Depending on your upbringing, a phone call might seem normal…or alarming overkill. But regardless of when or where you were born, one current universal truth exists: Companies will not call you and ask for your account information or personal information. Disguised under “confirming” your details, fraudsters use this tactic to scam you and gain unauthorized…
Last week we reported that Microsoft will roll out a fix for the spiking CPU usage problem in the classic Outlook app for Windows. Classic Outlook may have been rendered obsolete by the new Outlook app for Windows users, but Microsoft isn’t leaving lingering Classic Outlook bugs un-squashed. Microsoft will also fix problems with blank…
Your desk is already overcrowded with stuff, so the best thing you can do to keep everything organized is to get a mini PC that barely takes up any space. The GMKtec K6 mini PC may be just what your setup needs, especially now that it’s on sale for $448, a massive 25 percent under…
Windows 7 came onto the market in 2009 and put Microsoft back on the road to success after Windows Vista’s annoying failures. But Windows 7 was not without its faults, as this curious story proves. Some users apparently encountered a vexing problem at the time: if they set a single-color image as the background, their…
The super-fast SK Hynix Tube T31 is down to $60 at Amazon, a solid 25 percent discount, which makes it even more desirable. The only thing that’s better than the discount on this flash drive is that it’s actually a portable SSD in disguise. So, if there’s one thing you need to know about the…
Generative ‘AI’ isn’t just useful for making bad writing and bad images, it can be used to make software code, too. (I’ll refrain from judging it as bad or good — I’m a writer and a graphic designer, but I can’t code my way out of a wet paper bag.) In fact, Microsoft’s CEO claims…
Having a way to recharge your devices when you’re on the go will make it possible for you to venture past your regular coffee shops for all those remote work opportunities, for instance. And the 20,000mAh Baseus Blade laptop power bank can be just that, especially since you can get one for just $40 right…
ADT offers Yale Assure locks with its ADT+ home security systems, and now the security service provider has partnered with Yale and the Z-Wave Alliance to introduce the Yale Assure Lock 2 Touch with Z-Wave. This is the first Z-Wave lock with fingerprint recognition that is certified to use the Z-Wave User Credential Command Class…
Macworld It’s been a while since we got a new Apple Watch SE: after the first version of Apple’s budget smartwatch came out in 2020 and the second in 2022 with few changes, the company has kept quiet about further releases. But new reports suggest we’re finally going to see the 3rd-gen SE later in…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This data set helps researchers spot harmful stereotypes in LLMs What’s new? AI models are riddled with culturally specific biases. A new data set, called SHADES, is designed to help developers combat the…