Your data is important—to you but also to corporations. Apps may sell your data and build profiles about you. How do you fight back and reclaim your privacy? You need to delete apps that vacuum up your personal information. That includes getting rid of your accounts completely and requesting they delete your private data. Here’s where to start.

Give Your Privacy a Quick Boost by Deleting These 10 Data-Hungry Apps

Smartphones are equipped with more international features than ever before. That being said, travelers aren’t solely worried about whether their iPhone or Samsung Galaxy gets a connection abroad. When people travel—especially internationally—smartphones become an important lifeline. They connect us to our life back home, help us manage...

Using Your Phone Abroad: Tips on Texting, Calls, Data, & More

Use fake information on advertising sites, free Wi-Fi access pages, online surveys, forums, unpopular e-commerce sites, and free trial sign-ups to protect your privacy. Always provide accurate information on government, financial, professional, and medical websites to avoid legal issues and maintain credibility. Using fake information on the internet can often...

Don't Provide Your Real Information to These 6 Kinds of Sites

Parking tickets are the latest vector for scammers to empty out bank accounts from New York to Southern California. Calgary became the latest North American city to address the growing trend of fake tickets on Tuesday. The Canadian city’s parking authority advised drivers to destroy fake tickets that are cropping on windshields and not to attempt to pay those fines.

Bank accounts are being emptied thanks to scammers using fake parking tickets

MarketRealist

While some found the results astonishing, some expected exactly what happened.

Someone gave ChatGPT $100 to 'make as much money as possible.' It went as expected

With the emergence of AI and other new technologies, people have become more susceptible to scams online, especially older people. Seniors are targeted by scammers due to their little knowledge of the internet, so here are five scams that older people should look out for. If someone calls you claiming to be a government department and is asking for money, you should hang up, as that isn’t standard procedure and is likely a scam. While it may be a dream come true to receive a call telling you that you won the lottery, it is definitely a scam and you should hang up. If you receive an email that claims to be from Amazon and is asking for personal information, check the email address it comes from. Some scammers will ring you and say, “Can you hear me?” and while you may reply "yes," you should try not to, as they are recording your voice. Lastly, if you get a message from someone claiming to be a relative who is asking for money, make sure you verify the number.

5 Scams That Seniors Need To Avoid

We don’t know who needs to hear this, but putting your cart back in the cart corral is basic human decency. We live in a society, and as such, there are certain unspoken rules we have to follow to maintain order and make everyone’s lives easier. If you...

12 Things People Can’t Help But Secretly Judge Others For

As the world is increasingly relying on online communication tools and digital platforms for everything from shopping to banking and paying bills, scammers are also lurking around and coming up with innovative ploys to swindle unsuspecting people. Things have reached a point where businesses have to warn their customers about fraudulent messages, but one witty bank customer, who goes by u/Global-Letterhead-88 on Reddit, decided to shut down the scammers with humor. Being a software engineer, the customer identified that they were being scammed and decided to get back at the cyber-crook with a hilarious revenge.

Techie uses quick thinking and humor to scam a scammer and the internet is in splits

Mark Zuckerberg just freaked me out at Siggraph 2024, and it has nothing to do with Sweet Baby Rays. No, Zuckerberg, sitting down with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to muse on the future of generative AI, described a future in which your endless doom scrolling will get even more endless with AI-generated content built specifically for you.

Mark Zuckerberg just described my AI nightmare, and I’m terrified

Android Police

T-Mobile customers are concerned about new forms hosted by a company named Khoros. T-Force agents are sending these forms, which has been confirmed to be legitimate. Customers wary of online privacy can opt to conduct business in person at a T-Mobile store. Despite T-Mobile being rated as one of the...

T-Mobile's social accounts weren't hacked, they're just using new fishy-looking links

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The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

USA TODAY

Shoemaker Hey Dude has agreed to pay a $1.9 million dollar settlement to the FTC. Thousands of customers could qualify for a payout.

Popular shoemaker Hey Dude to pay $1.9 million to thousands of customers in FTC settlement

GOBankingRates

You're at the checkout when the cashier makes that face. Their expression hovers between pity and vicarious embarrassment, while steeling itself for your reaction as they inform you that your card has...

4 Ways To Keep Your Money Safe From Scams and Fraud Online

Avoid Shatner Messaging (A Series of Short Messages) Use Emojis Sparingly (and Appropriately) Too many people ignore the basic rules around messaging, acting rudely compared to real-life interactions. You should avoid Shatner messaging and writing long essays, and acknowledge messages without nagging for a reply. Be aware of who, when,...

11 Messaging Etiquette Basics: The Do's and Don'ts I Always Follow

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

FinanceBuzz

Back-to-school season is in full-swing, but so are the scams trying to steal your hard-earned money. Learn about the new warnings issued by credit card company Visa, and see other banking scams to stay vigilant against.

Back to School Shopping Scams and 15 Other Frauds You Should Avoid

OK Magazine

Husband of the year?Mark Zuckerberg sent fans into a frenzy when he revealed he commissioned a massive statue of his wife, Priscilla Chan, for their backyard.“Bringing back the Roman tradition of making sculptures of your wife. Thanks @danielarsham,” the billionaire penned alongside the upload, which featured Chan standing in front of the huge teal and silver art piece. In response, Chan cheekily wrote back, “The more of me the better? ❤️.”Several of Zuckerberg’s 14.5 million followers chimed in to rave about the unique gift. “Get yourself a man who makes sculptures of you 🥰🤣,” one person declared, while another said,...

'Husbands Everywhere Are Shaking': Mark Zuckerberg Praised for Erecting Massive Statue of His Wife in Their Yard

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

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Suzy Jacobson Cherry

When I studied Anthropology in college, I learned that teeth have been indicators of economic status just about forever. Archaeologists look at the teeth in ancient skeletons and know who the rich were based on their tooth decay. During the Renaissance period, it became fashionable for women to blacken their teeth to look like they were better off than they were, because the royals and aristocrats, who could afford sugar and sweets, had more rotten and missing teeth than the poor.

Opinion: Stop Stereotyping Bad Teeth as a Sign of Drug Addiction

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How Australians can erase their personal data from Google using its latest privacy tool

When was the last time you did a bit of sneaky self-stalking online? Besides digging up those awkward teenage selfies, you might stumble upon personal info...

How Australians can erase their personal data from Google using its latest privacy tool

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