midnight.
And, whoops, you need to be up at 6 o’clock to get a jumpstart on a busy day of meetings. Now you’re counting on your fingers how many hours of sleep you’ll get.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be the biggest online shopping days of the year, but they’ve got nothing on April of 2020. Not only did Black Friday 2019 get outsold during that month, but it happened every single day until the First of May.
Of all the computer brands out there, Macs get a lot of credit for their resilience and security. Although it’s not entirely true that they’re “immune to viruses,” Macs have experienced far fewer security holes and vulnerabilities compared to their Windows counterparts over the years.
