Tech/Gear

Most people assume that if they are not posting on social media or sharing personal information online, they are staying relatively private. Unfortunately, that isn't how today's internet works.Every time you browse the web, multiple companies can collect information about you. Your internet provider can monitor certain parts of your online activity, websites can gather data about your visits and advertising companies can use tracking tools to build profiles based […]

In Argentina, authorities recently arrested three Chilean men wanted in the U.S. in connection with a South American theft group accused of burglarizing the homes of professional athletes.Federal prosecutors linked the group to break-ins involving Kansas City Chiefs stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, Milwaukee Bucks player Bobby Portis and other athletes. Two of the suspects were also arrested in connection with a burglary at the home of tennis legend […]

Shopping for antivirus software can feel harder than it should. Many product pages lead with buzzwords, lab scores and long feature lists. Most of us just want a simple answer: Will this help keep my computer safe without making life harder?That question gets more important every day. Scammers use fake texts, phishing emails, bogus websites and infected downloads to trick you into giving up your money, passwords or access to […]

Would you wear a small AI device that periodically looks at you and studies the world around you? A Singapore-based smart hardware and AI company, Lingverse, is betting people may be ready for that level of attention. Lingverse has raised $29 million to develop an AI wearable called iKairos. The company describes it as a personal AI guardian that can offer help before you ask.The device can turn toward your […]

IN TODAY'S NEWSLETTER:- White House monitoring incident after OpenAI models escaped containment and hacked Hugging Face systems- Apple briefly overtakes Nvidia as world's most valuable company amid AI investment doubts- HalluSquatting AI attack could hijack your computerOUT OF THE BOX: The White House is monitoring an incident disclosed by OpenAI in which one of the company's AI models went rogue during testing and hacked the system of an AI infrastructure startup.SILICON SHAKE-UP: […]

Most of us get dressed every day without thinking twice about it. However, a stiff shoulder can make pulling on a shirt surprisingly difficult, while balance problems can turn a simple pair of pants into a real challenge. That is what makes a new invention from South Korea's KAIST and Stanford University worth watching.Researchers have created self-dressing clothes with soft, air-powered robots built into the fabric. Once activated, the garment […]

A routine "verify you are human" page should never ask you to open Terminal, the Mac app used to run computer commands. Yet that is how a new malware attack appears to get onto a Mac. The page tells you to copy and paste a command into Terminal. It then shows a convincing progress bar while the command quietly downloads malicious software in the background.Next, a password box may appear […]

The cameras that scan your car on your commute to work have quietly become one of the most widespread surveillance tools in America. They record vehicle sightings, feed searchable databases and, when agencies choose to share data, can connect searches across jurisdictional lines. Recent courts have upheld the particular ALPR networks before them, but they have left open whether a denser, more revealing system could cross the constitutional line.What are ALPRs? Automated license […]

Ask a robot to put a coffee mug in the cabinet, and you quickly see how complicated an ordinary chore can become. You know where the mug belongs. You can step around a chair, avoid the clutter on the counter and open the right cabinet without giving it much thought. A robot has to work through every part of that process.That helps explain why today's robots can look impressive during […]