Tech/Gear

Angela Lipps says she has never been to North Dakota. She says she had never even been on an airplane. That didn't stop the U.S. marshals from showing up at her home in Tennessee and arresting her.Lipps, a 50-year-old grandmother of five from Elizabethton, Tennessee, was taken into custody in July 2025 in connection with a bank fraud case more than 1,000 miles away in Fargo, North Dakota. She was […]

If you bought a newer iPhone because Apple made Siri sound like it was about to become your personal artificial intelligence sidekick, you may want to pay attention.Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over claims that it misled customers about new Apple Intelligence and Siri features. The case centers on the iPhone 16 launch and certain iPhone 15 models that were marketed as ready […]

Tire shops are not exactly known for cutting-edge technology. You pull in, hand over your keys and hope the wait does not take over your day. Automated Tire, Inc. wants to change that.The Boston-based robotics company has unveiled SmartBay, an AI-powered robotic tire change platform built for dealerships, tire shops and service centers. The system handles tire changes, wheel balancing and vehicle inspections with minimal human intervention.The timing could be […]

More people are running into ID.me when trying to access government services, and it can raise questions right away. Dave from Richardson, TX, recently emailed us after seeing it required across several federal sites.It is a fair question, especially when you are being asked to hand over sensitive personal information. Here is what you need to know before you decide to use it.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy ReportBIOMETRIC IRIS […]

Taking a driverless robotaxi to the airport still feels a bit scary for many people. Riders get into the vehicle and may find themselves intently watching the steering wheel move on its own, hoping with every turn that the trip goes as smoothly as the company promises. But for one California passenger, the ride ended with a very real travel nightmare.Di Jin reportedly took his first Waymo ride from Sunnyvale, […]

Finals week is stressful enough without your school's main classroom app suddenly going dark.That is what many students faced when Canvas, the school platform used by colleges, universities and K-12 schools, went down for several hours. The outage came after Instructure, the company behind Canvas, detected unauthorized activity tied to a cybersecurity incident on the platform.For students and teachers, this was more than a tech glitch. Canvas is where many […]

Want two large pizzas and drinks at your door in just over four minutes? That is now possible, as long as you live in the right place.Flytrex has partnered with Little Caesars to roll out a new kind of delivery. Instead of a driver, your order arrives by drone, still hot and fresh from the oven.There is one catch. The service is currently live in Wylie, Texas. If you are […]

Identity fraud is rising in the United States, but the timing does not always line up with the breach behind it. Consumers lost $27.3 billion to traditional identity fraud in 2025, according to Javelin Strategy & Research's 2026 Identity Fraud Study. That followed a sharp 19% jump in 2024, when losses reached $27.2 billion.FTC identity theft reports also climbed in 2025. Reports through the first nine months of the year […]

Have you already tried removing your personal information from data broker sites? Maybe you Googled your name, didn't like what you saw and spent the afternoon filling out opt-out forms on sites like Spokeo, Whitepages and BeenVerified.That took real effort, and it wasn't wasted. Still, it doesn't mean you're fully protected. The problem comes down to how data brokers operate. Their system isn't intuitive, and common misconceptions leave people exposed […]