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𼴠âWhatâd you say?â If you find yourself asking this more and more, itâs time to make a change. Forget the hearing aids your grandpa wore; todayâs tech is so much better. These hearing aids have two tiny processors that analyze the sound around you to make conversations crystal clear. Incredible.
The chances of your Instagram, X, Facebook, Amazon, Threads, Rumble, Twitch or other accounts getting taken over by spammy bots and data-stealing thieves have never been higher. So, donât sit there all smug, thinking, âOh, Kim, that could never happen to me!â
Location sharing helps you worry less. Whether your friendâs late for dinner, your kidâs almost home or your partnerâs on the way from the airport, it sure beats sending a bunch of texts back and forth.
The bad news is more and more location-sharing apps have been caught selling your data to third parties. You donât need a separate app for location sharing; itâs baked right into the apps you already use.
After I shared my router picks (and so many of you realized you have a TP-Link âŚ), my inbox is flooded with this one: âWhat do I do with my old router after I upgrade?â Good question. A factory reset wipes your username, password, Wi-Fi network name or SSID, and any security settings.
Step 1: Look for a small button on the back or bottom of your router. Itâs usually recessed (so youâll need a paper clip to press it in) and may be labeled âReset.â
Step 2: Do a 30-30-30 reset. Itâs a bit of a pain but works for every router model Iâve come across. Hereâs how:
I was talking to my brother, who got 7 inches of snow in Florida the other day. Wow!
Weâre on the edge of a weather forecasting revolution. Googleâs AI weather forecasting system, GenCast, can predict as far out as 15 days with up to 97% accuracy. Weâre entering the age where severe weather will no longer surprise anyone.
Playing Candy Crush, swiping left on a dating app and checking your Yahoo inbox shouldnât expose your location. I say shouldnât, but those apps and thousands more were likely hijacked by data brokers who turned your personal info into cash.
Itâs that time of year when so many of us are planning vacations and booking a rental. Sadly, scammers are very aware of that, and theyâre always changing their tricks to fool people out of their money, rentals â or worse.
When was the last time you cleaned up your digital life? Itâs not fun, but just a few minutes of physical and digital decluttering can work wonders. It boosts productivity, clears mental clutter and leaves you feeling like youâve done something great. Ready? Letâs do this!
Iâm sure you remember this: âYou hang up first.â âNo, you hang up first.â Not quite as romantic when you fumble for the âEnd callâ button on your iPhone, eh? As times change and our tech changes, so, too, do the phrases we use.
When you connect your gadgets to the same Wi-Fi network, you’re not just getting them online; you’re building a system so they can communicate with each other. You donât need to be a tech wizard â just follow the steps below:
Those charging kiosks in airports, hotels and malls are so tempting when youâre out and about with a dying phone. Their owners promise theyâre safe. The government disagrees, and so do I. Groan, I know.
Welcome to the newest phase of juice jacking. The phenomenon has been around for more than 10 years. Hackers use public phone-charging stations to upload malware to your devices. Then, they ransom your device or steal your passwords. Super-duper.
