General Tech Topics, News & Emerging Trends

Scammers, fraudsters, and cybercriminals have all kinds of tricky tactics designed to steal from you. But first, they have to get access to you. Sometimes, they hack into your router or printer, crack your password with AI or brute force, or just buy your information from a data breach. Other times, they get more hands-on.…

DeFi (short for “decentralized finance”) is having a big impact on the global financial system. As DeFi gains traction as a global alternative to traditional banking, it has the potential to disrupt how people access, save, invest, and spend their money. The traditional banking system will have to adapt if it wants to compete against…

Our online lives are controlled by invisible AI (Artificial Intelligence) algorithms that prompt our search results, social media posts, and the articles that pop up in our newsfeeds. The inherent bias in AI algorithms can dictate what we see, what information we consume, and the research we utilize. The content we produce, too, lives in…

Augmented reality (AR) once seemed like a fantastical future, but the groundbreaking technology has become an exciting reality with the potential to integrate with and transform multiple industries. AR can change the way we interact with everything from gaming to education to cybersecurity.  Augmented reality in cybersecurity, especially, presents a new frontier with numerous benefits…

AI continues to evolve and become integrated with every facet of modern life. We’re not at the brink of sentient AI taking over the world, and there are still kinks to overcome in some AI training. Nevertheless, AI has numerous benefits that can help make your life easier.  Managing and budgeting finances is a struggle…

We’re living in a digital world where almost everything, including our personal messages, medical records, banking details, and even national security, relies on encryption to stay safe. Traditional cryptography has held up well for decades, using complex math to lock away sensitive information. But a new player is entering the game: quantum computing. Quantum computers…

Most AI users probably don’t think about the environment every time they interact with a chatbot or other AI tool. If you talk to some conscientious environmentalists, however, you’ll hear a lot about the impact of AI on the environment.  The data centers that support the complex algorithmic and data handling loads of today’s AI…

AI is changing every industry, and that certainly includes healthcare.  Doctors, nurses, administrators, medical credentialing specialists, and more—they’re all experiencing changes in their day-to-day routines because of innovations in artificial intelligence. Although AI comes with ethical implications that need to be addressed in healthcare, it is also providing many exciting changes for patients and providers…

Summer is prime time for people to come knocking on your door for a variety of reasons. But it’s not just sketchy salespeople you need to be wary of. Not every scammer hides behind a computer or a phone. Some have the audacity to knock and try to rip you off in person. And since…

Personal safety wearables used to be marketed almost exclusively to elderly populations. Remember the old, “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” commercials for Life Alert? Today, the wearables industry has completely changed.  Instead of focusing on senior citizens, today’s personal safety devices are marketed towards people of all ages. Even babies are wearing…

AI continues to be a bigger and bigger part of our world. It is changing countless industries, creating new career types and practically eliminating others. AI is the subject of ecological debates (AI uses massive amounts of water to cool its data centers), ethical concerns, and legal discussions. If you’ve decided to use AI, whether for personal…

If you’re a freelancer, do independent creative work, or otherwise work with clients, you’re often in charge of a lot of different aspects of your work. That includes keeping yourself safe from scams and fraud. It can feel great when someone contacts you out of the blue because they want to work with you. But…

Professional computer technicians are incredibly useful for a range of computer issues, whether you’re battling malware, having hardware issues, running into software errors, or just reached the limit of your troubleshooting abilities. But a lot of repairs require the technician to have access to your device. If you have private or sensitive information on your…

Have you ever pulled your smartphone out of your pocket after a conversation about, say, a trip to Italy, and when you open social media, suddenly you’re inundated with ads about vacations in Tuscany? As a result, you may feel like your phone is “spying” on you.  Thankfully, your phone isn’t clandestinely betraying you, and…

Technology advances so rapidly, that it’s difficult for us to keep up with every new tech product introduced to make our lives easier. As we integrate these advances into our daily lives, is our cybersecurity protected? Can we trust that our internet providers won’t violate our privacy or overcharge us? The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…

DuckDuckGo has always emphasized the importance of your online privacy. In fact, here’s how the search engine describes itself: “DuckDuckGo is an independent Google alternative that also lets you search and browse the web, but we don’t track your searches or browsing history, and our browsers and extensions help you block other companies from trying…

You may have heard of Telegram before, for a lot of reasons. If you’re concerned about security or know someone who is, you may have come across it or had it recommended to you. Or if you read about cybercrime investigations or how cybercriminals operate, you may have seen Telegram come up in those articles,…