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The FBI warns that scammers are impersonating doctors, police and banks using spoofed numbers, while “smishing” texts impersonating toll agencies and delivery services surge nationwide. In one elaborate scheme, fraudsters posing as hospital staff claim victims’ identities are linked to Chinese crime rings, then transfer calls to fake police demanding wire transfers, complete with fake…
I once wondered whether law enforcement might stop Elon Musk’s power grab. About a month ago, I got my answer: no. On March 17th, the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency broke into the nonprofit, congressionally funded US Institute for Peace, according to court documents filed by the USIP’s board of directors. By allegedly threatening to…
No NFL Draft prospect got to experience the first round quite like Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden. The Texas Longhorns product was among those in the green room behind the stage at Lambeau Field this past week, patiently waiting to hear his name called by his next team. Golden waited long into the night, but…
A message in a bottle sent by staff or students from a school that no longer exists has washed up on a beach, news agency SWNS reported — and was promptly found by a group of young people. Hedda Traa Haukom was on the beach in Ny-Hellesund in the south of Norway with her cousins…
Raycast users have been asking the app’s developers for an iOS app for a long time. It took a while, though, for the developers to figure out exactly what that app was supposed to do. See, on a Mac (and soon a Windows PC), Raycast is a hugely powerful tool for navigating your computer. You…
Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions. The Global Trade Union Alliance of Content Moderators (GTUACM) announced today in Nairobi, Kenya, says it aims to “hold Big Tech responsible” for failing to address workers’ issues like low…
First comes love, then comes biometric tracking. Imagine this. You wake up, roll over, take your smart ring off its charger, and slip it onto your finger. After eating breakfast and getting ready for work, you kiss your lover goodbye and head out. Everything’s hunky-dory – until you look down at your finger. The LED…
With the deadline for obtaining a REAL ID just one week away, some who are wary of making the change or who have already done so and now regret their decision may be asking if they can return to alternative forms of ID. For many across the country, the short answer is yes. Many states…
1. Americans grade Trump’s first 100 days 2. Trump gives 100 days speech in Michigan 3. White House lists dozens of ‘hoaxes’ pushed by media, critics ‘HAPPY WE’RE HERE’ – Blue state governor appears with Trump again — and this time she’s not hiding. Continue reading … SETTING A PRECEDENT – Supreme Court to hear…
Since Neuromancer took the sci-fi world by storm in 1984, computing nerds have pined for a “cyberdeck” – the ultimate in personal, portable PCs for surfing and hacking the world. Usually, they’re DIY affairs. But the 10-inch GPD Win Max 2 is the closest I’ve seen to an off-the-shelf cyberdeck worth buying. @verge The GPD…