How to save power when battery is low
You get the dreaded low power message and you are an hour from any place to charge the phone. It happens to everyone and, in fact, in 2018’s survey by USA…
Category: Technology
Too smart or smart enough?
One security researcher had a brilliant idea. He would take out a vanity license plate reading NULL. To everyone around him, it would be a joke. To the…
Make sure it’s really tech support
Recently a hacker was sentenced to three years in federal prison for impersonating an Apple employee and scamming rappers and sports stars out of…
Set up Google to delete itself after you die
Make a plan for your data. Google makes it easy to assign a person to your account or to automatically delete your data when you die. Here’s how: Go to…
Apollo computing: Don’t get too snooty about today’s tech
Let’s get one thing straight before we talk Apollo computing: Our cellphones are millions of times more powerful than the Apollo 11 lunar module computer….
Record the police
Using your iPhone, you can ask Siri to record your traffic stop. First, you need to install and configure the shortcut: POLICE. When you see the blinking…
Cyberflashing on planes and trains
iPhone users on airplanes and even trains are increasingly assaulted by images that are ‘air dropped’ from nearby passengers, according to USA TODAY. Air…
Hyper-realistic phishing and ransomware schemes
A spate of hyper-realistic phishing and ransomware schemes masquerade as customers. Typically, targets get an email from a customer in their database. The…
Phishing attacks get more sophisticated
Click a link. Download a file. And that’s where the trouble begins. Phishing attacks by email or social media attempt to lure you into revealing a…
Mac: The missing ‘Save As’ found
In Mac’s Text Edit and other apps, menus no longer feature the ‘Save As’ option on the File menu. Annoying. However, you can bring it back for one use or…