Tech/Gear

If you have an account with Ameriprise Financial, this is one of those moments where it makes sense to slow down and pay close attention.A data breach disclosed last month exposed the personal information of nearly 48,000 people across the United States.While the company says no money was stolen, that does not mean there is no risk. In many cases, this is when the real problems begin.Let's walk through what […]

The email looks polished. It uses official logos, formal language and a serious warning about your account. That's exactly what makes it so dangerous. It's the kind of message many of us would open without a second thought, especially when it mentions security and a government agency. Candace T did pause. She took a closer look and trusted her gut before clicking anything. She wrote to us with three important […]

You grab a box of cereal off the shelf. Your neighbor grabs the exact same box at the exact same store on the exact same day. She pays less. You pay more. Why? Because the store's algorithm decided you would.That scenario sounds like a conspiracy theory. It isn't. Retailers have been quietly using this kind of pricing for years, and now one state has finally had enough.Maryland is set to become […]

Earlier this month, the California Attorney General's office filed charges against 21 people tied to a $267 million Medi-Cal hospice fraud ring.The case, dubbed Operation Skip Trace, accuses the defendants of buying stolen personal information on the dark web, enrolling those identities in Medi-Cal through Covered California, and running 14 shell hospice companies that billed the state for end-of-life care that was never provided.The patients were not dying. In many […]

If you use an Android phone, there is a good chance this case affects you. Google has agreed to a $135 million settlement over claims that its Android system used people's cellular data without permission. The part that caught our attention is when it allegedly happened.According to the lawsuit, these data transfers could take place in the background, even when your phone was not in use. Most people assume that […]

Go to any people finder site right now and type in your name. What comes back might shock you: your age, home address, phone number, the names of your relatives, where you used to live and even what your property is worth.You didn't put that there, and you never consented to it. Still, it's out there, and anyone with an internet connection can see it.Scammers figured this out a long […]

There is a new AI model called Mythos. Anthropic built it for defensive cybersecurity research. It is so effective at finding software vulnerabilities that Anthropic decided the general public cannot have it.  Instead, it is letting a small circle of trusted partners like Microsoft and Google experiment with it first under controlled conditions, while researchers figure out what guardrails need to exist.That decision alone should tell you something. When the […]

IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- Dairy Queen's new drive-thrus without humans spark backlash by frustrated customers- Meta informs staff of layoffs affecting 8,000 employees amid AI push- Fox News Poll: Voters see AI as a risk to privacy and paychecksCOLD OPEN: Dairy Queen's new drive-thrus without humans spark backlash from frustrated customers – Fast-food chain Dairy Queen is moving toward new, fully automated AI drive-thrus operating without human workers.TRUST DEFICIT: Fox News […]

A new move from the Federal Communications Commission is being framed as a national security step. But if you already have a router at home, the bigger question is simple: how long will it keep getting security updates?The FCC recently updated its "Covered List" to include routers produced in foreign countries, which blocks new models of that covered equipment from being approved for sale in the U.S.At the same time, […]