If you own an older iPhone, you may be entitled to $25 for each device as part of a settlement Apple reached in a class action lawsuit. Apple admitted earlier this year that it intentionally slowed down the CPU in older iPhones without notifying customers. The $500 million dollar settlement is to be paid to owners of older iPhones who…
As students prepare to go back to school this fall in some form or fashion, parents may need some help preparing themselves. School during a pandemic has revealed some difficulties for parents who haven’t been inside a classroom in years or decades. Many parents forgot everything they learned about trigonometry and calculus so when their kids come to them with…
If you follow Joe Biden on Twitter, or Elon Musk, Apple, Uber, Barack Obama, Bill Gates are other high-profile people you may have seen an unusual tweet from them Wednesday night. Hackers reportedly took over those accounts for a brief time in an attempt to scam people out of money. Most of the tweets read exactly the same: “I am…
Ecosia, a search engine non-profit company just celebrated planting its 100,000,000th tree. If you haven’t heard of Ecosia you’ve probably been using Google or Bing as your search engine. Ecosia is similar to those companies but different as well. “We make advertising revenue the same as any search engine provider out there, but what’s unique about us in that we…
Even if you believe you truly love every Facebook friend you have, you can still disagree with them to the point you never want to hear from them again. Prime examples: posts about the COVID-19 conspiracy theories, masks, anti-vaxxers and Black Lives Matter. Chances are, you’ve noticed some friends getting into it with other friends in the newsfeed or even…
A cyber-security company has completed an investigation of compromised login credentials and found that over 15-billion username and password combinations are for sale online. Digital Shadows says it conducted the investigation for the past two years and found hackers targeted login credentials for bank and financial accounts. “Unsurprisingly we found that bank accounts and financial accounts were by far the…
Now that the Trump administration is looking at whether TikTok should be banned in the United States over security concerns, millions of “TikTokers” are looking for an alternative. “Byte”, a similar video sharing app that was released earlier this year is getting a lot of that TikTok traffic now. In the past 2 days “Byte” has rocketed to the top…
With so many people out of work, it’s even more difficult to find a job, even if you want to quit the one you have now and work for a different company. LinkedIn has introduced a new feature to help you stand out among the competition. If you’re trying to find a new career, you should be on LinkedIn. It…
While social distancing, hand washing and masks are the most important considerations in slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus, it’s important to think about your dirty smartphone. The CDC states on its website that transmission of the virus is more commonly through respiratory droplets than objects and surfaces, it still maintains that SARS-CoV-2 can remain viable on surfaces for…
It’s getting more expensive to save money by cutting the cable or satellite cord. YouTube TV customers have been notified that their subscriptions are going up a whopping $15 next month and new customers who sign up will pay $65 a month. Hulu Plus Live TV also went up last year along with Fubo TV which notified customers that their…
