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How to stop your smart TV from tracking you

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Skull vibrations could be your next password

By Laura Baisas

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How the Ring Search Party feature works (and how to turn it off, if it’s too creepy)

Red robots in row

Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums

By Mack DeGeurin

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The new iPhone feature that could make wallets obsolete

By Mack DeGeurin

French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum, on Quai Francois Mitterrand, in Paris on October 19, 2025. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewellery on October 19, 2025 morning, a source close to the case said, adding that its value was still being evaluated. A police source said an unknown number of thieves arrived on a scooter armed with small chainsaws and used a goods lift to reach the room they were targeting. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the Louvre heist doesn’t surprise museum security experts

OSAKA, JP - APRIL 7 - Dotonbori at night Asahi super dry beer led screen building facade on April 7, 2017 in Osaka, Japan.

Japan’s favorite beer is in peril

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Americans receive the most scam calls in the world

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Don’t fall for these 4 cybersecurity myths

How to make sure your eSIM doesn’t get hacked

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How listening to light waves could prevent subsea cables sabotage

By Mack DeGeurin

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That ‘unsubscribe’ button may be a scam

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How to use the Signal app to keep your chats secure

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A - October 13, 2018 - Toll signs for I-Pass users and drivers to pay tolls on the highway

That unpaid highway toll text message is a scam

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How to set up the new theft detection features on Android

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Mysterious SUV-sized drones may have blocked medical helicopter

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How to securely wipe an old hard drive

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Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest

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How to renew your US passport online (finally)

Hundreds of thousand of athletes and visitors attending this year’s Olympics could have their movements analyzed by a real-time AI video surveillance tool.

Swimming, soccer, and surveillance: Paris preps for an AI-monitored Olympics

By Mack DeGeurin