What The Tech: Are social media platforms listening to you?
It’s suspicious when something you just talked about shows up in your social media feeds. It happens, and it’s creepy
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What The Tech: How the government shutdown could affect you
Bottom line: expect delays, expect some websites to go dark, and expect scammers to take advantage. When in doubt, go directly to the official government website.
What The Tech: Amazon customers eligible for settlement over prime cancellation complaints
The FTC says Amazon tricked people into subscribing to prime, and then made it nearly impossible to cancel.
What The Tech App of the Day: Notion
This app, called Notion puts everything in one place.
Notion is part note-taker, part project manager, part calendar, and part well, anything else you can think of.
What The Tech: Which is cheaper – cable tv or streaming subscriptions?
Remember when streaming was the cheap alternative to cable? We all do, but those days may be behind us, as prices are going up again.
What The Tech: Protecting your Facebook settlements from scams
These days, it’s best to treat every unexpected message about money as a scam. Especially if it tells you to ‘click here’ to claim your payment.
What The Tech: What American travelers need to know about foreign outlets
If you’ve traveled overseas, you already know our plugs don’t work in most of the outlets around
the world. All plugs are not created equal, and ours won’t fit into most of outlets in the world.
What The Tech: Would American parents implement a ‘no phone policy?’
“They know how it feels to spend 8 hours on the phone all day, but nobody’s helping them. To me
it’s like an addict, when you continue to give an addict the substance that they’re addicted to, what are they going to do? They’re gonna take it,”
What The Tech: What do kids in Ireland think about the ‘no phone’ policy?’
Sienna Murphy is 11 years old. She loves music, dancing, and reading. But when she was younger, and had access to a phone, she was a different person
What The Tech: The difference in kids with smartphones vs. those without
In Greystones, Ireland, kids get their first smartphones when they enter secondary school -what we call
seventh grade, when the kids are about 13 years old.
